Historians say projects such as "Freedom Summer" in 1964 couldn't have happened ... "It set the stage for it," Carson said. Groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, made ...

Time now for StoryCorps. Sixty years ago, civil rights groups organized summer schools for African American kids across Mississippi. These Freedom Schools were held in churches, barns and backyards.

In 1964, civil rights groups organized Freedom Schools: summer programs for kids across the state of Mississippi. More than 2,500 children attended 41 schools. Classes ranged from literature and ...

In 1942, the organization held America's first organized sit-in in Chicago. Initially based in the North, CORE broadened its reach in 1961 by sending racially mixed groups of passengers on Freedom ...

The Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, known as Freedom Summer, was an initiative organized by civil rights groups to help increase the number of black voters in Mississippi. Organizers gathered ...

The ‘Freedom Summer’ goes from May 27 to September 2, and only allows bridges in Florida to light up in red, white and blue — which some say prevents minority groups from garnering attention ...

Wimbish spent a large part of her lecture focusing on Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Mississippi who led and organized Freedom Summer at the Western College ... for Black people and ...

As part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964, civil rights groups ran summer schools to educate Black children. We hear from six former students who look back on their experiences. KUOW is ...