Title Work

Title No: 15106

Title: Speaker at an organizational meeting during Freedom Summer, Mississippi

Medium: Documentation

Original Medium: Photograph

Date: 1964 (Created)

Speaker at an organizational meeting during Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964. Speaker stands in front of a wall with maps, images, and signs, one of which reads, "We Shall Overcome." Photo taken during the filming of "A Regular Bouquet," a documentary film by Richard Beymer on the activities of volunteers and residents during the Mississippi Summer Project, 1964. 

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Subjects: African Americans--Suffrage--History--20th century; Mississippi; Mississippi--Social conditions; Civil rights workers--Mississippi; Suffrage--Mississippi; African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.; African Americans--Suffrage--United States--History--20th century; Mississippi Freedom Project; African Americans--Suffrage- Mississippi.; African Americans--Civil rights- Mississippi; Mississippi--Race relations