Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964) | Freedom Summer
Clip: Season 1 Episode 5 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Bob Moses announces the 1964 project known as Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
In 1964, activist Bob Moses announces Freedom Summer in Mississippi. The project would send volunteers, mostly white, to join Black residents in the state to assist with education, community activities like voter registration. From Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964).
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Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964) | Freedom Summer
Clip: Season 1 Episode 5 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1964, activist Bob Moses announces Freedom Summer in Mississippi. The project would send volunteers, mostly white, to join Black residents in the state to assist with education, community activities like voter registration. From Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964).
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Mississippi-Is This America? (1963-1964) | A New Party
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Victoria Gray Adams explains the goals of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. (52s)
Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964) | Promo
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Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern. (30s)
Mississippi-Is This America? (1963-1964) | Register to Vote
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Voter registration, and suppression, for Black Americans in Mississippi. (42s)
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