Freedom Summer

Overview

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.

Directed by Stanley Nelson

Top cast

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Anthony Harris

Self - Mississippi Resident

B

Bruce Watson

Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'

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Karin Kunstler Goldman

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Julian Bond

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

D

Dudley Connor

Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)

D

Dorothy Zellner

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Peggy Jean Connor

Self - Mississippi Resident

G

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

P

Patti Miller

Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

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Tracy Sugarman

Self

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Larry Rubin

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

R

Rita Schwerner Bender

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

H

Hollis Watkins

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Wally Butterworth

Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)

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William Winter

Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968

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William J. Simmons

Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)

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William Scarborough

Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council

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John Dittmer

Self - Historian

C

Charlie Cobb

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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