Photos

The photos below were taken by Patti Miller in 1964 during Freedom Summer.

Meridian Mississippi, 1964. This photo was taken of the street just outside the COFO office and Community Center. Notice the men on either side of the door who were always there to make sure no one would come in the center who was unwelcome.

Children outside the COFO office/Community Center in Meridian, MS - 1964

Patti Miller and Marvin Gatch (a Drake graduate) reading to the children in the Community Center in Meridian, Ms. - Freedom Summer '64

Staff and students, Inside the Community Center in Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

Staff and students, Inside the Community Center in Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

Inside/out view from Community Center, Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

Children in front of Community Center, Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

Students standing outside COFO office/Community Center, Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

Children in front of Community Center, Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

Freedom Summer '64 Children

Patti's host "mom", Alice Robertson, across from COFO office, Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

Patti's host family for Freedom Summer '64 - The Robertsons in Meridian, MS

A meeting at the Freedom School Convention - Meridian, MS - Freedom Summer '64

This picture tells it all

Neshoba County Fairgrounds in Philadelphia, MS - August, 1964

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