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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying: the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Northern volunteers who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life....
Author
Publisher
Core Library/Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This title will inform readers about the Freedom Summer, like where it took place, the organizers, why its purpose was to get African-Americans registered to vote, and more. Vivid details, well-chosen photographs, and primary sources bring this story and this case to life. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1964, Mississippi civil rights groups banded together to fight Jim Crow laws in a state where 6.4 percent of eligible black voters were registered. They recruited thousands of student volunteers from across the United States who defied segregation by living with local black hosts, opening Freedom Schools, and canvassing to register voters. Everyone involved knew there would be risks but were nonetheless shocked when during the first week three...
5) Freedom summer: the savage season of 1964 that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over ten memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the nation's most segregated states, even in the face of intimidation, physical violence, and death.
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