IOWANS RETURN TO FREEDOM SUMMER

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Sep 28, 2015 5:00 PM

Description

Free Screening Presented by Keeping History Alive Foundation
with additional support from the Historical Iowa Civil Rights Network

DIALOGUE - Disccusion following the screening with director Angelo Wemmje, producer Patti Miller and subject Shel Stromquist

In the summer of 1964, hundreds of predominantly white college students answered the call from Civil Rights leaders to volunteer for Freedom Summer. They joined with voter registration efforts, taught in freedom schools and worked in community centers in towns throughout racially segregated Mississippi. IOWANS RETURN TO FREEDOM SUMMER features five native Iowans sharing why they felt compelled to volunteer.