The party was formed by Black residents of Mississippi, as part of the Freedom Summer project, who were not permitted to participate in meetings of the state Democratic Party. In this Aug. 6 ...

Many local churches housed civil rights workers and hosted mass meetings. Some locals opened ... Historians say projects such as "Freedom Summer" in 1964 couldn't have happened without help ...

The field officer cautioned that while we were visiting Mississippi only for the summer ... staff meeting. Because we were English majors, we were reassigned to teach in a Freedom School.

By the end of the summer, over 60,000 Black ... their lives to participate in local meetings, candidate selections and a mock election known as the “Freedom Vote” that ran parallel to the ...

Charlie Cobb Jr. (WJXT, Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.) Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote ...

Freedom Summer, as it was dubbed, was a critical turning point in the civil rights movement and helped lead to passage of major legislation, including the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That summer of ...

This year’s “Freedom Summer 2024: No U-Turn on Racial Justice ... to “How to Fight the Autocratic Takeover of Our Public Institutions” meetings, advocates will encourage attendees ...

"You never get over that. I guess I will live with it until the day I die" Dave Dennis and his son, David Dennis Jr. collaborated on the book, "Freedom Summer: A Father, A Son and the Legacy of a ...

By 1964, both would be leaders of the Freedom Summer Project, which aimed to achieve mass voter registration for Blacks in Mississippi. More than 1,000 out-of-state volunteers, mostly white ...

The party was formed by Black residents of Mississippi, as part of the Freedom Summer project, who were not permitted to participate in meetings of the state Democratic Party. “I know you talked ...