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Wednesdays in Mississippi was an activist group during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s. Northern women of different races and faiths traveled to Mississippi to develop relationships with their southern peers and to create bridges of understanding across regional, racial, and class lines. By opening communications across societal boundaries, Wednesday’s Women sought to end violence and to cushion the transition towards racial integration.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Shulman, Holly Cowan (Winter 2013–2014). "Wednesdays in Mississippi. How Jewish Was My Mother's Civil Rights Activism?". Lilith. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Wednesdays in Mississippi at the University of Houston
  3. ^ Wednesdays in Mississippi documentary film
  4. ^ Harwell, Debbie (2014). Wednesdays in Mississippi: proper ladies working for radical change, Freedom Summer 1964. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781628460957.

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