Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – Charles McLaurin initially disagreed with the plan to bring college students – many of them white, many from the ...

During a 1964 effort to register Black people to vote, known as Freedom Summer, the Ku Klux Klan killed three civil rights activists in Philadelphia, Miss. In this special “Post Reports” episode, ...

In 1964, civil rights groups organized Freedom Schools: summer programs for kids across the state of Mississippi. More than 2,500 children attended 41 schools. Classes ranged from literature and math ...

In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gutted Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, All Roads Lead to the South launched Freedom Summer 2026 to continue the legacy of the 1964 ...

If you were a white person visiting Mississippi in the summer of 1964, you were risking your life. You were if you were participating in the Mississippi Summer Project, later known as Freedom Summer.

NEW YORK — Stephen Schwerner doesn’t remember how he learned that his younger brother Michael, nicknamed Mickey, was missing in Mississippi along with colleagues Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. What ...

In 1964, less than 7% of Mississippi’s African Americans were registered to vote, compared to between 50 and 70% in other southern states. In many rural counties, African Americans made up the ...

Moss Point will soon commemorate its role in the civil rights movement through a memorial project led by the Mississippi ...

As part of Florida's new "Freedom Summer" initiative, Gov. Ron DeSantis has decreed that all bridges in the state can only be lit up at night in red, white, and blue. "As Floridians prepare for ...

Miami University honors Wil Haygood with the Freedom Summer of ’64 Award on Nov. 14 during an event at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. The invitation-only award ...

As part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964, civil rights groups ran summer schools to educate Black children. We hear from six former students who look back on their experiences. Time now for ...