VoteThatJawnAug 72 minFreedom Summer 60 Years Later: Lessons from ‘The Other Philadelphia’No one outside of its residents had ever really heard of the small Mississippi town before June 1964. That’s when the stories began.
VoteThatJawnAug 74 minThe Freedom Summer: When Students Rose Up and Changed the WorldToday in 2024, we find ourselves at the 60-year anniversary of some of the most influential few months of the Civil Rights Movement.
VoteThatJawnAug 73 minFreedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 3 – Healing“Blacks [do] everything. Everything,” Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, declared in awe. And it was true.
VoteThatJawnAug 72 minFreedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 2 – DangerIt was June 21, 1964 and James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner were setting out for Philadelphia, Mississippi
VoteThatJawnAug 75 minFreedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 1 – OrientationFreedom Summer volunteers had an orientation; here’s yours.
VoteThatJawnJul 243 minVoting Against MemoryThere were many times I wasn’t allowed to leave the house because of demonstrations happening downtown.
VoteThatJawnJul 244 minHow School Might Help Prepare Youth for Real LifeBy Cassidy Whaley Over the years I've come to realize a striking truth: in school, students often spend as much time questioning the...