As part of NPR's "Book Your Trip" series, TV critic Eric Deggans looks at a different kind of summertime journey, described in two books that became TV shows: PBS's documentary Freedom Summer, ...

In 1964 the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee launched the Freedom Summer campaign in an effort to increase African-American voter registration in ...

Those familiar with Freedom Summer know that it was pivotal in putting pressure on the segregated Deep South and setting the tone for legislative change. But exactly how transformative was the summer ...

Idealism drove hundreds of college students to Mississippi 50 years ago. In 1964, civil rights activist Bob Moses led the campaign to register black voters and educate black children in that state. It ...

As Black History Month heads into its final week, there is a piece of profound history in our region that overlooks a hillside on Miami's western campus.Some would say it is a marker that should not ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - During Black History Month, markers across Hattiesburg are drawing attention to the people and places connected to the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign. But for some residents, ...

Investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell, recognized nationally for his coverage of crimes from America’s Civil Rights era, will reflect on his work as a keynote speaker at the 10 th Annual National ...

How grassroots organizers risked arrests, arson, and murder to challenge a system designed to lock Black Mississippians out of democracy. Freedom Summer emerged from a political landscape engineered ...

Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.

Charlie Cobb Jr. (WJXT, Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.) Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote ...