Freedom on my mind /

Revisits the Mississippi freedom movement in the early 1960s when a handful of idealistic young activists believed they could change history -- and did. In 1964, organizers of the voter registration drive, fearing for their lives and hoping to attract the nation and federal government to their pligh...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Clarity Educational Productions, California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors:	Field, Connie, Moore, Michael J., Mulford, Marilyn, Chandler, Michael, Washington, Ronnie Lynn
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Subjects:	Mississippi Freedom Project. African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi. African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi. Voter registration > Mississippi. Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century. Documentary films.

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Summary:	Revisits the Mississippi freedom movement in the early 1960s when a handful of idealistic young activists believed they could change history -- and did. In 1964, organizers of the voter registration drive, fearing for their lives and hoping to attract the nation and federal government to their plight, recruited 1,000 mostly white college students from around the country to join them for Freedom Summer. Three students were murdered but the drive succeeded in signing up 80,000 members, mostly poverty-stricken sharecroppers, maids and day-laborers who confronted jail, beatings and even murder for the right to vote.
Item Description:	Originally produced in 1994 by Clarity Educational Productions. Full screen presentation. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R; this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Production Credits:	Camera, Michael Chinn, Steve Devita, Vincente Franco ; original music, Mary Watkins.