Dave Dennis, a Shreveport native and civil rights icon, will speak at LSUS on Friday to discuss his role in the 1964 Summer ...

Menu K-12 School and Community Visitors Freedom Summer ‘64 for Self-Guided Classes and Groups Steve Schapiro (American, 1934-2022), We Shall Overcome, 1964. Silver gelatin print, 16 x 20 inches ...

Schwerner, however, was not there that day; he had gone to Oxford, Ohio, to train a group of Freedom Summer volunteers. Upon returning to Mississippi, Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney visited the ...

As long as it's about me and them, I can't relate."How the reality of Freedom Summer relates to the present day is something he loves teaching to Gen Z students at Miami."There's a spark in them.

Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art unveiled a new mural Thursday entitled ‘Freedom Summer: Honoring History and Hope in Palmers Crossing.’ The mural tells the story of the historic summer ...

Last year, our little schemer Gov. Ron DeSantis came up with the “Summer of Freedom” as a way to discontinue the practice of lighting state bridges in rainbow colors in June to mark the annual ...