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Title: Freedom Summer


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Freedom Summer
  • Mississippi, 1964

2
Freedom Summer
  • Voter registration drive
  • Called for after success of Freedom Vote
  • Called for by the Students Nonviolent
    Coordinating Committee
  • Aimed to increase black voter registration in
    Mississippi

3
Freedom Summer
  • The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was to
    be established
  • Institutions called Freedom Schools were to be
    created to educate black children
  • Community centers were also built to give blacks
    medical and legal assistance
  • Murder of James Chaney

4
Freedom School in Mississippi
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More Information
  • Mississippi and Freedom Summer
  • National Civil Rights Museum
  • Freedom Summer by Liz Schiffrin
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