three Freedom Summer workers in Mississippi who’d gone missing in June. Most assumed they’d died, but no one would ever be brought to justice without the bodies. On Aug. 5, 1964, the Chicago ...

and Michael Schwermer—went missing and were later found to have been murdered by a group of angry white supremacists. But there was more to the Freedom Summer than the murders of Chaney ...

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 ...

Our national discussion of unity and civility reminds me that this summer marks the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a movement that became a pivotal moment in the 1960s civil rights struggle.

During "Freedom Summer" in 1964, Mississippi became their battlefield and Tougaloo their safe haven. Voting rights and education became their causes. Bob Moses, just 29 then, led them.