"Freedom Summer at 60: Mississippi as a Catalyst for Change," a photography exhibit, will be on display at the Hattiesburg Library through August. The exhibit was curated in association with University Libraries Special Collections and Harvey Richards Media Archive. It features photographs taken by Herbert Randall in and around Hattiesburg during Freedom Sumer, as well as archival photographs by Richards made in Mississippi from 1959-64.

In conjunction with the exhibit, a film screening of two civil rights-era documentaries filmed in Mississippi will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Hattiesburg Public Library. The screening commemorates the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer voting rights and education initiatives in Mississippi.

"We'll Never Turn Back" (1963) and "Dream Deferred" (1964) document the often-violent struggle that Black residents faced across Mississippi and the South when attempting to vote. These events led to the watershed moment of national recognition that occurred during Freedom Summer in 1964.