In 1964, civil right organizations that included the Congress id Racial Equality and Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee organized a voter registration drive. This drive was known at the Mississippi Summer Project, or better known as Freedom Summer. It was aimed toward dramatically increasing voter registration in Mississippi. Freedom Summer consisted of black Mississippians and more that 1000 out-of-state mostly white volunteers, who faced constant abuse and harassment from all of Mississippi’s white population. The Ku Klux Klan, police, and state and local authorities carried out a series of violent attacks. These attacks consisted of arson, beating, false arrests, and murders of at least three civil rights activists.
Freedom Summer was part of a large effort by civil rights groups to expand black voting in the south. The Mississippi project was run by the local Council of Federated Organizations, an association of civil rights. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was the most active group. Almost 100 college students helped the council of federation organization in November 196. Several hundred other students were invited in 1964 for freedom summer. …show more content…
On the next day, Michael schwerner and Andrew Goodman, two white students from New York, and a local African American, James Chaney, disappeared. There brutally beaten bodies were not discovered for 6 weeks, but it was certain that they had been murdered and the new swept the country and helped the passage of a long-pending civil rights bill in congress. The murders shook the project and disturbed the people in Mississippi. Surrounded by the threats and violence, workers disliked the lack of federal protection and the slowness of the investigation. Trust became a big problem between white and black workers. Some people had wondered that if all three of the boys had been black, would the public have had the same reaction on the
Freedom Summer was part of a large effort by civil rights groups to expand black voting in the south. The Mississippi project was run by the local Council of Federated Organizations, an association of civil rights. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was the most active group. Almost 100 college students helped the council of federation organization in November 196. Several hundred other students were invited in 1964 for freedom summer. …show more content…
On the next day, Michael schwerner and Andrew Goodman, two white students from New York, and a local African American, James Chaney, disappeared. There brutally beaten bodies were not discovered for 6 weeks, but it was certain that they had been murdered and the new swept the country and helped the passage of a long-pending civil rights bill in congress. The murders shook the project and disturbed the people in Mississippi. Surrounded by the threats and violence, workers disliked the lack of federal protection and the slowness of the investigation. Trust became a big problem between white and black workers. Some people had wondered that if all three of the boys had been black, would the public have had the same reaction on the