Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Amid a push to register voters in 2024, advocates who risked their lives to do the same in Mississippi's1964 Freedom Summer project reflect on the legacy of the movement.

In 1964, in a 10-week effort known as Freedom Summer, ... Herbert Randall’s book, “Faces of Freedom Summer,” contains more images from Mississippi in 1964.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Images of the history made during Hattiesburg’s ”Freedom Summer “ will be on display starting later this month at the University of Southern Mississippi’s ...

The professional photographer, who died in early 2022, wanted this Freedom Summer-related work placed at a relevant institution. This show (on view through December 10) is the first major exhibition ...

Hattiesburg is getting ready to celebrate Freedom Summer (again). Once a cradle of the civil rights movement with figures like Clyde Kennard and sisters Joyce and Dorie Ladner, Hattiesburg will ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. In June 1964, more than 1,000 out-of-state volunteers traveled to Mississippi to help register African-American voters and set up ...

Herbert Randall was a 28-year-old professional photographer when he recruited to go to Hattiesburg, MS to document Freedom Summer. ... and felt compelled to share those images with the world.

“Images, photos and paintings like these — they re-center white people, over and over again,” says Martin Berger, ... In 1992, almost three decades after Freedom Summer, ...

Irene Williams talked about her experiences at the Freedom Summer School program and how that summer changed her life. During the summer of 1964, when Ms. Williams turned 10 years old, volunteers ...

SHREVEPORT, La. – A Shreveport native and civil rights activist was the architect of Freedom Summer in 1964.Here’s his story. Dave Dennis’ civil rights journey. David Dennis, Sr. began his ...