The selma to montgomery march in the spring of 19 65 was followed a few months later by the signing of a landmark bill. People came out of the mississippi summer project and looked at the questions that affected our lives ever after. We had a real knowledge of a way to function what we were unable to do, i maybe in mississippi but we were able to build o mississippi build om in atlanta city. And i think we did it in selma.
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselves in the path of white supremacist power and violence. They issued a bold pro-democracy challenge to the nation and the Democratic Party.
Produced by John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with John Lewis, Bob Moses, Unita Blackwell, Hollis Watkins, Dorie Ladner, and many others.
The series editor is Loretta Williams. Freedom song recordings courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways. Other music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.
Photo: A Freedom Summer worker in Mississippi, 1964. Photo by Steve Schapiro.