FREEDOM SUMMER 60TH ANNIVERSARY
CPM Global presents "Sounds of Change: Freedom Summer 60th Anniversary Docuseries" a compelling and timely tribute to one of the most defining moments in the Civil Rights Movement. Freedom Summer 1964 was not just a fight for voting rights—it was a coalition of conscience. Young people from different races, religions, and regions came together with a shared vision of justice and equality, challenging the brutal Jim Crow laws and risking everything to build a better future. The tragic murders of James Chaney, a young Black man from Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, two young white Jewish men from New York, underscored the perilous road they traveled and the profound solidarity that helped drive the movement forward. "Sounds of Change" captures the spirit of this extraordinary coalition and explores the enduring impact of their collective courage.
Freedom Summer activists sing before leaving training sessions at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, for Mississippi in June 1964.
Ted Polumbaum Collection/Newseum
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FREEDOM SUMMER VETERANS
Freedom Summer didn't begin nor end in 1964, many of the veterans listed organized across various states and years ranging mainly from 1963-1965.
Freedom School Student & Mississippi Organizer
Freedom Summer Veteran
Civic Interest Group Organizer (SNCC)
SNCC Organizer
Freedom Summer Veteran
Freedom Singer & "Voice" of Selma
Freedom Summer Veteran
Freedom Summer Veteran
Freedom Summer Veteran (CORE)
Freedom Summer Veteran