Schwerner, however, was not there that day; he had gone to Oxford, Ohio, to train a group of Freedom Summer volunteers. Upon returning to Mississippi, Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney visited the ...

Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 voter registration drive sponsored by civil rights organizations including the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) and the ...

Barbara Jan Nave was crowned Miss Mississippi in 1963. When her family hosted Freedom Summer volunteers in their home, life for them turned ugly. Her mother Malva Heffner recalled, "I went ...

For an introduction to Freedom Summer 1964, please see the Remembering Freedom Summer video. Also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, Freedom Summer was a 1964 voter registration effort sponsored ...

During the Mississippi Freedom Project, three volunteers (two white and one Black) helping Black voters register, went missing and were discovered dead outside Philadelphia, Mississippi ...

The first meteorological day of summer is always the same, but the astronomical season starts on a different day each year.

which was an essential hub of the 1964 Freedom Summer Movement. “We are honored to celebrate the legacy of Victoria Jackson ...

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Laurel residents and representatives from multiple historical groups are fighting to save a home they say was used during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. “We are out here ...

Actor and filmmaker Richard Beymers documentary film A Regular Bouquet Mississippi Summer 1964 ... to spend significant time working with Freedom Summer volunteers from the Student Nonviolent ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, occurs on June 20, 2025, at 9:42 p.m. CT. Jackson, Mississippi will experience approximately 14 hours and 16 minutes of ...