The summer of 1964 witnessed the most astounding successes of. Sally belfrage, freedom summer university of virginia press, 1965, reissued. In this excerpt from her 1965 book, freedom summer, sally belfrage remembers the tension at the training session for northern volunteers in oxford, ohio, as the news came in that three organizers of the freedom summer project were missing in mississippi in 1964. In 1963 belfrage traveled to georgia and north carolina to research the civil rights movement, and was inspired to participate in the snccsponsored freedom summer organizing drive of 1964. Belfrage, sally 19361994american journalist and memoirist whose first book, a room in moscow, brought her instant fame. The book won her praise as an intelligent and humorous journalist and critic who ardently searched for the truth. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In this excerpt from her 1965 book, freedom summer, sally belfrage remembers the tension at the training session for northern volunteers in oxford, ohio, as. Sally belfrage, freedom summer university of virginia press, 1965, reissued 1990. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Her memoir, freedom summer, published in 1965, was the first book with that title. Freedom summer sally belfrage this is a book where the author tells about her summer in the south of the united states of amercica in 1964, and how it affected her.
Freedom summer download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Freedom summer, or the mississippi summer project, was a volunteer campaign in the united states launched in june 1964 to attempt to register as many africanamerican voters as possible in mississippi. The savage season that made mississippi burn and made america a democracy. Born sally mary caroline belfrage in hollywood, california, on october 4, 1936. Of these, only sallys freedom summer 1965 has the authentic ring of an enduring classic.
The text covers one intense summer from the basic training session in june to the democratic convention in august. Sally belfrage was assigned to greenwood, a mississippi delta town that still relied on. For the 2001 childrens book, see freedom summer book. The daughter of cedric belfrage and molly castle, two radical british writers, she moved with her family in 1942 to the new york city area where they stayed until 1955. The untold story of the mississippi murders, william bradford huie 1964. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred american college students. Part of the american stories series, this book tells the story of mississippi during the freedom summer of 1964. If you want to get a sense of what it was like to be a white volunteer in mississippi during the freedom summer of 1964, this is one of the best ways to do it. Growing up in an america where fitting in seemed a higher goal even than getting rich, belfrage was cursed with some seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Sally belfrage, whose room in moscow opened out on russian society, here applies the same objectivity to the summer of 1964, when she sojourned in mississippi as a volunteer. It is an objectivity maintained throughout the most stringent conditions. Susie erenrich, editor, freedom is a constant struggle.
Freedom summer sally belfrage, 1965 here is the story of freedom summer told in the immediate aftermath by a participating volunteer. A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in american history. Belfrage, sally, 1936 social networks and archival context. Freedom summer is a richly detailed account of a young white woman who participated in the student nonviolent coordinating committees summer project in mississippi in 1964. Freedom summer by sally belfrage viking, 1965 the many aspects of the movement are presented in the often chaotic way they presented themselves to sally belfrage in the summer of 1964. Freedom summer was published in 1965, and in 1968 she moved to london which remained her lifelong base while she pursued her career as a journalistsocial activist. Sally belfrage must have gone to mississippi with the intention of compiling material for this book as well as working for first class citizenship for black americans because it is. It brings the strengths of sally belfrages freedom summer 1965 and elizabeth sutherland martinezs letters from mississippi 1965 and avoids trumpeting the fbis heroic efforts to locate the bodies of michael schwerner, james chaney, and andrew goodman. Isbn 97808912998 susie erenrich, editor, freedom is a constant struggle. A belfast year for united states distribution, unamerican activities. Search for library items search for lists search for. Buy a cheap copy of freedom summer carter g woodson. Freedom summer, or the mississippi summer project, was a volunteer campaign in the united.
Freedom summer issue 7, april 1966 fifth estate magazine. Mississippi black history makers george alexander sewell. A personal account of a civil rights volunteer who spent the summer of 1964 in mississippi. Home services handpicked professionals happiness guarantee. Freedom summer is a richly detailed account of a young white woman who participated in the student nonviolent coordinating committees summer project in mississippi. My parents were foreigners and got married a lot, they went in. A memoir of the fifties, freedom summer, a room in moscow, and flowers of.
Fawcett world library, 67 west 44th street, new york, new york, 10036photo measures 10 x 8. An anthology of the mississippi civil rights movement montgomery, al. Her book freedom summer remains a major source of information about the mississippi summer project and has long deserved to be reissued so that it can. Jessica mitford is right to say obituary, 16 march that sally belfrages freedom summer is the one book of the many on the mississippi summer project of. Sally mary caroline belfrage, independent leftist, world traveling journalist, and author of five books, was born in hollywood, california on october 4, 1936. Book overview freedom summer is a richly detailed account of a young white woman who participated in the student nonviolent coordinating committees summer project in mississippi in 1964. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
It is a book where the author tells about her summer in the south, and how it. In his critically acclaimed history freedom summer, award winning author bruce watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the american civil rights movement. Leafing through it today, i still feel the chills and thrills of first reading, as each character springs alive from the page. In this excerpt from her 1965 book, freedom summer, sally belfrage remembers the tension at the training session for northern volunteers in oxford, ohio. Sally belfrage october 4, 1936 march 14, 1994 was a united statesborn britishbased 20th. The text covers one intense summer from the basic training session in june to. Freedom summer wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Veterans of the civil rights movement veterans sally belfrage.
Off the top, this is the best new examination of the mississippi summer project of 1964. See more ideas about civil rights, freedom and black history. Although sally belfrage did not coin the term, freedom summer, it was her book that popularized its use in reference to the 1964 mississippi summer project. Blacks had been cut off from voting since the turn of the century due to barriers to voter registration and other laws. The book begins with journalistic detachment, referring to the volunteers arriving for training in ohio as they. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Her biography helps explain the curiously unmoored feeling of freedom summer. In freedom summer, sally belfrage tells of being put in jail with a number of other white northern girls after a demonstration in greenwood, mississippi. Moody ends her account in the spring of 1964, just before the beginning of the mississippi summer project as it was known until sally belfrages book title caught on as an excellent referent. Sally belfrage sally belfrage, author of freedom summer, recently published as a 75cent fawcett crest paperback. It detailed her experiences as a volunteer in greenwood, mississippi. Freedom summer is a richly detailed account of a young white woman.