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.

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 ...

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 ...

“Freedom Summer at 60: Mississippi as a Catalyst for Change” features a collection of images from civil rights photographers selected from the university library archives.

Lessons learned from Freedom Summer are still important, said Cobb. “It's more relevant because a lot of these lessons from '64 and earlier in the South particularly are forgotten,’’ he said.

Freedom Summer of '64 Award Hudlin will receive Miami's Freedom Summer of ‘64 Award on Sunday, Nov. 7, for his contributions in bringing Black images to screen. Haygood and Hudlin will conduct a ...

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 interviews with Morgan, the three voting rights advocates reflected on their involvement 60 years ago in the historic Freedom Summer Project – a groundbreaking movement in Mississippi that ...