The Children of the Mississippi Freedom Summer, an Interview with Allison Mitchell and Special Guest Dr. Anthony Harris
From History Talk, the history podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective by Origins OSU
November 13, 2025 · 22 min
About this episode
Allison Mitchell and Dr. Anthony Harris discuss Black history and the significance of the Mississippi Freedom Summer.
Listen to Allison Mitchell and special guest Dr. Anthony Harris discuss Black history and her Picturing Black History essay, "The Children of the Mississippi Freedom Summer." Learn more about Allison Mitchell at https://picturingblackhistory.org/author/mitchell/ Explore more photographs and stories that changed the world from Picturing Black History at https://www.picturingblackhistory.org/, a collaboration between Origins: Current Events In Historical Perspective (https://origins.osu.edu) and Getty Images (https://www.gettyimages.com/). Picturing Black History strives to contribute to an ongoing public dialogue on the significance of Black history and Black life. We embrace the power of images to capture stories of oppression and resistance, perseverance and resilience, freedom dreams, imagination, and joy within the United States and around the globe. Interviewed by Paul McAllister
People in this episode
Host: Paul McAllister
Guests: Allison Mitchell, Dr. Anthony Harris
Topics covered
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Black history
- photography
- oppression
- resilience
Keywords
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Black history
- Picturing Black History
- photographs
- oppression
- resilience
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Picturing Black History, Origins: Current Events In Historical Perspective, Getty Images
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