Mississippi. Mississippi. This class is about one hour and 10 minutes. Prof. Shrock they were going to continue our walk of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid1960s. We talked talked about the revival of the sit in movement and how that galvanizes the movement. It gets it really moving again by the late 1950s. Collegein, it was students who get that movement rolling in 1960 and 1951. To the point where there are tens of thousands of people involved. We see that rolls over into freedom rights of 1961. We sewe see that rolls over into freedom rights of 1961. We see that continuing, culminating on the march on washington movement, we know thy were involved with the freedom rights at the end. We know they are wedded to nonviolent direct action, but action, buthem do what makes them do it . They will plan and execute one of the most ambitious civil rights call it a demonstration would not do it justice. One of the most incredible civil rights events of the era. They call it the mississippi
Mississippi. Mississippi. This class is about one hour and 10 minutes. Prof. Shrock they were going to continue our walk of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid1960s. We talked talked about the revival of the sit in movement and how that galvanizes the movement. It gets it really moving again by the late 1950s. Collegein, it was students who get that movement rolling in 1960 and 1951. To the point where there are tens of thousands of people involved. We see that rolls over into freedom rights of 1961. We sewe see that rolls over into freedom rights of 1961. We see that continuing, culminating on the march on washington movement, we know thy were involved with the freedom rights at the end. We know they are wedded to nonviolent direct action, but action, buthem do what makes them do it . They will plan and execute one of the most ambitious civil rights call it a demonstration would not do it justice. One of the most incredible civil rights events of the era. They call it the mississippi
The sitin movement and how that galvanizes the movement. It gets it really moving again by the late 1950s. Once again, it was College Students who get that movement rolling in 1960 and 1951. In 1960 and 1961. To the point where there are tens of thousands of people involved. We see that rolls over into freedom rights of 1961. We see that continuing, culminating on the march on washington in 1963. And the gigantic birmingham demonstration where there is the fantastic letter from the birmingham jail. What we are going to do today is take a step back. What is happening between 1961 and 1964 for sncc in particular. After it was created after the sit in movement, we know they were involved with the freedom rights at the end. We know they are wedded to nonviolent direct action, but what makes them do it . They will plan and execute one of the most ambitious civil rights call it a demonstration would not do it justice. One of the most incredible civil rights events of the era. They call it th
It was College Students who get the movement rolling again. Arehe point where there tens of thousands of people involved and we see that rules and with the freedom rides we see that continuing to roll and commentating in the march on washington in 1963 and then the gigantic, heavy, media drenched demonstrations where Martin Luther king writes the eloquent letter from a birmingham jail that you all read. But we are going to do today is take a step back. Whats happening between 1961 after snake was created. After the sit in movement, they were involved in the freedom rides. It that they are doing . What they are going to do is plan and execute one of the most code ofs civil rights demonstrations to 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 in 1965. But why freedom summer . What lea
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