Freedom Summer volunteer recalls fight for Black vote cdispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cdispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Almost 60 years ago, 20-year-old Marvin Griffin joined the efforts of the Council of Federated Organizations during Freedom Summer. He and his cohorts fought to help Black citizens overcome poll taxes and literacy tests and register to vote, while facing harassment, threats and possible arrest.
Meridian residents are encouraged to celebrate the life and legacy of one of the Queen City’s most impactful women Monday by taking part in the fourth annual “Miss Polly” Glover
Terror, Murder, Jim Crow Laws: Inside Mississippi's Voting Rights Fight themarshallproject.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from themarshallproject.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.