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The 1964 Freedom Summer, by Rebecca Felix ; content consultant, Robert W. Widell, Jr., PhD, Assistant Professor of African-American, Civil Rights, & Recent American History, University of Rhode Island

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The 1964 Freedom Summer, by Rebecca Felix ; content consultant, Robert W. Widell, Jr., PhD, Assistant Professor of African-American, Civil Rights, & Recent American History, University of Rhode Island
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The 1964 Freedom Summer
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
857405811
Responsibility statement
by Rebecca Felix ; content consultant, Robert W. Widell, Jr., PhD, Assistant Professor of African-American, Civil Rights, & Recent American History, University of Rhode Island
Series statement
Essential events
Summary
Examines the civil rights movement that took place in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 as well as the murders of advocates and the hate crimes they faced
Table Of Contents
Summer victims -- From slavery to civil rights -- Targeting Mississippi -- Spring training -- Storming the South -- Early summer: surviving in Mississippi -- School, poverty, and politics -- Season of change -- Timeline -- Essential facts
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Freedom Summer
Classification
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