In 1964, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organized a voter registration campaign to fight for voting access in the Deep South.
Student volunteers travelled to Mississippi and set up freedom schools, freedom libraries, helped people register to vote, and faced violence to challenge the political, economic, and social structures that kept Black citizens disenfranchised and disempowered. SNCC's voter registration efforts had lasting impacts on the Civil Rights movement and helped pave the way for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
2024 is the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Summer project. As an election year, it is an appropriate time to learn and reflect on the history of voting access and the state of voting rights today.
Fannie Lou Hamer's America | 2022 | 58min
Freedom Summer | 2014 | 1hr 53min
Freedom On My Mind | 1994 | 1hr 48 min
