Amy Goodman
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50 Years On, How a New Freedom Summer Could Turn Disenfranchised People of Color into Swing Voters
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6:51Now PlayingThis month marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. In June 1964, more than a thousand outofstate volunteers traveled to Mississippi to help register AfricanAmerican voters and set up "freedom schools." Activists risked their lives to help actualize the promise of America's democracythe right for everyone to vote. Out of Freedom Summer grew the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party that challenged the legitimacy of the whiteonly Mississippi Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Half a century after Freedom Summer, a new report suggests much work remains to be done. According to the report, people of color continue to be locked out of statewide politics, and people of color candidates rarely get elected to statewide office. The report features statebystate graphics that demonstrate how a targeted wave of voter registration among people of color voters could shift the balance of power in key southern states. The report, "True SouthVoters of Color in the Black Belt 50 Years After Freedom Summer," was just released by the Southern Elections Foundation and the Center for American Progress. We are joined by the report's author, Benjamin Jealous, a partner at Kapor Capital and a senior fellow the Center for American Progress.
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