Jack Bishop, center, reconnects with Freedom Summer volunteers Len Edwards, Brooks Smith, Christopher Hexter and Charles McLaurin during the Freedom 60 Conference at Historic Club Ebony this past weekend. Photo by Bryan Davis/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024
Jack Bishop does not believe in coincidences.
That is true today, and it was true 60 years ago, when the Sunflower County native first met a group of Freedom Summer volunteers in Ruleville. The conversations and events of that summer would change Bishop’s life and perspective forever.
