Posts Tagged: Freedom Summer

We Sang “We Shall Overcome.” Mississippi Reminded Me Why.

Scott Colom’s historic victory in Mississippi takes me back to Freedom Summer, when a nine-year-old at a Long Island day camp learned to sing for justice—and to believe America could change. The election of Scott Colom in Mississippi is the

We Sang “We Shall Overcome.” Mississippi Reminded Me Why.

Scott Colom’s historic victory in Mississippi takes me back to Freedom Summer, when a nine-year-old at a Long Island day camp learned to sing for justice—and to believe America could change. The election of Scott Colom in Mississippi is the