Freedom summer, American Experience Films ; Firelight Films ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Cyndee Readdean ; series producer, Susan Bellows ; senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Firelight Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
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Freedom summer, American Experience Films ; Firelight Films ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Cyndee Readdean ; series producer, Susan Bellows ; senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Firelight Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
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eng
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Rating: TV-PG
Main title
Freedom summer
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879579973
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Originally broadcast by PBS June 24, 2014
Responsibility statement
American Experience Films ; Firelight Films ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Cyndee Readdean ; series producer, Susan Bellows ; senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Firelight Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
Runtime
120
Summary
"In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over 10 memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the nation's most segregated states ... even in the face of intimidation, physical violence, and death"--Container
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- Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Ethnicity -- Mississippi -- 20th century
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- African Americans + Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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- African Americans + Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Nonfiction television programs
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
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