The "Landmarks of American Democracy: From Freedom Summer to the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike" workshop's primary goal is to help community college educators gain a more comprehensive understanding of the landmarks, people, and events that provided critical momentum for the success of the Southern Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.  Specifically, this workshop will focus on the events of the Summer Project of 1964 — "Freedom Summer" and how these events set the stage for the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike in 1968. The workshop will expose participants to key historical sites—those that have received formal recognition (e.g., the National Civil Rights Museum), as well as those that are lesser known (e.g., historical sites in Jackson, Mississippi, towns in the Delta of Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee). Visiting scholars will provide both the current research on these subjects and lead discussion of the pedagogy of teaching the Civil Rights Movement. Field trips include commentary by the Hamer Institute’s core faculty in addition to civil rights veterans who were active in the communities being toured. The chance to directly engage the actual history-makers and dig deeper into the significance of the places being visited is one of the most exciting elements of this program. Finally, through their small group work, participants will focus on integrating their new knowledge into existing course curricula.