BACKGROUND

FREEDOM SUMMER

Freedom Summer is an effort to send volunteers to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to register African American voters in Mississippi, where the non-white voter turnout is extremely low due to discriminatory practices and voter intimidation.

Letter to President Johnson from the leadership of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) regarding Freedom Summer. COFO is a collaboration between many of the leading civil rights organizations, including the student-led groups Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

To learn more about Freedom Summer, watch the video clip below.

What Was Freedom Summer? | American Experience | PBSThey called it "a campaign that may have no parallel since the days of Reconstruction." In 1964, more than 700 civil rights workers focused their efforts on Mississippi.

OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW...

In 1964 the Klu Klux Klan has over 10,000 members in the state of Mississippi.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which seeks to end segregation in public places, is slowly moving through Congress.

What was the objective of Freedom Summer? Why was it necessary?
Who organized and volunteered for the Freedom Summer Program?

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