Find lessons for organizing in today's times from @SceneOnRadio on "Freedom Summer". i.e., they couldn't meet in traditional ways in public venues. They relied on power of song to lift spirits, speak to conditions, and commit to action (register to vote). http://www.sceneonradio.org/s4-e7-freedom-summer/
Learn about many people in @sceneonradio segment from @snccdigital such as Frank Smith -- called to report for draft while in Miss. jail for voting rights advocacy. Helped organize Miss. Freedom Labor Union (MFLU) and now directs @afroamcivilwar museum. https://snccdigital.org/people/frank-smith/
Read about Mississippi SNCC veteran Dorie Ladner ⬇️Became active in CRM as a teen after murder of Emmett Till. "He was just one year older than I was. I was enraged, but I did not know what to do with that anger. His murder made me aware of my Blackness." https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ladner-dorie/
After listening to the latest @SceneOnRadio episode, learn more about Freedom Summer at @snccdigital See: https://snccdigital.org/events/freedom-summer/ (Website offers short profiles with links to oral histories and primary docs.)
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