Long, Hot Summer '64; Episode 9

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Series
Long, Hot Summer '64
Episode Number
Episode 9
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-12m646qz
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Description
Episode Description
In the ninth in a series of weekly news reports documenting the civil rights movement during the summer of 1964, news is announced that the FBI have found the bodies of three missing Freedom Summer workers, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman, in Mississippi. Host Ted Mascott reads an letter to the editor of the Jackson, Mississippi Clarion Ledger written earlier that denigrates the workers and expresses doubts that they have murdered. Jeff Cowan, a student worker for the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) reports on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). He describes a district convention of the MFDP that he attended in Greenville, Mississippi, that was marked by the enthusiasm of the participants for politics. The series was produced for the Educational Radio Network.
Broadcast Date
1964-08-06
Genres
News Report
News
Topics
News
News
Social Issues
Race and Ethnicity
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rights--History; Mississippi; Freedom Summer; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:29:43
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Credits
Announcer: Mascott, Ted
Announcer: Mascott, Ted
Producer: Mascott, Ted
Producer: Mascott, Ted
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Production Unit: Radio
Production Unit: Radio
Reporter: Cowan, Jeff
Reporter: Cowan, Jeff
Writer: Mascott, Ted
Writer: Mascott, Ted
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-b761a243c5d (Filename)
Format: 1/4 inch audio tape
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:30:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Long, Hot Summer '64; Episode 9,” 1964-08-06, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 21, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-12m646qz.
MLA: “Long, Hot Summer '64; Episode 9.” 1964-08-06. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 21, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-12m646qz>.
APA: Long, Hot Summer '64; Episode 9. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-12m646qz