Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, wa…

Danny Glover
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Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage. ✨ Interview with Sarah van Gelder, www.yesmagazine.org. March 31, 2001.
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Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage. ✨ Interview with Sarah van Gelder, www.yesmagazine.org. March 31, 2001.

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