(James Meredith) American civil rights advocate whose registration (1963) at the traditionally segregated University of Mississippi prompted a riot, which was spurred by state officials who defied federal pleas for peaceful integration.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/missippi.html
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi for a peaceful assault on racism.
"They had to be prepared to go to jail, they had to be prepared to be beaten, and they had to be prepared to be killed," says Freedom Summer veteran Hollis Watkins.
It came to be known as Freedom Summer, one of the most remarkable chapters in the Southern Civil Rights movement.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/missippi.html
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi for a peaceful assault on racism.
"They had to be prepared to go to jail, they had to be prepared to be beaten, and they had to be prepared to be killed," says Freedom Summer veteran Hollis Watkins.
It came to be known as Freedom Summer, one of the most remarkable chapters in the Southern Civil Rights movement.
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