50 years later, 'Freedom Summer' leaders recall pivotal fight against discrimination
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50 years later, 'Freedom Summer' leaders recall pivotal fight against discrimination
A new documentary “Freedom Summer” looks back to the deeply segregated Mississippi of 1964, and the young people who came from around the country to lend a hand in the struggle against racism. For a look back at the moment, Gwen Ifill is joined by Freedom Summer coordinator Robert Moses, Freedom Summer volunteer Rita Schwerner Bender, as ...
Jun 25, 2014
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