We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Library of Congress.
American Folklife Center,
sponsoring body
moving image
videorecording
government publication
two-dimensional moving image
dcu
2009
monographic
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress,
publisher
2009-05-05.
eng
1 online resource
As an illustrator and journalist, Tracy Sugarman covered the nearly one thousand student volunteers who traveled to the Mississippi Delta to assist black citizens in the South in registering to vote. Two white students and one black student were slain in the struggle, many were beaten and hundreds arrested, and churches and homes were burned to the ground by the opponents of equality. Yet the example of Freedom Summer resonated across the nation. The U.S. Congress was finally moved to pass the civil rights legislation that enfranchised millions of black Americans. Blending oral history with memoir, "We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns" chronicles the sacrifices, tragedies and triumphs of that unprecedented moment in American history.
Kids, Families.
Researchers.
Teachers.
Classification: History: America.
Classification: Law.
Tracy Sugarman.
Recorded on 2009-05-05.
African American History.
Culture, Folklife.
Government, Law.
Biography, History.
Government, World Affairs.
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.090505afc1200
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