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Photos: Freedom Summer 50 years later
Fifty years later, Freedom Summer stands out as a watershed moment in the long drive for civil rights. Mass resistance to integration started to crumble. Congress took a monumental step toward equal rights. And scores of young, idealistic volunteers embarked on careers of activism that continue to shape American politics and policy today.
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., delivers the keynote address at the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, Miss., Sunday, June 15, 2014, during a commemorative service for three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, all killed in 1964 in Neshoba County for their voter registration work among blacks in then segregationist Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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