Freedom Summer activists sing before leaving training sessions at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, for Mississippi in June 1964. Credit: Newseum
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october 18, 2023
Facnet Workshop
University of Mississippi Voter Engagement roundtable presentation RESOURCES​
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under costruction r. oct. 18 2023
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Organization Links
UM DCE
LWVOXNMS
AGF
Ox2Box
MS Votes #Up2Us Dolla Back video
initiatives
Freedom Summer
Andrew Goodman Foundation website: "Civics For Change: Freedom Summer 1964"
History Channel story
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Presenters | Resources
Caroline Leonard, University of Mississippi Andrew Goodman Fellow
e. cileonar at go dot olemiss dot edu | clleonard02 at gmail dot com
University of MIssissippi Voting Coalition UMVC
e. umvc.olemiss.edu@gmail.com
Instagram @um_votingcoalition
Resources: •
• Andrew Goodman Foundation [AGF]
AGF General Website
AGF Archive (contains a biography of Andrew Goodman and many of his documents related to Freedom Summer):
• "UM Votes: Exploring the History of Voting Suppression in MS"
Article by Caroline Leonard on Voting Rights in MS
• "Freedom Summer" Article by The Stanford University Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Center
• COFO Information provided by SNCC Archives (COFO - Council of Federated Organizations was the primary organizer of Freedom Summer
Current COFO Education Center website
Eliot Parker, University of Mississippi Writing & Rhetoric Department Faculy
e. beparke1 at olemiss dot edu
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