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 ...

Historians say projects such as "Freedom Summer" in 1964 couldn't have happened without help from locals in Mississippi. "If you commemorate the summer, you also commemorate those people who were ...

"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 ...

The women coming to Mississippi knew they could be beaten, knew they could be raped, knew they could be missing and that happened - but they came,” said Hezekiah Watkins, Freedom Summer Volunteer.

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 ...

Though full voter enfranchisement was ultimately unsuccessful, Freedom Summer empowered the masses to renew their demands for equal citizenship. Bob Moses promised to return to continue the job ...

A film festival and art exhibit will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer at Crevasse 22 River House in St. Bernard Parish Sunday (July 21) from noon to 4 p.m. The films "Juneteenth ...

He later met Freedom Summer organizers at Queens College and joined their campaign to enroll more Black voters in Mississippi, where discriminatory voter laws and threats of violence against Black ...

Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art unveiled a new mural Thursday entitled ‘Freedom Summer: Honoring History and Hope in Palmers Crossing.’ The mural tells the story of the historic summer ...

It is the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis will host a symposium on the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer on July 27 from 10: ...

"You never get over that. I guess I will live with it until the day I die" Dennis, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was an organizer of the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi, working with Bob Moses and ...