American experience - freedom summer.

In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over 10 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...

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Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors:	Nelson, Stanley, 1951- (Producer), Readdean, Cyndee (Producer), Bellows, Susan (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Subjects:	African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Ethnicity > Mississippi > 20th century. Political activists > Mississippi > 20th century. Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights. African Americans > Suffrage. Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. Ethnicity. Political activists. Race relations. Racism. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century. Mississippi. Documentary television programs.
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Summary:	In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over 10 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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Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 116 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.