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“I was opposed to Freedom Summer”

“Most of the organizers in Mississippi were opposed to the idea of the Mississippi Summer Project, which meant essentially bringing down, I think the number we were talking about was roughly 1,000 students. I was one the people who was opposed to Freedom Summer.”

Freedom Summer premieres on American Experience PBS June 24, 2014.