Freedom Summer for young people : the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy /

"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 calle...

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Main Authors:	Watson, Bruce, 1953- (Author), Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951- (Adapter)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Mississippi Freedom Project > Juvenile literature. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) > Juvenile literature. Mississippi Freedom Project. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 1900-1999 African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century. Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights. African Americans > Suffrage. Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. HISTORY / United States / General. Race relations. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century. Mississippi > Race relations. Mississippi. Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. History. Juvenile works.

Table of Contents:

Before: Mississippi at a crossroads
A risky bus ride
The past is "not even past"
Freedom Street
Battleground for America
"It is sure enough changing"
The sickness and the scars
July 16: Another so-called "Freedom Day"
"Walk together, children"
A blot on the country
The flowering of Freedom Summer
"The stuff democracy is made of"
Beauty for ashes
After: ordinary people made a difference.