Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

'Freedom Summer' returns to past civil rights struggles to reveal today's truths ...

McLemore, Simpson and Barber joined the Mississippi Freedom Summer project – an unprecedented voter registration drive that was the brainchild of the iconic civil rights advocate Bob Moses, a co ...

The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis will host a symposium on the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer on July 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m..

During "Freedom Summer" in 1964, Mississippi became their battlefield and Tougaloo their safe haven. Voting rights and education became their causes. Bob Moses, just 29 then, led them.

“Freedom Summer actually ushered in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ‘65,” said Clarence Magee, National Association for the Advanced of Colored People Forrest County president.

Freedom Summer, as it was dubbed, was a critical turning point in the civil rights movement and helped lead to passage of major legislation, including the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Freedom Summer, as it was dubbed, was a critical turning point in the civil rights movement and helped lead to passage of major legislation, including the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The first day of that Freedom Summer began with the disappearances of three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andy Goodman and Michael Schwerner, casting a pall over students still training in ...

Community Symposium: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer can be experienced virtually or in person. The notable guests attending the various panels, discussions and a doc… ...

Mississippi Freedom Trail adds marker in NJ to note Civil Rights change that happened ... and is part of a series commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Freedom Summer voting rights movement.

In interviews with Morgan, the three voting rights advocates reflected on their involvement 60 years ago in the historic Freedom Summer Project – a groundbreaking movement in Mississippi that ...