Motion: Freedom Summer

8/8/14 - Greenwood, MS - Silas McGhee, cq, was shot in the face in 1964 for his activism around Civil Rights. Here he is photographed at his farm in Greenwood, MS. Topic: 31freedom. Story by Eric Moskowitz/Globe Staff. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
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8/8/14 - Greenwood, MS - Silas McGhee, cq, was shot in the face in 1964 for his activism around Civil Rights. Here he is photographed at his farm in Greenwood, MS. Topic: 31freedom. Story by Eric Moskowitz/Globe Staff. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff 

Silas McGhee was 21 years old in 1964 - a summer of burning crosses, protests and murder. The summer he almost lost his life. Freedom Summer. He has never told his story - until now.