In the summer of 1964, with the civil rights movement stalled, seven hundred college students descended on Mississippi to register black voters, teach in Freedom Schools, and live in sharecroppers' shacks. But by the time their first night in the state had ended, three volunteers were dead, black churches had burned, and America had a new definition of freedom.
Chapter 1. “There Is a Moral Wave Building”
Chapter 4. “The Decisive Battlefield for America”
Chapter 5. “It Is Sure Enough Changing”
Chapter 6. “The Scars of the System”
Interlude. “Another So-Called ‘Freedom Day’”
Chapter 7. “Walk Together, Children”
Chapter 8. “The Summer of Our Discontent”
Chapter 10. “The Stuff Democracy Is Made Of”
Chapter 11. “Give unto Them Beauty for Ashes”
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