Freedom Summer

How the 60-year-old-fight continues to inspire activism and voter registration campaigns.

According to a statement from the university, the Wil Haygood Collection includes early drafts of some of his books, interviews, behind-the-scenes movie notes, photos from his world travels, and letters from world leaders and public figures.

A former national president of the League of Women Voters and a popular satellite radio host are this year's recipients of the Freedom Summer of '64 Award…

Betty Daniels Rosemond will be the keynote speaker at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 20,…

Miami University's board of trustees has adopted a new way for the school to honor and recognize three Freedom Summer civil rights workers who lost their…

Fifty-five years ago this summer, hundreds of student volunteers trained at Western College in Oxford (now part of Miami University) before heading south…

Listen to Cincinnati Edition live at noon M-F. Audio for this segment will be uploaded after 4 p.m. ET.In 1964, hundreds of volunteers, educators and civl…

Miami University is continuing to mark the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer.Nearly fifty Freedom Summer volunteers are in Oxford this weekend for an…

Miami University is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer Friday with a 3 o'clock ceremony on Western Campus. WVXU's Tana Weingartner has…