/tags/freedom-summer Freedom Summer en-US Copyright Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2024-06-06/the-legacy-of-the-freedom-rides-and-freedom-summer-of-1964 How the 60-year-old-fight continues to inspire activism and voter registration campaigns. Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2024-06-06/the-legacy-of-the-freedom-rides-and-freedom-summer-of-1964 /local-news/2023-11-16/wil-haygood-collection-miami-university 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. Thu, 16 Nov 2023 22:34:24 GMT /local-news/2023-11-16/wil-haygood-collection-miami-university Tana Weingartner /local-news/2020-03-02/freedom-summer-awardees-to-be-honored-for-championing-voting-rights 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… Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:23:00 GMT /local-news/2020-03-02/freedom-summer-awardees-to-be-honored-for-championing-voting-rights Tana Weingartner /local-news/2019-12-23/freedom-rider-betty-daniels-rosemond-to-be-honored Betty Daniels Rosemond will be the keynote speaker at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 20,… Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:27:00 GMT /local-news/2019-12-23/freedom-rider-betty-daniels-rosemond-to-be-honored Tana Weingartner /education/2019-12-13/miami-students-push-for-name-changes-honoring-freedom-summer-martyrs 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… Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:01:00 GMT /education/2019-12-13/miami-students-push-for-name-changes-honoring-freedom-summer-martyrs Tana Weingartner /local-news/2019-11-01/freedom-summer-future-part-of-anniversary-conference Fifty-five years ago this summer, hundreds of student volunteers trained at Western College in Oxford (now part of Miami University) before heading south… Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:10:00 GMT /local-news/2019-11-01/freedom-summer-future-part-of-anniversary-conference Tana Weingartner /local-news/2019-10-30/freedom-summer-turns-55 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… Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-10-30/freedom-summer-turns-55 Michael Monks /local-news/2014-10-10/freedom-summer-reunion-and-conference-in-oxford Miami University is continuing to mark the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer.Nearly fifty Freedom Summer volunteers are in Oxford this weekend for an… Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:46:00 GMT /local-news/2014-10-10/freedom-summer-reunion-and-conference-in-oxford Tana Weingartner /local-news/2014-06-19/freedom-summer-remembered-friday-at-miami-university 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… Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:08:19 GMT /local-news/2014-06-19/freedom-summer-remembered-friday-at-miami-university Tana Weingartner