“I Never Will Forget” Memories from Mississippi Freedom Summer
“I NEVER WILL FORGET” MEMORIES FROM MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER For seven years, the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program traveled to Sunflower County to gather interviews with witnesses to history. These are their stories. “I Never Will Forget” 2 “I Never Will Forget” 3 “I NEVER WILL FORGET” MEMORIES FROM MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER “I Never Will Forget” 4 “I Never Will Forget” 5 To those who risked their lives so that we could all be free. “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” –Fannie Lou Hamer “I Never Will Forget” 6 A Publication of the SAMUEL PROCTOR ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM DIRECTOR: PAUL ORTIZ EDITED BY: SARAH BLANC Interviewers: Anna Armitage, Sarah Blanc, Margaret Block, Cindy Bobadilla, Michael Brandon, Lauren Byers, Chelsea Carnes, Kenisha Cauley, Khambria Clarke, Amelia D’Costa, Nicole Cox, Steve Davis, Diana Dombrowski, A.J. Donaldson, Justin Dunnavant, Chris Duryea, Sarah Eiland, Candice Ellis, Diamia Foster, Derick Gomez, Michelle Gray, Christine Guerrier, Brittany Hibbert, Steve Houston, Justin Hosbey, Joanna Joseph, Genesis Lara, Jennifer Lyon, Joe Mathis, Josh Moore, Danielle Navarette, Stacey Nelson, Annemarie Nichols, Amanda Noll, Paul Ortiz, Breanne Palmer, Kathy Pierre, Dan Simone, Nailah Summers, Jessica Taylor, Caroline Vickers, Khama Jamaal Weatherspoon, Marna Weston, Kaydrianne Young Transcribers: Sarah Blanc, Diana Dombrowski, Jana Ronan Technical Direction: Deborah Hendrix Consultants: Margaret Block (Sam Block Jr. Civil Rights Organization), Stacy White (Sunflower County Civil Rights Organization) A note on the transcripts: All quotes are taken verbatim from transcribed interviews. SPOHP does not correct for grammar or accuracy, but does omit repeated words. Words in brackets are added for clarity.
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