Experiencing Racism in Segregated Mississippi in the 1960s | Iowans Return to Freedom Summer

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Iowa PBS Civil Rights voting rights segregation Freedom Summer Mississippi 1960s racism IPTV Iowa Public Television black history volunteers african americans activists activism social movements social justice
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History-Social Science
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Experiencing Racism in Segregated Mississippi in the 1960s | Iowans Return to Freedom Summer

In the early 1960s, black citizens of Mississippi continued to experience severe discrimination in the segregated South. In this video segment from Iowans Return to Freedom Summer, a Freedom School participant recalls what it was like to grow up in racially segregated Mississippi in the 1960s.
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