Marching for Freedom
Listen as Joan Frances Crowley, BVM, Assistant Dean in Residency, and History Instructor at Mundelein College, recounts how participation in the Freedom March of 1965 caused controversy within the student body.
By 1965, many Mundelein students were more interested in direct action than mere dialogue. Twenty-eight undergraduates joined the Freedom March—a 5-day trek from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by Martin Luther King, Jr.—to take a stand against Southern racism and segregation.