<p>African Americans were legally blocked out of the political process by 1890. In spite of the some progress made thanks to the northern migration, the south was air tight in the grip of Jim Crow. It proved to be a long, hard and deadly fight to get the ballot into black hands and become a part of the political process. Sound familiar?</p>
<p>It is not theory or conspiracy. It is history, Naked and raw.</p>

African Americans were legally blocked out of the political process by 1890. In spite of the some progress made thanks to the northern migration, the south was air tight in the grip of Jim Crow. It proved to be a long, hard and deadly fight to get the ballot into black hands and become a part of the political process. Sound familiar? It is not theory or conspiracy. It is history, Naked and raw.

Freedom Summer Part 1

Short stories, poems and prose highlighting African American culture. 
It is 2022. We're going to visit our ancestors, our cousins, our female warriors!
We honor the ones we have all heard of.

Now, let's salute the ones we may not know as well.

Women! The fire and backbone of our movement toward a more perfect union!

History

Short stories, poems and prose highlighting African American culture. It is 2022. We're going to visit our ancestors, our cousins, our female warriors! We honor the ones we have all heard of. Now, let's salute the ones we may not know as well. Women! The fire and backbone of our movement toward a more perfect union!

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Freedom Summer Part 1

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