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Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer. A Glimpse Into The Civil Rights Movement.

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Freedom Summer

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  1. Freedom Summer A Glimpse Into The Civil Rights Movement

  2. Freedom Summer was a project in the summer of 1964 with the purpose of supporting the voting rights of African Americans. Volunteers attempted to register as many as 17,000 residents from the state of Mississippi, which had the lowest percentage of registered African American voters in the United States. The project was also known as the Mississippi Summer Project.

  3. Berea College in Kentucky was the original location for the Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteer training, but withdrew the offer due to concerns for the safety of the civil rights training volunteers.

  4. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) led the training of approximately 700 volunteers, both white and black, at The Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. Discussion about white students participating began in the Fall of 1963. Training began June 14, 1964.

  5. “The Summer Project was SNCC’s most effective attempt to unite culture and politics in order to broaden the parameters of the Civil Rights Movements.” (Street, 2004, p. 276) “The Freedom Summer movement exercised the pedagogy of hope for social and political transformation.” (Kevin Talbert)

  6. Each volunteer was required to have $150.00 for bail, give the name of their next of kin, and have their picture taken for identification purposes, should something happen to them.

  7. Friends of the Freedom Summer Project provided local housing for some of the volunteers. The red dots show where they lived.

  8. On June 21, 1964 Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman left Oxford, Ohio to investigate a church burning in Mississippi. They were arrested for speeding. The young men were released about 10:00 p.m. and were headed for Meridian, Mississippi when they disappeared. The burned remains of their station wagon were discovered near the Bogue Chitto swamp. Their bodies were discovered in an earthen dam in Neshoba County, Mississippi.

  9. Seven men were convicted of conspiracy to deny the three men their civil rights. The ring leader, Edgar Ray Killen, was released after the jury deadlocked 11 to 1. In 2004, Killen was finally convicted of three counts of manslaughter.

  10. On April 7, 2000 a memorial was dedicated on the Western College campus in memory of the three civil rights activists who were murdered in 1964.

  11. The “Walk With Me” interactive walking tour project was created through the Center for American and World Cultures and the Department of Theatre. Tours begin in front of Clawson Hall on Western Drive and conclude at the Freedom Summer Memorial. For more information, visit www.muohio.edu/freedomsummer2009.

  12. Images from the 40th Freedom Summer Reunion Conference

  13. Freedom Summer Unity & Change: Then and Now 45th Reunion and Conference October 9th-11th, 2009

  14. I would like to thank the following people and resources who made this project possible: The Center for American and World Cultures The Smith Library of Regional History The Western College Memorial Archives Phil Cagwin Jeff Falke Alysia Fischer Nishani Frazier Laura Goley Jacky Johnson Mark McPhail Herbert Randall Keith Semrad Kevin Talbert Susan Williams Frances Yates “Eyes on the Prize” by Sweet Honey in the Rock

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