THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024 • 4 PM

REGISTER FOR ZOOM MEETING.

SIXTY YEARS AGO, students from campuses across the Northern United States, including Queens College, converged in Mississippi to volunteer for Freedom Summer, an initiative led by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) to establish Freedom Schools and increase Black voter registration in the state. What was QC’s connection to this momentous civil rights project before, during, and after it was carried out? What led students to travel to Mississippi to help fight against injustices taking place hundreds of miles away? How did those QC students continue the fight against racism in Queens and on campus both immediately after Freedom Summer and in the decades after? What is the legacy of Freedom Summer for our campus and students today? In this presentation, primary sources from the QC archives help answer these questions, illuminating people, places, and events from this remarkable time.

ANNIE TUMMINO serves as head of Special Collections and Archives in the Queens College Library, where her goal is to maximize access and use of archival materials. In the past, she worked as the archivist at SUNY Maritime College and as a project archivist at Columbia University, Museum of the City of New York, and Queens Museum. She received her MLIS and archives certificate from Queens College in 2010.

Part of the "AT HOME WITH QUEENS COLLEGE"  series sponsored by the Office of Institutional Advancement.