McAdam, Doug.

Freedom Summer / by Doug McAdam. - New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1988. - x, 333 p. : ill.

Includes bibliography and index. Title on cover : June, 1964. Over 1,000 volunteers head to Mississippi to register black voters. By August, 4 people are dead, 80 beaten, 1,000 arrested, 67 churches, homes and businesses burned or bombed. This is the story of that summer and its impact on a generation.

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Afro-Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Mississippi freedom project.
Afro-American--Suffrage--Mississippi.
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--History--20th century.