Air date: 7/6/14. Fifth years ago this summer, hundreds of civil rights activists and student volunteers converged on one of the most segregated states in the nation to help blacks get registered to vote. We talk with two local men who took part in the historic 1964 Freedom Summer Project. Plus, thousands of Detroiters are preparing for the city's largest one day display of community pride: ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day. Episode 4231.

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