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Description for Freedom Summer
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
In June 1964, over 1,000 volunteers - most of them white, northern college students - arrived in Mississippi to campaign for black enfranchisement and teach at `freedom schools' as part of the Freedom Summer campaign organized by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Within 10 days, three were murdered; by summer's end, another had died and hundreds more had endured bombings, beatings, and arrests. This is the first book to gauge the impact of Freedom Summer on the project volunteers and the period we now call the `turbulent 60s'.
In June 1964, over 1,000 volunteers - most of them white, northern college students - arrived in Mississippi to campaign for black enfranchisement and teach at `freedom schools' as part of the Freedom Summer campaign organized by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Within 10 days, three were murdered; by summer's end, another had died and hundreds more had endured bombings, beatings, and arrests. This is the first book to gauge the impact of Freedom Summer on the project volunteers and the period we now call the `turbulent 60s'.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195064728
SKU
V9780195064728
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About Doug McAdam
Doug McAdam is author of Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
Reviews for Freedom Summer
`A major contribution.' Library Journal `Freedom Summer is an extremely interesting, readable account of the summer of 1964. It is clearly written, detailed, and well documented; enlivened by the words of those who experienced that summer.' Tampa Tribune Times `What sets Freedom Summer apart from other historical literature on the period is its contemporary appeal. The book doesn't end in ... Read more