Freedom Summer activists share their stories
Neshoba County Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price watches marchers as they pass through Philadelphia, Miss., during a memorial for three slain Civil Rights workers, June 21, 1965. Price is charged with conspiracy to violate the civil rights of the three Freedom Summer activists slain by Klansmen in 1964. Seven Ku Klux Klansmen were convicted of federal civil rights violations in the deaths and sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to ten years; none served more than six years. (Jack Thornell/AP file)
The National Civil Rights Museum hosts prominent civil rights leaders for a daylong symposium in honor of the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Freedom Summer National Civil Rights MuseumMichael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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