Amid a push to register voters in 2024, advocates who risked their lives to do the same in Mississippi's1964 Freedom Summer ...

Daphne Chamberlain, a Mississippi civil rights historian, said she supports any effort to commemorate Freedom Summer and educate people about the importance of voting in local and national elections.

voting rights, women’s rights, gay rights, freedom of speech, human rights, and others—all related to the basic right of freedom. The 50th Anniversary Freedom Summer Conference and Reunion was held ...

(((Forty years after Freedom Summer in Mississippi, the fight over voting rights has expanded to a number of states.))) In 2023, 11 states introduced more restrictive voting laws. Many of these ...

On August 31, 1962, not long after attending a voting rights meeting organized by ... MFDP was one part of the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project, or Freedom Summer, which brought hundreds of college ...

Discover the story of The Washington Informer, a publication born out of the civil rights movement, serving the Black ...

Overbuilding, energy rates, and affordability are among the top issues for Democratic incumbent Aimee Berger-Girvalo and ...

In a tight race for the White House, advocates say the pro-Palestinian movement could still influence the results.

The group says it seeks to empower voters to have a voice on issues related to criminal justice reform, voting rights ... in the 2022 Opal's Walk for Freedom on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in ...

In interviews with Morgan, the three voting rights advocates reflected on their involvement 60 years ago in the historic Freedom Summer Project – a groundbreaking movement in Mississippi that ...

On August 31, 1962, not long after attending a voting rights meeting organized by ... MFDP was one part of the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project, or Freedom Summer, which brought hundreds of college ...