Freedom Summer

Mississippi after 50 years: The struggle keeps on . . .

Jackson, Miss. -- Freedom Summer changed the course of U.S. history in 1964, when more than 1,000 students and youth,…

July 3, 2014

Fannie Lou Hamer remains a symbol 50 years after Freedom Summer

More than 1,000 student volunteers, along with rank-and-file workers and professionals from the northern and western cities of the U.S.,…

February 7, 2014