Civil Rights Museum hosts symposium on 1964 Freedom Summer
The National Civil Rights Museum will host a daylong symposium in honor of the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Surviving members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, plus authors and filmmakers will talk about their experiences in the bloody summer of 1964 in Mississippi.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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