Freedom Summer 2014
During the summer of 1964, over 700 volunteers, many of them students, traveled to Mississippi to challenge the state's deeply entrenched segregation. They worked to register African American voters, establish freedom schools providing alternative education, and formed the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to demand representation. Through eyewitness accounts and recently discovered archival footage, the film recounts their experiences and the immense challenges they faced, as their efforts met with fierce resistance and put their lives at risk.
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Meet the Full Cast and Actors of Freedom Summer
Explore the complete cast of Freedom Summer, including both lead and supporting actors. Learn who plays each character, discover their past roles and achievements, and find out what makes this ensemble cast stand out in the world of film and television.
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dick Gregory
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Pete Seeger
Self
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
William Winter
Self - Treasurer of Mississippi 1964-1968
Edwin King
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dudley Connor
Self - Racist Lawyer (archive footage)
Anthony Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident
Karin Kunstler Goldman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Bruce Watson
Self - Author of 'Freedom Summer'
Dorothy Zellner
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Peggy Jean Connor
Self - Mississippi Resident
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Tracy Sugarman
Self
Patti Miller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Larry Rubin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Rita Schwerner Bender
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hollis Watkins
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wally Butterworth
Self - Racist Radio Host (archive footage)
William J. Simmons
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council (archive footage)
John Dittmer
Self - Historian
William Scarborough
Self - Mississippi Citizens' Council
Charlie Cobb
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Ivanhoe Donaldson
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Bob Moses
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Charles McLaurin
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James Forman
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Self (archive footage)
Amzie Moore
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Allen C. Thompson
Self - Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (archive footage)
Susan Brownmiller
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Linda Wetmore Halpern
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Theron C. Lynd
Self - Registrar of Voters, Forrest County, Mississippi
Dave Dennis
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Roscoe Jones
Self - Mississippi Resident
Daisy Harris
Self - Mississippi Resident
Walt Kaufman
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
Chris Hexter
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer
Ross Barnett
Self - Former Governor of Mississippi (archive footage)
Barbara Jan Nave
Self - Miss Mississippi 1963
Malva Heffner
Self (archive footage)
Albert Heffner
Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Victoria Gray-Adams
Self - Freedom Summer Volunteer (archive footage)
Ben Chaney
Self (archive footage)
Aaron Henry
Self - Co-Founder, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Joe Rauh
Self (archive footage)
Sherwin Markman
Self - Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966-68
Taylor Branch
Self - Historian
Edith Green
Self - Congresswoman, Democratic Party (archive footage)
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