Overview
In theĀ summerĀ of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over,Ā the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent more than seven hundred college students to MississippiĀ to help black Americans already battling for democracy, their dignity and the right to vote. The campaign was called āFreedomĀ Summer.ā But on the evening after volunteers arrived, three young civil rights workers went missing, presumed victims of the Ku Klux Klan.Ā The disappearance focused Americaās attention on Mississippi.Ā 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.Ā As theĀ summerĀ unfolded, volunteers were arrested or beaten.Ā Black churches were burned.Ā 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 inĀ FreedomĀ Schools, registering voters, and living with black people as equals.Ā Ā FreedomĀ SummerĀ brought out the best and the worst in America. The story told within these pages is of everyday people fighting forĀ freedom, a fight that continues today.Ā FreedomĀ SummerĀ for Young PeopleĀ is a riveting account of a decisive moment in American history, sure to move and inspire readers.
This book title, Freedom Summer For Young People (The Violent Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy) - 9781644210093, ISBN: 9781644210093, by Bruce Watson, Rebecca Stefoff, published by Seven Stories Press (November 10, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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