Freedom Summer for young people, the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
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Freedom Summer for young people, the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Freedom Summer for young people
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electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
Summary
In the summer of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent more than seven hundred college students to Mississippi to help black Americans already battling for democracy, their dignity and the right to vote. The campaign was called "Freedom Summer." But on the evening after volunteers arrived, three young civil rights workers went missing, presumed victims of the Ku Klux Klan. The disappearance focused America's attention on Mississippi. In the days and weeks that followed, volunteers and local black activists faced intimidation, threats, and violence from white people who didn't believe African Americans should have the right to vote. As the summer unfolded, volunteers were arrested or beaten. Black churches were burned. More Americans came to Mississippi, including doctors, clergymen, and Martin Luther King. A few frightened volunteers went home, but the rest stayed on in Mississippi, teaching in Freedom Schools, registering voters, and living with black people as equals. Freedom Summer brought out the best and the worst in America. The story told within these pages is of everyday people fighting for freedom, a fight that continues today. Freedom Summer for Young People is a riveting account of a decisive moment in American history, sure to move and inspire readers
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
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- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- African Americans + Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Mississippi Freedom Project -- Juvenile literature
- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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- Subject15
- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- African Americans + Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Mississippi Freedom Project -- Juvenile literature
- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Content1
- Author1