Dedicated to the Proposition: Freedom Summer

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:00:00

Freedom Summer

Bob Moses Wally Roberts

In 1964, Bob Moses led an effort to bring 1000 mostly-white volunteers to Mississippi. Their job was to register African American voters and teach them about their civil rights through "freedom schools." Just before the project began, three volunteers disappeared - and were later found dead. Bob and one of the volunteers, Wally Roberts, talk to Dick Gordon what that summer meant to them.

Hear a speech that inspired both Bob and Wally, Fannie Lou Hamer's testimony at the 1964 Atlantic City Democratic National Convention
Learn about the organization Bob founded, The Algebra Project
See a photo of a protest in Mississippi that Wally helped organize

Reflections on Old Mississippi

Bill Ready

When Barack Obama won the presidential election, 75-year-old Bill Ready danced a jig. More than most people, Bill knows how far this country has come in electing a black man as president. He talks with Dick about the years he spent as a civil rights lawyer in Mississippi, back when lynchings were so common, Bill felt it necessary to carry a gun.

The Story from APM - Dedicated to the Proposition: Freedom Summer

Dedicated to the Proposition: Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer

Reflections on Old Mississippi