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Freedom Summer

Description: 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.

Genres: Documentary

Homepage: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomsummer/

Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 113 minutes

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Anthony Harris

Played Self - Mississippi Resident

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Bruce Watson

Played Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'

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Karin Kunstler Goldman

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Julian Bond

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Dudley Connor

Played Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)

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Dorothy Zellner

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Peggy Jean Connor

Played Self - Mississippi Resident

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Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Patti Miller

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Tracy Sugarman

Played Self

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Larry Rubin

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Rita Schwerner Bender

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Hollis Watkins

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Wally Butterworth

Played Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)

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William Winter

Played Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968

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William J. Simmons

Played Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)

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William Scarborough

Played Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council

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John Dittmer

Played Self - Historian

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Charlie Cobb

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Eleanor Holmes Norton

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Ivanhoe Donaldson

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Bob Moses

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Charles McLaurin

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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James Forman

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Edwin King

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Fannie Lou Hamer

Played Self (archive footage)

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Amzie Moore

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Dick Gregory

Played Self - Comedian (archive footage)

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Bob Clark

Played Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)

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Allen C. Thompson

Played Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)

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Linda Wetmore Halpern

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Susan Brownmiller

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Chris Williams

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Theron C. Lynd

Played Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi

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Dave Dennis

Played Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Daisy Harris

Played Self - Mississippi Resident

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Roscoe Jones

Played Self - Mississippi Resident

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Walt Kaufman

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)

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Chris Hexter

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Ross Barnett

Played Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)

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Barbara Jan Nave

Played Self - Miss Mississippi 1963

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Malva Heffner

Played Self (archive footage)

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Albert Heffner

Played Self (archive footage)

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Played Self (archive footage)

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J. Edgar Hoover

Played Self (voice) (archive footage)

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Pete Seeger

Played Self

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Ben Chaney

Played Self (archive footage)

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Victoria Gray-Adams

Played Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)

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Aaron Henry

Played Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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Joe Rauh

Played Self (archive footage)

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Sherwin Markman

Played Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68

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Taylor Branch

Played Self - Historian

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Played Self (archive footage)

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Edith Green

Played Self - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage)

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