1964 Freedom Summer: Changing the Status Quo in the Civil Rights Movement

PBS Learning Media
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Classroom Material
Keywords
Finding Your Roots Finding Your Roots 2 Finding Your Roots II Henry Louis Gates Jr. fyr14 wnet Freedom Summer Ben Affleck Benjamin Affleck SNCC civil rights civil rights movement voter registration Andrew Goodman James Chaney Michael Schwerner lynching lynch mob
Subjects
English-Language Arts History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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1964 Freedom Summer: Changing the Status Quo in the Civil Rights Movement

Learn about Ben Affleck’s mother’s involvement in Freedom Summer and her experiences as a civil rights activist in this video from Finding Your Roots. Explore how she, and other civil rights activists, risked their own lives to fight for freedom for others and challenged the racial status quo during the Civil Rights Movement. The video also describes the horrific lynching of civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. 
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PBS Learning Media

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