Freedom Summer backdrop
Freedom Summer poster
Trailer
Freedom Summer
7.2
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1h 53m
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2014
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Released
Overview
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.

Cast
Anthony Harris poster
Anthony Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident
Bruce Watson poster
Bruce Watson
Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
Karin Kunstler Goldman poster
Karin Kunstler Goldman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Julian Bond poster
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dudley Connor poster
Dudley Connor
Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)
Dorothy Zellner poster
Dorothy Zellner
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Peggy Jean Connor poster
Peggy Jean Connor
Self - Mississippi Resident
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons poster
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Patti Miller poster
Patti Miller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Tracy Sugarman poster
Tracy Sugarman
Self
Larry Rubin poster
Larry Rubin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Rita Schwerner Bender poster
Rita Schwerner Bender
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hollis Watkins poster
Hollis Watkins
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wally Butterworth poster
Wally Butterworth
Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)
William Winter poster
William Winter
Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968
William J. Simmons poster
William J. Simmons
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)
William Scarborough poster
William Scarborough
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council
John Dittmer poster
John Dittmer
Self - Historian
Charlie Cobb poster
Charlie Cobb
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Eleanor Holmes Norton poster
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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