On October 19, 2014, a Community Teach-in entitled Fifty Years after Freedom Summer: Civil Rights Progress and Voting Rights Reversals will be held in two locations in Oak Park. The Teach-in will commemorate the history and legacy of the 1964 Freedom Summer, in which hundreds of volunteers from across the country traveled to Mississippi to participate in voter registration drives for African-Americans in that state. The program will also include current experts on voting rights as well as address efforts underway to ensure that the gains achieved over the last fifty years are sustained. The Teach-in, sponsored by 28 Chicago area communities of faith and advocacy organizations, is free of charge and open to the public.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:00:00 +0000
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