1.0God's Politicshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godspoliticsgp_internhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godspolitics/author/gp_internDuane Shank: Remembering Freedom Summer's Heroes and Villains - God's Politicsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DcMrDUFq44"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godspolitics/2007/01/duane-shank-remembering-freedom.html">Duane Shank: Remembering Freedom Summer’s Heroes and Villains</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godspolitics/2007/01/duane-shank-remembering-freedom.html/embed#?secret=DcMrDUFq44" width="600" height="338" title="“Duane Shank: Remembering Freedom Summer’s Heroes and Villains” — God's Politics" data-secret="DcMrDUFq44" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The “Mississippi Freedom Summer” in 1964 was one of the most significant nonviolent campaigns in history, conducted in the face of incredible hatred and violence. Under the direction of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, hundreds of young volunteers – men and women, black and white – faced death on a daily basis. Black-owned homes, churches,…http://www.freedomschools.org/images/photos/our%20history/studentgroupfs64-s.jpg