Freedom Summer, Chapter 1

Season 26 Episode 6

"Freedom Summer" premieres June 24, 2014 at 9/8c.

Over 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in Mississippi, then one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states.

AIR DATE 6/24/14

On a Hair Trigger

On a Hair Trigger

Anita Walton Moore - "The Librarian"

Anita Walton Moore - "The Librarian"

John Howell - "The Publisher"

John Howell - "The Publisher"

Searching for the Bodies

Searching for the Bodies

Barney Frank - "The Politician"

Barney Frank - "The Politician"

Freedom Schools

Freedom Schools

An Integrated Party

An Integrated Party

Opposition to Freedom Summer

Opposition to Freedom Summer

Freedom is Not Free

Freedom is Not Free

Freedom Summer's Widow

Freedom Summer's Widow

Bad Things Were Going to Happen

Bad Things Were Going to Happen

Freedom Summer, Chapter 1

Freedom Summer, Chapter 1

Mark Levy - "The Teacher"

Mark Levy - "The Teacher"

Herbert Randall - "The Photographer"

Herbert Randall - "The Photographer"

Roscoe Jones - "The Preservationist"

Roscoe Jones - "The Preservationist"

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