This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.Freedom SchoolsThe idea of the freedom schools originated as part of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Project when Charles Cobb, a Student…Freedom Summer ProjectThe Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, known as the Freedom Summer Project, sought to use multiple methods to change race…Freedom VoteThe Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) sponsored two mock statewide “freedom elections” in 1963. These elections sought to provide African…Gray, Duncan Montgomery, Jr.Episcopal bishop and activist Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr. was born on 21 September 1926 in Canton, Mississippi. His father, Duncan…Ladner, Joyce AnnJoyce Ann Ladner was born on 12 October 1943 in Battles, Mississippi, and grew up in Palmer’s Crossing, a small…Moses, BobCivil rights activist Bob Moses played two important roles in Mississippi—first as a movement organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating…
Freedom SchoolsThe idea of the freedom schools originated as part of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Project when Charles Cobb, a Student…
Freedom Summer ProjectThe Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, known as the Freedom Summer Project, sought to use multiple methods to change race…
Freedom VoteThe Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) sponsored two mock statewide “freedom elections” in 1963. These elections sought to provide African…
Gray, Duncan Montgomery, Jr.Episcopal bishop and activist Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr. was born on 21 September 1926 in Canton, Mississippi. His father, Duncan…
Ladner, Joyce AnnJoyce Ann Ladner was born on 12 October 1943 in Battles, Mississippi, and grew up in Palmer’s Crossing, a small…
Moses, BobCivil rights activist Bob Moses played two important roles in Mississippi—first as a movement organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating…
