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Oh Freedom Over Me
URL: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/oh_freedom/

Description:
This site is a companion to a report from America RadioWorks and National Public Radio (NPR) news about the "Freedom Summer [of 1964], one of the most remarkable chapters in the Southern Civil Rights movement." The site features audio of the radio show, an essay, interview transcripts of selected Freedom Summer veterans, and a slide show about this project in Mississippi that focused on voting rights and education.

Author:
Biewen, John

Publisher:
America Public Media

Extra Keywords
segregation desegregation Mississippi Summer Project voter registration

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
African Americans -- Civil rights
Black History Month
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Southern States -- Race relations
Voter registration -- Mississippi

LII Database Information:
Record 1013 created by Maria Brandt on 06/14/2005
Last modification on 06/15/2005
Published: 06/14/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1013