Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Conference DVDs, 2014 June 25 - 2014 June 29

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Summary

Creator:
John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Abstract:
The Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary conference was held June 25-29, 2014 at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, to commemorate the Freedom Summer of 1964. Collection contains 9 DVDs of conference sessions. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
Extent:
9 DVDs
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11991

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains 9 DVDs of conference sessions. The Executive Producer of the DVDs is Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, Inc. The producer is Natalie Bullock Brown/Ascension Productions, LLC.

Biographical / historical:

Freedom Summer was a campaign in the United States launched and led by volunteers in June 1964 to attempt to register as many Black voters as possible in Mississippi. It also set up Freedom Schools, Freedom Houses, and community centers in small towns across Mississippi to help the local Black population. The Freedom Summer campaign was organized by the Council of Federated Organizations, which was a coalition of the Mississippi branches of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committte, the Congress of Racial Equality, the NAACP, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary conference was held June 25-29, 2014 at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, to commemorate the Freedom Summer of 1964 while also examining progress made over the 50-year time span and laying groundwork for future endeavors.

Acquisition information:
The Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Conference DVDs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2021.
Processing information:

Processed by Leah Tams, March 2022.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2021-0127.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights
Tougaloo College
Format:
DVDs
Names:
John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Mississippi Freedom Project
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Places:
Mississippi

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