Freedom Summer: Chapter 1 | American Experience | Official Site
Key Takeaways
Over 10 Memorable Weeks in 1964 Known as Freedom Summer, More Than 700 Student Volunteers from Around the Country Joined Organizers and Local African Americans in a Historic Effort to Shatter the Foundations of White Supremacy in Mississippi, Then One of the Nation’s Most Viciously Racist, Segregated States.
Over 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in Mississippi, then one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states.
