Additional Reading for those Who Want to Learn More about Freedom Summer 1964

“In 1964 the Klan Killed Three Young Activists and Shocked the Nation: Why Freedom Summer’s Mississippi murders of 3 young activists matter” (June 20, 2024), https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2024/mississippi-klan-killings-1964-impact-history/

National Park Service (December 21, 2022), “New Study Identifies Civil Rights Sites in Mississippi for Potential Commemoration by the National Park Service: Study Explores Variety of Opportunities for Honoring this Pivotal Part of American History, press release, https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/new-study-identifies-civil-rights-sites-in-mississippi-for-potential-commemoration-by-the-national-park-service.htm [The full report of the NPS study, Mississippi Civil Rights Special Resource Study, 2022, can be accessed in this press release.]

Claire Whitlinger (October 30, 2020), “Freedom Summer: Remembering the Neshoba Murders in Black and White, article published online by PBS, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/neshoba-murders-black-white/

Rita Bender (June 30, 2014), "Thoughts for the People of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church," Black Past, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/thoughts-people-mt-zion-united-methodist-church/

Dick Molpus, “Philadelphia, Mississippi: A Story of Racial Reconciliation” (December 2014), Mississippi History Now, published online by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/philadelphia-mississippi-a-story-of-racial-reconciliation

“Mississippi Town Likened to Sodom; Philadelphia Pastor Finds Need for Men of Justice” (December 8, 1964), The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/08/archives/mississippi-town-likened-to-sodom-philadelphia-pastor-finds-need.html   

PBS Staff Writer (n.d.), “Freedom Summer: Murder in Mississippi,” an article published online by PBS, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-murder/

Professor Douglas O. Linder, (n.d.), “The ‘Mississippi Burning” Trial: An Account (U.S. vs. Price et al.)” one in a series of Famous Trials: Accounts and Materials for 100 of History’s Most Important Trials published online by the UMKC School of Law,  https://www.famous-trials.com/mississippi-burningtrial/1955-home

 “FREEDOM SCHOOLS (n.d.), SNCC Digital Gateway, SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University,  https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/culture-education/freedom-schools/

This is only a sample of the many resources available online related to this subject.