Freedom summer : Mississippi, 1964 / American Experience Films ; Firelight Films ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Cyndee Readdean ; series producer, Susan Bellows ; a Firelight Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

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In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over 10 memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Phillips, Tom, 1952- (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Firelight Films (Firm) (Production company) American Experience Films (Production company) WGBH Educational Foundation (Production company) Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Broadcaster) Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Nelson, Stanley, 1951- (Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director) Readdean, Cyndee (Film producer) Bellows, Susan (Television producer) Grimberg, Sharon (Television producer) Samels, Mark (Television producer) Taormina, Catherine (Voice actor) Hopson, Brian (Voice actor) Tunsil, Aljernon (Editor of moving image work) Rossi, Antonio (Cinematographer) (director of photography.)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English, with optional English captions.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2016]
Subjects:	African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Racism against Black people > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights. African Americans > Suffrage. Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. Race relations. Racism. Mississippi. 1900-1999 Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Genre:	Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (114 min.)) : black and white and color.
Variant Title:	American experience .
Format:	Electronic Video

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