Justice quest goes on after ‘Freedom Summer’ cases end
The search for courtroom justice in the 1964 “Freedom Summer” killings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi’s Neshoba County is over, more than a half century after they died, but some Mississippians and the relatives of the slain men say the search for another kind of justice still is still ongoing.
Columbus Library hosting Freedom Summer exhibit
The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library is currently hosting the traveling exhibit “Stand Up!: Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964” through March 2.
MSU to hold Freedom Summer Conference
More than 900 brave, determined and resilient volunteers flooded Mississippi in 1964 for the Freedom Summer Project, and Mississippi State University is celebrating that effort’s
Freedom Summer: 50 years later
Roy DeBerry learned at an early age what could happen to a black boy who violated Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era social code.
Mississippi to commemorate Freedom Summer
Mississippi civil-rights activists are preparing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer in 2014. Some say race relations might’ve improved, but people must remain vigilant to protect voting rights.