Freedom Summer – 60 Years Later (Dulin Church, Falls Church)

Freedom Summer – 60 Years Later: The Pivotal Role of a Mississippi United Methodist Church in the National Struggle for Civil Rights. Dulin Church, 513 East Broad Street, Falls Church, Virginia 22046. Sunday, October 6th, 4 p.m. Join us for an important discussion and presentation lead by Grace Terpstra, Principal, Terpstra Associates. Mount Zion United Methodist Church, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, is the site of a church burned during Freedom Summer – a.k.a. the Mississippi Summer Project – a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Over 700 mostly white volunteers joined African Americans in Mississippi to fight against voter intimidation and discrimination at the polls. This event will feature interviews and discussions with current and former members and clergy of Mount Zion. Learn more…