Friday, July 26, 2024

MDAH's Freedom Summer project comes to Natchez

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The Freedom Summer project organized by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, came to Natchez on Thursday, July 25. The project is titled, “Freedom Summer: 60 Years Later – A Landmarks of American History Teacher Workshop.” It included about 35 educators and museum professionals from across the country. 

We met at Historic Natchez Foundation, where I was honored to present a talk on “Freedom Summer in Natchez.” We were joined by Mayor Dan Gibson, Alderwoman Valencia Hall, and Cater Burns, executive director of Historic Natchez Foundation.
Our program included a tour of historical sites in Natchez.

Many thanks to Michael Morris,  Al and Karis for making this event possible.

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