Photo: “Sandy Leigh's MFDP lecture,” by Herbert Randall, 1964
Provided by the McCain Library and Archives, University of
Southern Mississippi Reprinted with permission of Herbert
Randall CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM UNIT VII—THE MOVEMENT Purpose: To
grasp the significance of direct action and of political action
as instruments of social change. Materials: Readings in
Nonviolence; COFO Materials on Freedom Summer; Charles Remsberg,
“Behind the Cotton Curtain” (excerpts); Southern Regional
Council, report on Greenwood Voter Project; [Inserted by
Editors:] Civil Rights Bill [Inserted by Editors:] Rifle Squads
or the Beloved Community [Inserted by Editors:] Nonviolence in
American History [Inserted by Editors:] Teaching Material for
Unit 7, Part II QUESTION: What is a Freedom Ride? ANSWER: A
Freedom Ride is a special kind of direct action protest aimed at
testing buses, trains, and terminal facilities—to see whether or
not the seating of people on buses and trains is done according
to law, i.e., the Supreme Court rulin