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Activism During Freedom Summer

News clippings and black-and-white photographs documenting moments and examples of activism as part of the Freedom Summer movement, including speeches and political signs.


  • Program for Voter Registration in Canton, Mississippi; July 3, 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 2; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 13; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 17; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 20; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 23; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 25; 1964

  • Newspaper Article "Rumbling of a Mississippi Storm"; June 15, 1964

  • Newspaper Article "17 are Honored for the Courage it Took to Wait."; January 1, 1965