The sight of thousands of Black protestors marching across Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, on the “All Roads Lead to the South” National Day of Action has drawn comparisons to Mississippi’s Freedom ...

Idealism drove hundreds of college students to Mississippi 50 years ago. In 1964, civil rights activist Bob Moses led the campaign to register black voters and educate black children in that state. It ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - During Black History Month, markers across Hattiesburg are drawing attention to the people and places connected to the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign. But for some residents, ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - In 1964, Hattiesburg played a huge role in the Freedom Summer Civil Rights Movement. The movement aimed to increase African American votes at the polls. Last year marked the ...

In the early 1960s, Mississippi’s segregated school system was designed to limit Black students’ futures. Underfunded classrooms, outdated books, and a curriculum stripped of Black history and civic ...

This milestone anniversary exhibition commemorating the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Project features over 100 photos printed from the original negatives taken by photojournalist Herbert Randall.

Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.