‘Good Trouble Lives On’ teach-in continues legacy of activism in Oxford
“You’re sitting in the very space where King came during Freedom Summer, and we are all here in Oxford to continue that legacy of activism.”
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Local Oxford resident organizes first Juneteenth celebration
Brian Revere, an Oxford resident who has lived in town for two years, organized the city’s first large-scale Juneteenth celebration four years after it became a nationally recognized holiday.
New exhibit shows Freedom Summer, captured from photographers’ perspectives
This fall, the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum is putting a focus on the photographers who captured the Freedom Summer of 1964.
60 years later, Freedom Summer's impact is still alive in Oxford today
By the time Roland Duerksen decided to get involved in the Freedom Summer movement, he was already well into his life and career.
"I was married," the retired professor, now 97, said. "I was 37 years old at the time, so you know how old I am