1964: The Fight for a Right

Overview

By 1964, black Mississippians had suffered 75 years of Jim Crow. Civil rights activists came up with a daring plan for change. Bringing white students to Mississippi for a summer-long voter registration drive. Mississippi Public Broadcasting commemorated the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer with a documentary which explored the content, events, and aftermath of those 10 weeks.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 11, 2014

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

PBS

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded