I n 1964, Courtland Cox was among hundreds of college students who traveled to Mississippi to help register Black people to ...

During the 2022-23 school year, 59% of White Plains students were Latino/Hispanic, 22% white, 11% Black and 5% multiracial. On the third-grade tests, 63% of white students in Whit ...

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Ramirez’s lesson was part of a week of activities at WA-BLOC’s Freedom Schools in Southeast Seattle this summer. The program at Emerson Elementary School is an incarnation of the historic ...

Instead, Jones decided to work on a play about a boxer, “ The Great White Hope ,” which had been written by Howard Sackler at Arena Stage, a Washington-based theater company in the growing regional ...

Though full voter enfranchisement was ultimately unsuccessful, Freedom Summer empowered the masses to renew their demands for equal citizenship. Bob Moses promised to return to continue the job ...

New Jersey's marker was unveiled on Tuesday, and is part of a series commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Freedom Summer voting rights movement. Freedom Summer was an effort to register ...

Menu K-12 School and Community Visitors Freedom Summer ‘64 for Self-Guided Classes and Groups Steve Schapiro (American, 1934-2022), We Shall Overcome, 1964. Silver gelatin print, 16 x 20 inches ...

Most colleges have a voter resources page, which is a great place to start. You can also look at the Secretary of State’s ...

Barack Obama. Then think about a distinguished educator who can capitative and motivate his students. Then imagine a politician unafraid to stand up for the rights of his constituents in the toughest ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Libraires is honoring the 60th anniversary of 1964’s Freedom Summer with a lecture from noted civil rights activist Leslie-Burl McLemore on Friday [Aug. 30].

She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and helped organize Freedom Summer, a campaign to educate and register Black voters. With Mississippi conducting whites-only primaries ...