Aretha, David.

Freedom Summer / by David Aretha. - 1st ed. - Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., c2008. - 128 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm. - Civil rights series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-123) and index.

Preface to a long hot summer -- Jim Crow's stranglehold -- Northern Whites join the fight -- Preparing for battle -- Welcome to Mississippi -- Daring to register -- Freedom schools -- The Freedom Party -- Violence and tension -- The impact of Freedom Summer -- Timeline.

ISBN: 9781599350592 1599350599

LCCN: 2007023815

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Mississippi Freedom Project.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
African Americans--Suffrage--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights workers--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.

LC Class. No.: E185.93.M6 / A74 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 323.1196/073009046