James Baldwin (right), born and raised in Harlem, New York, was a prominent writer and activist in the Civil Rights Movement and the Gay Rights […]
In August of 1963, while Steve Schapiro was on assignment in Mississippi for Life magazine photographing Civil Rights Movement leaders, including Fannie Lou Hamer and […]
Born and raised in rural Mississippi, Fannie Lou Hamer spent her life fighting for civil rights. Educated through the 6th grade, Hamer, who could read […]
Fannie Lou Hamer was no stranger to intimidation and violence by white Mississippians. In the summer of 1962, Hamer was fired from her job as […]
The Freedom Summer movement encompassed the entire state of Mississippi, and by July of 1964, hundreds of students were working at their respective posts. While […]
Dave Dennis, a Louisiana native, joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in New Orleans in 1961 while attending Dillard University. In the Spring of […]
Freedom Summer volunteers were divided into two groups, the first of which began training on June 13, 1964, in preparation to help register Black voters […]
Volunteers began training for the Freedom Summer Project in Oxford, OH, on June 13, 1964. Almost 800 young people – many of them students, most […]
Training for Freedom Summer began in Oxford, OH, on June 13, 1964, on the campus of the Western College for Women. After dinner, volunteers would […]
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