Active in the Mississippi civil rights movement through the 1960s, particularly in Hattiesburg. Ladner discussed: her reaction to the Freedom Rides coming to MS in 1961; relationship with Medgar Evers before he was assassinated; her reaction to the murder of Emmitt Till as a child; her analysis of Robert Moses' leadership style; friction between college-educated Northern SNCC staffers and the Mississippi staff members; the issue of sexism in the civil rights movement.
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