In the 1960s, four African American college students went to the drug store to buy toothpaste, etc. However, when they tried to seek services at the lunch counter they were refused service. The store manager asked them to leave because they served only whites. The four college freshmen refused to leave and stayed there until closing. This claims making was effective because it led to the media and government receiving attention to this matter and indeed it achieved the desegregation of lunch counters and other public places. The Summer Project or some may know is as the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, was an attempt to register as many African American voters in Mississippi. The was somewhat successful because it leads to many Freedom Schools, Houses, and community centers for the African American’s in small rural towns throughout Mississippi. However, along with some of the success was violence and the Summer Project did not succeed in getting many African American voters
In the 1960s, four African American college students went to the drug store to buy toothpaste, etc. However, when they tried to seek services at the lunch counter they were refused service. The store manager asked them to leave because they served only whites. The four college freshmen refused to leave and stayed there until closing. This claims making was effective because it led to the media and government receiving attention to this matter and indeed it achieved the desegregation of lunch counters and other public places. The Summer Project or some may know is as the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, was an attempt to register as many African American voters in Mississippi. The was somewhat successful because it leads to many Freedom Schools, Houses, and community centers for the African American’s in small rural towns throughout Mississippi. However, along with some of the success was violence and the Summer Project did not succeed in getting many African American voters