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Find lessons for organizing in today& #39;s times from @SceneOnRadio on "Freedom Summer". i.e., they couldn& #39;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/">https://www.sceneonradio.org/s4-e7-fre...
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/">https://snccdigital.org/people/fr...
Read about Mississippi SNCC veteran Dorie Ladner 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Downwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Downwards arrow">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/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials...
"Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom." Hollis Watkins, born in Mississippi in 1941, continues in the fight for justice with song, teaching, and organizing. via @snccdigital https://snccdigital.org/people/hollis-watkins/">https://snccdigital.org/people/ho...
Teach this history with series of lessons by Adam Sanchez that explore the history and evolution of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including freedom rides and voter registration. See below. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-sncc">https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials...
The episode features interviews with Lawrence Guyot & others on a truly fair election in U.S. history -- for Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates to Democratic National Convention. https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/sharecroppers-challenged-mississippi-apartheid-lbj-and-the-nation/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-kne...
After listening to the latest @SceneOnRadio episode, learn more about Freedom Summer at @snccdigital See: https://snccdigital.org/events/freedom-summer/">https://snccdigital.org/events/fr... (Website offers short profiles with links to oral histories and primary docs.)
