In a savage and sizzling summer, Mississippi’s Freedom Schools were beacons of hope.

As Freedom Summer’s 60th approaches, its architect stirs memories and awe.

Shy and reclusive, he did not want to accept his Nobel in person. But he rose to the podium and lit a candle for humanity

Fannie Lou Hamer was the soul of Mississippi’s civil rights movement. Soon all of America would hear her voice.