Quiz: Freedom Summer

Published on October 10, 2013 by PBS

The year was 1964, and Mississippi was ablaze with fires of inequality and racially motivated violence. During a 10-week period known as "Freedom Summer," members of multiple civil rights organizations worked tirelessly to integrate the state's political system and draw attention to its segregationist practices. Test your knowledge about one of the most influential events of the Civil Rights Movement.

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