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Freedom Summer
1 hour 53 minutes2014-01-17
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In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.
Cast
![Anthony Harris](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Anthony Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident
![Bruce Watson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bruce Watson
Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
![Karin Kunstler Goldman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Karin Kunstler Goldman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
![Julian Bond](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//enLLDqzAvRQ7ZSHaHorjVEzWbO7.jpg)
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Dudley Connor](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dudley Connor
Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)
![Dorothy Zellner](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dorothy Zellner
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Peggy Jean Connor](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peggy Jean Connor
Self - Mississippi Resident
![Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
![Patti Miller](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Patti Miller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
![Tracy Sugarman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tracy Sugarman
Self
![Larry Rubin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Larry Rubin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Rita Schwerner Bender](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rita Schwerner Bender
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Hollis Watkins](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hollis Watkins
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Wally Butterworth](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Wally Butterworth
Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)
![William Winter](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William Winter
Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968
![William J. Simmons](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William J. Simmons
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)
![William Scarborough](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William Scarborough
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council
![John Dittmer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Dittmer
Self - Historian
![Charlie Cobb](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charlie Cobb
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Eleanor Holmes Norton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7DuCSRRVZQ6UbMBsAayo5j6kXBC.jpg)
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Ivanhoe Donaldson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ivanhoe Donaldson
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Bob Moses](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bob Moses
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Charles McLaurin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charles McLaurin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![James Forman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
James Forman
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Edwin King](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Edwin King
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Fannie Lou Hamer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fannie Lou Hamer
Self (archive footage)
![Amzie Moore](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Amzie Moore
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Dick Gregory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yFCEq3li18403DeJYFBOBRXLVYt.jpg)
Dick Gregory
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
![Bob Clark](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bob Clark
Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)
![Allen C. Thompson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Allen C. Thompson
Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)
![Linda Wetmore Halpern](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Linda Wetmore Halpern
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
![Susan Brownmiller](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Susan Brownmiller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
![Chris Williams](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Chris Williams
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
![Theron C. Lynd](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Theron C. Lynd
Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi
![Dave Dennis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dave Dennis
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
![Daisy Harris](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Daisy Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident
![Roscoe Jones](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Roscoe Jones
Self - Mississippi Resident
![Walt Kaufman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Walt Kaufman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
![Chris Hexter](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Chris Hexter
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
![Ross Barnett](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ross Barnett
Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)
![Barbara Jan Nave](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Barbara Jan Nave
Self - Miss Mississippi 1963
![Malva Heffner](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Malva Heffner
Self (archive footage)
![Albert Heffner](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Albert Heffner
Self (archive footage)
![Lyndon B. Johnson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yEDgYwEFjiNoHUw2UrC7BhMK4pk.jpg)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
![J. Edgar Hoover](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wcxHXuPNKtIbvmvaJOqZ2pYgNOl.jpg)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (voice) (archive footage)
![Pete Seeger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//m7WBBJ4Uxl0RA5qHucY159shKLU.jpg)
Pete Seeger
Self
![Ben Chaney](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ben Chaney
Self (archive footage)
![Victoria Gray-Adams](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Victoria Gray-Adams
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
![Aaron Henry](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Aaron Henry
Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
![Joe Rauh](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joe Rauh
Self (archive footage)
![Sherwin Markman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sherwin Markman
Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68
![Taylor Branch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vLlnpu3yHxq6n8SxP9NPh43NzOk.jpg)
Taylor Branch
Self - Historian
![Martin Luther King Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5AYILU60HVNMWmhDEhFtnJVv31O.jpg)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
![Edith Green](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)