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When the Right to Vote Wasn’t a Right

New Documentary

The new PBS documentary Freedom Summer lays bare a Deep South world where African Americans risked jobs, homes, and their lives for the right to vote.

Scott Porch
Scott Porch
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George Ballis/Take Stock; Courtesy PBS
Scott Porch

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