Freedom Summer for Young People
The Violent Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
Seven Stories Press · Print & ebook · November 10, 2020
This latest edition in Triangle Square's For Young People series is a gripping account of the summer that changed America.
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- Who it’s for
- Bruce Watson recounts Freedom Summer in Mississippi, from voter registration to violence against activists.
- Themes
- Civil rights activism, Voting rights, Racial violence
- Genres
- 20th Century America for Teens, Civil & Human Rights for Teens, African American U.S. History for Teens
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This latest edition in Triangle Square's For Young People series is a gripping account of the summer that changed America. In the summer of 1964, as the Civil Rights movement boiled over, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent more than seven hundred college students to Mississippi to help black Americans already battling for democracy, their dignity and the right to vote. The campaign was called “Freedom Summer.”
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But on the evening after volunteers arrived, three young civil rights workers went missing, presumed victims of the Ku Klux Klan. The disappearance focused America’s attention on Mississippi. In the days and weeks that followed, volunteers and local black activists faced intimidation, threats, and violence from white people who didn't believe African Americans should have the right to vote. As the summer unfolded, volunteers were arrested or beaten. Black churches were burned. More Americans came to Mississippi, including doctors, clergymen, and Martin Luther King. A few frightened volunteers went home, but the rest stayed on in Mississippi, teaching in Freedom Schools, registering voters, and living with black people as equals. Freedom Summer brought out the best and the worst in America. The story told within these pages is of everyday people fighting for freedom, a fight that continues today. Freedom Summer for Young People is a riveting account of a decisive moment in American history, sure to move and inspire readers.
Mississippi, 1964
Bruce Watson recounts Freedom Summer in Mississippi, from voter registration to violence against activists.
Come here for
- SNCC’s 1964 campaign to help Black Mississippians register to vote
- Freedom Schools, voter registration, and threats against volunteers and local activists
Expect
- The disappearance of three civil rights workers
- Volunteers and local activists confronting intimidation and violence
Where it sits
| Civil & Human Rights for Teens | 87% |
|---|---|
| 20th Century America for Teens | 53% |
| African American U.S. History for Teens | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th Century America for Teens
- African American U.S. History for Teens
- Civil & Human Rights for Teens
- Authors
- Bruce Watson
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Published
- November 10, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Civil rights activism · Voting rights · Racial violence
- Reading lane
- 20th Century America for Teens