FREEDOM SUMMER
Mississippi, 1964
DVD (widescreen)
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"I don't think people understand how violent Mississippi was," remembers one Freedom Summer volunteer about the campaign to organize communities and register black voters—even in the face of intimidation, physical violence, and death.
Starkly revealing interviews with Freedom Summer organizers (including Bob Moses, Julian Bond, and Eleanor Holmes Norton), volunteers, and residents of Mississippi (both black and white) anchor this powerful documentary. Archival film and photos lend immediacy in depicting what life was like for African Americans in Mississippi at the time; why people volunteered for the "Mississippi Summer Project"; the huge obstacles and negative consequences black Mississippians faced in trying to register to vote; the murder of Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman; and the successes and legacy of this landmark moment in the civil rights movement.
| Copyright | 2014 |
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| Publisher | PBS |
| Grade | 7 and up |
| Color | Color and black-and-white |
| Run Time | 120 minutes |