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Freedom summer
Book • 2010
Freedom Summer by Bruce Watson recounts the pivotal summer of 1964 when over 700 college students joined the civil rights movement in Mississippi to register black voters and educate children.
The book vividly portrays the challenges faced by these volunteers, including violence and intimidation, and highlights key figures like Bob Moses and Fannie Lou Hamer.
It is a gripping narrative of a critical moment in American history.
The book vividly portrays the challenges faced by these volunteers, including violence and intimidation, and highlights key figures like Bob Moses and Fannie Lou Hamer.
It is a gripping narrative of a critical moment in American history.
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Mentioned by John Hale in relation to Freedom Summer and Freedom Schools.
Selects: What were the Freedom Schools?
