Freedom Summer 1964—and Ongoing Civil Rights Battles
Freedom Summer not only marked the mobilization of civil rights organizers in Mississippi during the 1960s, but it also yielded the creation of Freedom Schools and historic legislation. The fight for civil rights continues today, from voting rights to efforts to keep educators from teaching truthfully about our country’s full history. Use these resources next school year to help students contextualize Freedom Summer and how it connects to movements today.
- Young, Gifted and Black: Teaching Freedom Summer to K-5 Students
- Freedom Wasn’t Free in ’64—and It Isn’t Free Now
- No School Like Freedom School