During the Jim Crow era, Black voters faced intimidation and violence. As advocates across the country rally to register voters ahead of November's 2024 presidential election, Leslie McLemore, the Rev ...

It’s well-known that 1964’s Freedom Summer, as it came to be called, was an interracial effort, with many white college students joining African Americans to register voters in Mississippi. It was the ...

If you were a white person visiting Mississippi in the summer of 1964, you were risking your life. You were if you were participating in the Mississippi Summer Project, later known as Freedom Summer.

A look at the Freedom Summer's 60th anniversary Three foot soldiers of the "Freedom Summer Project" civil rights movement sat down with DeMarco Morgan to reflect on their experiences during the summer ...

An event to dedicate the BCRTA bus wrap featuring Freedom Summer and the Western College for Women is Nov. 11 at Shriver Center. Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with ...

Menu K-12 School and Community Visitors Art Explorers Freedom Summer ‘64 for Self-Guided Classes and Groups Steve Schapiro (American, 1934-2022), We Shall Overcome, 1964. Silver gelatin print, 16 x 20 ...

As advocates across the country rally to register voters ahead of November's 2024 presidential election, Leslie McLemore, the Rev. Rims Barber and Euvester Simpson – three of the remaining foot ...