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Impact on America: He had an impact on African Americans and their political involvement. Him being able to accomplish the freedom vote of 1963 was significant by itself. This act accomplished 4 goals: it protested the exclusion of African Americans by the mississippi democratic party, educated black mississippians on how to register and vote, proved that black mississippians were not only interested in voting but also interested in a change, and finally this helped to attract the attention of the federal administration to the violations that were happening in mississippi.

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This is also what i'm going to count as my political cartoon. Aaron Henry was a political leader for the CRM. This picture demonstrates this because we can see how he was involved with politics by running for Mississippi's state legislature.

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video: interview of aaron henry

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Date of birth: July 2, 1922

Where are they from: Mississippi

Role in the civil rights movement:
- Politician
-civil rights leader
-He was the head of the mississippi branch of the NAACP

Involvements/importance in the CRM:
-He started the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. This was designed to encourage black political participation.
-He also started the Council of federated Organization. This organization focused on registration and education.
-Organized a boycott of stores in Clarksdale, Mississippi because of their discrimination against African American customers AND employees.
-He helped organize The Freedom Vote of 1963.

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quote: “As far back as I can remember, I have detested everything about growing cotton.”
I think this quote in general speaks a lot into how African Americans felt. I think this line pretty much is a stepping stone and base for the civil rights movement, historically at least.