Freedom Summer Walking Tour

Freedom Summer Walking Tour A walking tour of the Western College for Women campus in Oxford, Ohio that recreates the 1964 volunteer orientation for the Mississippi Summer Project.

Tours begin in front of Clawson Hall on Western Drive and conclude at the Freedom Summer Memorial. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. The walking tour begins with two tour guides introducing themselves as Freedom Summer staff members. Along the route, tour guides then take on the personas of trainees, revealing the inner thoughts of Freedom Summer volunteers as recorded in letters and diaries. S

everal interactive exercises underline how conflicts emerged and how trust was build among the 1964 volunteers. At the Freedom Summer memorial, tour guides bridge the past to the present, inviting participants to discuss and reflect upon the legacy of the civil rights movement today. The tour explores why students committed themselves to activism in 1964.

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Peabody Hall
Oxford, OH
45056

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(513) 529-5819

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