The 1964 Freedom Summer / by Rebecca Felix ; content constultant, Robert W. Widell, Jr., PhD, Assistant Professor of African-American, Civil Rights, & Recent American History, University of Rhode Island.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Felix, Rebecca, Author.

Contributor:

Widell, Robert W., Jr., 1974- consultant.

Series:

Essential events.

Essential events The 1964 Freedom Summer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African American civil rights workers.

Civil rights workers--United States.

Civil rights workers.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Freedom Summer

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : ABDO Publishing Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title examines the civil rights efforts in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, known today as Freedom Summer. It explores the work of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in leading voter registration efforts and improving education in the state. Also examined are the murders of civil rights workers and the hate crimes they faced, considered in the social context of segregation.

Contents:

chapter 1. Summer victims

chapter 2. From slavery to civil rights

chapter 3. Targeting Mississippi

chapter 4. Spring training

chapter 5. Storming the south

chapter 6. Early summer : surviving in Mississippi

chapter 7. School, poverty, and politics

chapter 8. Season of change.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781629680293

162968029X

9781624018329

1624018327

OCLC:

868965045