We see that continuing to roll culminating in the march on washington in 1953. And then the gigantic, heavy, media drenched birmingham where king writes the eloquent letter from birmingham jail that you all read. But we are going to do today is take a step back. Whats happening between 1961 and 1964 . Created, we know they were involved in the freedom rides. But what are they doing as an institution . What is it that they are doing . Theyre are going to plan and execute one of the most toshes civil rights call it a demonstration would not do it justice. One of the most incredible civil rights events of the era and thats going to take place, they call it the mississippi summer project. Colloquially, it becomes known as freedom summer. We will see a large freedom summer in 1964 and they will do another freedom summer again in 1965. How do we get there . Why freedom summer . What leads sncc and field secretary bob moses to focus so much on mississippi . Why mississippi . Thats the focal p
Many of these events are open to the public. Look for them to air in the near future on booktv on cspan2. Welcome to hattiesburg, mississippi, on booktv. Located in the southern part of the state as apocalypse of nearly 80,000 is home to the university of Southern Mississippi. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners, over the next 90 minutes well talk with local authors as well as about the history of the area and the Dakota Clinic look at the civil war through the eyes of both wellknown and ordinary families. I really had always wanted to write this kind of sweeping, i guess sauger of the civil war. And for me as a military historian over the years what i of those is that as much as was ousted by what happens on the battlefield and this sweeping changes that take place because of his campaign on that campaign, the soldiers are always looking older i really came to deciding on my writing that you have to look at both. You have to look at the soldier and the families, the battlefron
Enforcement, joint Terrorism Task force, fbi, homeland security, the army. Spying on peace activists. New details about the army iniltrating antiwar groups Washington State and beyond. One justreleased email shows an Army Employee talking to Police Departments in los angeles, portland, oregon, eugene, everett, and spokane about the need to collect and share intel on leftist and anarchist. Then, spies of mississippi. They were out to stop covert efforts of immigration. Were not just talking about some rednecks on the street, this is defiance at its highest level. We knew we were being followed. I knew my life was in danger. A new film looks at the statesponsored campaign to defeat the civil Rights Movement. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ukraine is delaying the formation of a new government until thursday, following the ouster of democratically elected president Viktor Yanukovych after months of protes
A half-century later, students at the University of Mississippi reckon with the past wwno.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wwno.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
University of Mississippi students meet members of the school's Black Student Union from 1970. They were jailed and expelled from Ole Miss for protesting token integration.