American Experience

Freedom Summer

Season 26 Episode 6 | 1h 52m 17s | Video has closed captioning.

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The story of 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, when 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.

Aired: 06/24/14

Expires: 07/26/23

Rating: NR

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