In 2024, we should remember that seeds emerge from the darkness. 60 years later we must continue to agitate, educate, organize and vote with our memories set in the past and hopes tracked to the future.
On June 29, 1964, the FBI began distributing these pictures of civil rights workers, from left, Michael Schwerner, 24, of New York, James Chaney, 21, from Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman, 20, of New York, who disappeared near Philadelphia, Miss., June 21, 1964. The three civil rights workers, part of the "Freedom Summer" program, were abducted, killed and buried in an earthen dam in rural Neshoba County.
With the spotlight on Alabama, Moses and a sea of SNCC workers from across the country flooded Mississippi in 1964 to confront voter disenfranchisement, promote voter education and registration. By the end of the summer, over 60,000 Black Mississippi residents and a multi-racial mobilization of volunteers risked their lives to participate in local meetings, candidate selections and a mock election known as the “Freedom Vote” that ran parallel to the 1964 elections.
After Freedom Summer, SNCC workers and others made their way to Selma and the Black Belt to begin voter registration alongside Alabama’s leaders. They filled the jails. More were victims of violence. Many murders went unsolved but the workers continued. Foot soldiers challenged white supremacy with every step, conversation, and finally, in 1965, every ballot.
As we move forward, we should reflect upon another four-word call of remembrance: “Thank God for Alabama.” Jessica O’Connor is the Public History Director of the Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium . Learn more about Freedom Summer in the AAACRHSC’s Stayed on Freedom podcast episode,If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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