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The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
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When Whales Could Walk

When Whales Could Walk

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1964: The Fight for a Right

1964: The Fight for a Right

By 1964, black Mississippians had suffered 75 years of Jim Crow. Civil rights activists came up with a daring plan for change. Bringing white students to Mississippi for a summer-long voter registration drive. Mississippi Public Broadcasting commemorated the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer with a documentary which explored the content, events, and aftermath of those 10 weeks.

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