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freedom summer

freedom summer. 1960S HISTORY  CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT. SALSBERRY. BACKGROUND . Freedom Summer ( 1964) What/Goal : A campaign to register African-Americans to vote When: June of 1964 Where : Mississippi

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  1. freedom summer 1960S HISTORY  CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT SALSBERRY

  2. BACKGROUND  Freedom Summer (1964) • What/Goal: A campaign to register African-Americans to vote • When: June of 1964 • Where: Mississippi • Who: SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) and COFO (Council of Federated Organizations); mostly white volunteers (90%)

  3. WHAT WERE SOME OTHER GOALS OF “FREEDOM SUMMER” • Set-up freedom schools and freedom houses • Establish the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

  4. CONNECTION TO OHIO

  5. GUESS WHO?  “Shock troops of the revolution”

  6. FREEDOM SUMMER VOLUNTEERS “Unshaven and unwashed trash”

  7. VIOLENCE  • What happened? • Tension between citizens and volunteers • KKK carried out a plot to kill three volunteers in Philadelphia, Mississippi • 2 White and Jewish • 1 Black

  8. MISSISSIPPI BURNING  • Describes the events surrounding the court case United States v. Cecil Price et al. • Cecil Price was the Deputy Sherriff • Highlights the tension between the federal level (the FBI) and the local level (the local police)

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