Freedom Summer
- Title:
- Freedom Summer
- Years:
- 1964
- Description:
- During the summer of 1964, hundreds of Northern college students traveled to Mississippi to help register black voters and encourage participation in the Civil Rights movement. Under the direction of the Council of Federated Organizations, the predominantly white students organized health clinics, established "freedom schools" to educate black school children, and sponsored voter registration drives throughout the state. Perhaps most importantly, student volunteers helped to establish the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which attempted to unseat the state's all-white regular delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Although the Democratic Party ultimately seated Mississippi's regular delegation, the MFDP's bid for recognition raised awareness of voter discrimination in the Deep South and helped secure passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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305 items in 6 collections (expand all)
Betty Garman Robinson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Baltimore, Maryland, 2015 December 08
- Date of Original:
- 2015
- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
Charles McLaurin oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Indianola, Mississippi, 2015 December 05
- Date of Original:
- 2015
- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
Clarence Magee oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 01
- Date of Original:
- 2015
- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Denmark, South Carolina, 2013 March 21
- Date of Original:
- 2013
- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
Dorothy Zellner oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Baltimore, Maryland, 2015 December 08
- Date of Original:
- 2015
- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
Ellie Dahmer oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 November 30
- Date of Original:
- 2015
- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
Oral history interview with Fred Clark, 2001
- Creator:
- Clark, Fred, 1943-
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Oral history interview with Helen O'Neal McCray (1), 2001
- Creator:
- O'Neal, Helen Jean, 1941-
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Oral history interview with Helen O'Neal McCray (2), 2001
- Creator:
- O'Neal, Helen Jean, 1941-
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Oral history interview with James Forman, 2001
- Creator:
- Forman, James, 1928-2005
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
- Contributing Institution:
- John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
A Freedom House dance; undated
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
A Freedom Summer Worker and an African American Child; September 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-09-01
- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
A Freedom Summer training session; 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
A Freedom Summer worker and an African American Child; September 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-09-01
- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
Aaron Henry's backyard; 1964
- Creator:
- Thomason, Frazer
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
Aaron Henry, police officer and unidentified man; 1964
- Creator:
- Thomason, Frazer
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
Oh Freedom Over Me
- Creator:
- Biewen, John
American RadioWorks
National Endowment for the Humanities - Date of Original:
- 2001
- Collection:
- Oh Freedom Over Me
- Contributing Institution:
- American Public Media
Oral history with Alvin Pam
- Creator:
- Pam, Alvin
Reinhard, Rachel - Date of Original:
- 2003
- Collection:
- Oral History
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
Oral history with Robert Smith, M.D.
- Creator:
- Smith, Robert, 1937-
Tanzman, Harriet - Date of Original:
- 2000
- Collection:
- Oral History
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
Oral history with Sandra Adickes
- Creator:
- Adickes, Sandra, 1933-
Scull-Millet, Stephanie - Date of Original:
- 1999-10-21
- Collection:
- Oral History
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
Freedom Registration
- Creator:
- Council of Federated Organizations
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
Freedom Songbook
- Creator:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
Give Them a Future in Mississippi
- Creator:
- Council of Federated Organizations
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Creator:
- Council of Federated Organizations
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
Mississippi Summer Project
- Creator:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
Operation Freedom: Mississippi-1964
- Creator:
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
- Educator Resources:
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Robert Moses
- Date of Original:
- 1935/1965
- Collection:
- Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- WGBH Educational Foundation