Listen to Allison Mitchell and special guest Dr. Anthony Harris discuss Black history and her Picturing Black History essay, "⁠The Children of the Mississippi Freedom Summer⁠."

Learn more about Allison Mitchell at ⁠https://picturingblackhistory.org/author/mitchell/ ⁠

Explore more photographs and stories that changed the world from Picturing Black History at ⁠⁠https://www.picturingblackhistory.org/⁠⁠, a collaboration between Origins: Current Events In Historical Perspective (⁠⁠https://origins.osu.edu⁠⁠) and Getty Images

(⁠⁠https://www.gettyimages.com/⁠⁠).

Picturing Black History strives to contribute to an ongoing public dialogue on the significance of Black history and Black life. We embrace the power of images to capture stories of oppression and resistance, perseverance and resilience, freedom dreams, imagination, and joy within the United States and around the globe.

Interviewed by Paul McAllister