Freedom Summer
Arlington, VA : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2014]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over ten memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the nation's most segregated states, even in the face of intimidation, physical violence, and death.
Series: American experience.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Ethnicity.
Political activists.
Racism.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Ethnicity.
Political activists.
Racism.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Target Audience: Rating: TVPG.
ISBN:
9781627890229
UPC: 841887021289
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD AFRICAN AM. Civil Rights Fre | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Videorecording.
DVD.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Videorecording.
DVD.