/tags/the-voices-of-freedom-summer The Voices Of Freedom Summer en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:59:33 GMT /2014-07-02/50-years-ago-today-the-civil-rights-act-was-signed-into-law Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. NPR has produced an in-depth online report about the act and what it means… Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:59:33 GMT /2014-07-02/50-years-ago-today-the-civil-rights-act-was-signed-into-law Eric Aasen /2014-06-24/the-voices-of-freedom-summer-recalling-a-season-that-changed-america Fifty years ago this summer, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. But that didn’t come without a price. It was the era of the… Wed, 25 Jun 2014 02:25:44 GMT /2014-06-24/the-voices-of-freedom-summer-recalling-a-season-that-changed-america Lyndsay Knecht /2014-06-16/study-up-for-think-blood-for-freedom The Freedom Summer was a 1964 campaign in Mississippi to increase black voter registration. Adversaries resisted the movement with malevolence and… Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:13:10 GMT /2014-06-16/study-up-for-think-blood-for-freedom Christina Ulsh