freedom summer
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16 of the Most Powerful Civil Rights Activists, Ever
As part of our on-going power series, we explore the most impactful Civil Rights activists in American history, from Fannie Lou Hammer to Fred Hampton.
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Murders of The Civil Rights Movement That We Must Not Forget
Yes, the FBI plotted to kill Fred Hampton. But there’s more.
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Civil Rights Icon and Educator Bob Moses Dies at 86
Moses, who helped lead Black voter registration drives in the South during the 1960s and later founded the Algebra Project, died Sunday, July 25, 2021.
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Klansman Who Helped Plot the 1964 Deaths of 3 Civil Rights Workers Dead at 92
A former Klansman who was sentenced in 2005 to 60 years in prison for his role in the 1964 plot to abduct and kill three young civil rights workers during the Freedom Summer drive to register black voters died Thursday in a prison in Parchman, Miss. He was 92. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said…