Freedom Summer for Young People: The Violent Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy (For Young People series)

This account focuses on Freedom Summer in Mississippi in 1964, when the Civil Rights Movement was intensifying. More than seven hundred college students joined Black Americans who were already fighting for democracy and dignity. They worked to register Black voters and opened schools for young people. The book documents this season of organizing and conflict through archival photographs and extensive back matter, presenting the campaign as part of the struggle for civil rights and voting access.