June 18, 2014
Hollis Watkins joined the NAACP and SNCC when he was a teenager. He as the first Mississippi student to become involved in 1961 in the Mississippi Voting Rights Project of SNCC. Now he is helping young people fight for their rights in 2014.
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Civil Rights
From 1964 to 2014: Creating a Space for Activism
The Freedom Summer Youth Congress conference will run from June 23-29 on the Tougaloo College campus and will include seminars on voting, campaigning, education, immigration, violence and rights.
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