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Professor. They spoke at the 2014 organization of american historians annual meeting in atlanta. This is about 90 minutes. S an hour and a half. Thank you all for being here. My name is jim campbell. I teach history at Stanford University. It is my privilege and my great pleasure to introduce todays panelists after which im going to shut up. A couple of ground rules. The reason that there are these blinding lights, this event is being recorded by c span, so one consequence of that is they have a...

His great grandfather in fact was a founder of new africa, an all black colony established in the mississippi delta in the 1880s. If you know where to look urk still see a road sign. After his freshman year at howard, he got on a bus to go to a civil rights training meeting in houston, texas. Stopped off in jackson, and basically never left. As dory ladner says, he got gamed. Charlie would work as a snik organizers chiefly in Sunflower County in the delta. He would in 1964 be one of the primary ...

One of their widows was part of a Panel Discussion on the freedom summer. This is an hour and a half. Thank you all for being here. My name is jim campbell. I teach history at Stanford University. It is my privilege and my great pleasure to introduce todays panelists after which im going to shut up. A couple of ground rules. The reason that there are these blinding lights, this event is being recorded by c span, so one consequence of that is they have asked that we use the microphone for questio...

In the Lower East Side of manhattan. She worked along her husband. Michael and rita in 6364. Drove to mississippi in their vw beetle. Opened up their cofo center in the 4th Congressional District in meridian, mississippi. There they endured in extraordinary harassment, which culminated when michael along with his companions were murdered. Rita she continued to work in the movement thereafter. She participated in the Mississippi Free democratic parties. I believe she gathered affidavits for a sui...

The city of Jackson will honor the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers next month to recognize the 60th anniversary of his assassination.

0 was killed, an all-white jury. now you have the case of a known murderer who racially profiled trayvon and pursued him over objections of the dispatchers, one other little punk get away, then he murdered him and walked away from the dead body and gave his gun to the police department. it is amazing the similarities. this undercurrent of retrogression. we see the progress in so many areas. we will not let even this break our spirit. >> reverend, i understand today you spoke with marissa alexan ...

0 this could be anybodys child. >> meanwhile, in the states capital, tallahassee, approved a student activist called the dream defenders occupied the rotunda and staged a sit-in in the office of governor rick scott. the protesters want the governor to call a special session of the state legislature to address floridas stand your ground law. governor scott is out of town. the protesters say they will remain in the building until they meet with the governor, himself. this, on the heels of more pea...

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