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Psychiatrist Shayne Eves Colaco, 33, disappeared after setting off for a walk alone in the summer of 2012 and was never seen ...
The Freedom Park summer concert series returns June 25 with a lineup of new and returning artists, including Jukebox Rebellion, Grand Central Station, Zorbas Trio, NoLaNauts and the Insolent ...
According to the King Institute at Stanford University, about 17,000 Black Mississippians tried to register in the summer of 1964, but only 1,600 of the completed applications were accepted.
As advocates across the country rally to register voters ahead of November's 2024 presidential election, Leslie McLemore, the Rev. Rims Barber and Euvester Simpson – three of the remaining foot ...
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that was rooted in and connected the work of the Alabama movement.
New Jersey became the first state outside of Mississippi to get a stop on the Mississippi Freedom Trail on Aug. 20. The Mississippi Freedom Trail is a part of the larger United States Civil Rights ...
During a 1964 effort to register Black people to vote, known as Freedom Summer, the Ku Klux Klan killed three civil rights activists in Philadelphia, Miss. In this special “Post Reports ...
CRT Summer School has themed this year's programming in honor of the Freedom Summer anniversary. Critical Race Theory (CRT) Summer School is back for its 5th annual event in Nashville while paying ...
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.
Community Symposium: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer can be experienced virtually or in person. The notable guests attending the various panels, discussions and a doc… ...
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 ...
A missing persons poster displays the photographs of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Henry Schwerner after they disappeared in Mississippi. Bettmann/CORBIS Facebook ...