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Civil Rights activists Mimi Real and Bob Gabriner discuss Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader. Documenting the 1964 Freedom Summer project--when 60,000+ black Mississippians risked everything to join SNCC and CORE workers and volunteers in Mississippi to challenge segregation--Risking Everything shares 44 original documents which takes readers through this powerful time in history, from letters to meeting agendas and discussions, this collection is a testimony to the suffering and courage of these American heroes.
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