Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer by Stanley Nelson

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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.

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Anthony Harris

Anthony Harris as Self - Mississippi Resident

Bruce Watson

Bruce Watson as Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'

Karin Kunstler Goldman

Karin Kunstler Goldman as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Julian Bond

Julian Bond as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Dudley Connor

Dudley Connor as Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)

Dorothy Zellner

Dorothy Zellner as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Peggy Jean Connor

Peggy Jean Connor as Self - Mississippi Resident

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Patti Miller

Patti Miller as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Tracy Sugarman

Tracy Sugarman as Self

Larry Rubin

Larry Rubin as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Rita Schwerner Bender

Rita Schwerner Bender as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Hollis Watkins

Hollis Watkins as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Wally Butterworth

Wally Butterworth as Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)

William Winter

William Winter as Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968

William J. Simmons

William J. Simmons as Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)

William Scarborough

William Scarborough as Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council

John Dittmer

John Dittmer as Self - Historian

Charlie Cobb

Charlie Cobb as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Ivanhoe Donaldson

Ivanhoe Donaldson as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Bob Moses

Bob Moses as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Charles McLaurin

Charles McLaurin as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

James Forman

James Forman as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Edwin King

Edwin King as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer as Self (archive footage)

Amzie Moore

Amzie Moore as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

Bob Clark

Bob Clark as Self - ABC News Correspondent (archive footage)

Allen C. Thompson

Allen C. Thompson as Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)

Linda Wetmore Halpern

Linda Wetmore Halpern as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Susan Brownmiller

Susan Brownmiller as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Chris Williams

Chris Williams as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Theron C. Lynd

Theron C. Lynd as Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi

Dave Dennis

Dave Dennis as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Daisy Harris

Daisy Harris as Self - Mississippi Resident

Roscoe Jones

Roscoe Jones as Self - Mississippi Resident

Walt Kaufman

Walt Kaufman as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)

Chris Hexter

Chris Hexter as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer

Ross Barnett

Ross Barnett as Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)

Barbara Jan Nave

Barbara Jan Nave as Self - Miss Mississippi 1963

Malva Heffner

Malva Heffner as Self (archive footage)

Albert Heffner

Albert Heffner as Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger as Self

Ben Chaney

Ben Chaney as Self (archive footage)

Victoria Gray-Adams

Victoria Gray-Adams as Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)

Aaron Henry

Aaron Henry as Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Joe Rauh

Joe Rauh as Self (archive footage)

Sherwin Markman

Sherwin Markman as Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68

Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch as Self - Historian

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Edith Green

Edith Green as Self - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage)

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