# Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964: Memory, Legacy & the Way Forward

The launch of the Civil Rights History Project (CRHP) website was highlighted during this symposium, with remarks by Roberta Shaffer, Rex Ellis, Betsy Peterson, Guha Shankar and Kate Stewart. Following the launch, Wesley Hogan moderated a panel session featuring four African American freedom rights activists discussing their experiences in organizing the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in 1964 and the legacy of their work in the struggle. They included Robert "Bob" Parris Moses, Dorie Ladner, Joyce Ladner and Charles "Charlie" E. Cobb Jr. The symposium concluded with an address by Bob Moses entitled "We The People: Constitutional People & Personal Responsibility for the Message of the Preamble?" The program was co-sponsored by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Library's partner in the Civil Rights History Project.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2014
- By: American Folklife Center
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697374/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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