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Gr 9 Up—Fifty years after the Freedom Summer murders, this meticulously researched, compellingly told account covers an incredible moment in history. Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were three young civil rights workers who decided to work for the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) to confront bigotry in Mississippi and register African Americans to vote. They left for Merid...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

With the fiftieth anniversary of Freedom Summer this year, we are bound to see books on the subject (see Deborah Wiles's Revolution, p. 108), and these two volumes -- both meticulously researched and well documented -- provide excellent introductions. Rubin focuses more broadly on Freedom Summer itself: the organizers, the volunteers, the voter registration drives, etc. She conducted many interviews, in person, by telephone, and by e-mail, with people who were directly involved, and their firsthand accou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

With meticulous research and documentation, Rubin focuses broadly on Freedom Summer: the organizers, the volunteers, the voter registr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Provides a detailed account of the Mississippi Summer Project, which was a major contributing factor in Mississippi’s remarkable increase of eligible black voters from 6.4 percent registered in 1964 to nearly 60 percent in 1966. Numerous primary quotes provide immediacy and illustrate the energy of Freedom Summer. When he volunteered to help disenfr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More