Freedom Summer
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.
Top Billed Cast
Anthony Harris Self - Mississippi Resident
Bruce Watson Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
Karin Kunstler Goldman Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Julian Bond Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dudley Connor Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)
Dorothy Zellner Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Peggy Jean Connor Self - Mississippi Resident
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Patti Miller Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Tracy Sugarman Self
Larry Rubin Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Rita Schwerner Bender Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hollis Watkins Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wally Butterworth Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)
William Winter Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968
William J. Simmons Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)
William Scarborough Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council
John Dittmer Self - Historian
Eleanor Holmes Norton Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Ivanhoe Donaldson Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee