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Season 6 Episode 21: Mississippi Revealed

Journey with Cannon Hersey as he explores parallels between battles over voting rights today and the historic struggles of the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi. With his grandfather, famed writer John Hersey's groundbreaking "A Life for a Vote" as a roadmap, Cannon reveals how black farmers cultivated freedom by tending the earth, and are still striving to overcome a legacy of systemic oppression.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

8

Episodes:

171

Actor:

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2017

IMDb:

9.0