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Freedom Summer was a nonviolent effort to integrate Mississippi’s segregated political system. Freedom Summer began in June, 1963 when the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to recruit several hundred northern college students to work in Mississippi during the summer. The purpose of it was to attempt to register African Americans to vote. - Ernlyne

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Who Participated During Freedom Summer (angelica)

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Who Participated During Freedom Summer (angelica)

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During 1964 over 60,000 African American Homeowners in Mississippi attended campaigns and voting. Although African Americans weren't allowed to go to campaigns and elections, they still decided to risk their lives due to them finding it unfair. African Americans were hit with discrimination and unfair laws with voting.

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https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-summer

https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/vote/freedom-summer

https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS3707

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/freedom-summer

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1.Overview of the 1964 Freedom Summer | Wisconsin Historical Society (wisconsinhistory.org)

2.Freedom Summer | National Women's History Museum (womenshistory.org)

3.Freedom Summer | National Archives

4.Freedom Summer | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute (stanford.edu)

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Freedom summer was originally known as Mississippi Summer project. During this time the students experienced much violence. Groups such as the KKK would target the college students. Most times the members of the group would also be officers. Which ended up covering what they did. - Ernlyne

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What Happened during Freedom Summer? angelica

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What Happened during Freedom Summer? angelica

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During freedom summer many protests and riot occurred, the protests lasted weeks at a time. Many African American where killed during the protests for fighting for their rights. They also fought to bring awareness to the black community and voters.

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When it happened and for how long (angelica)

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When it happened and for how long (angelica)

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Freedom summer occurred in the summer of 1964 and lasted 10 whole weeks. Hundreds of college students gathered at a college in Mississippi from all around the world to fight for civil rights. They believed if they all came together than the government would want to change voting laws

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Freedom Summer impacted the world by desegregation housing, schools, and voting rights. voting rights were desegregated in 1965 and was passed by the congress. Due to the impact African Americans were treated with a little more freedom but were still given a hard time

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This 4-minute video gives you an ability to put yourselves in the shoes of people who were impacted and involved in freedom summer. The video gives you a better understanding. It’s an overview of how African Americans were treated in summer of 1964.

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Freedom Schools, "Freedom Summer" clip 14

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The three men had traveled to Neshoba County from the Freedom Summer orientation in Oxford to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Methodist Church, which happened to be a site of a CORE Freedom School. Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were killed and tortured by the KKK. These men died for defending the right to learn and human rights for all. - Ernlyne

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During this time African Americans were not permitted registration to vote. In order to prevent blacks from voting poll taxes and literacy tests were created. Many white vigilante groups used violence to repress those who showed interest in politics.  As a result, in Mississippi, only 5.3% of the black population was registered to vote. -Ernlyne

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Freedom schools were very important and present during the 1960s. These schools were made to liberate people from oppression by using the tools of political and language literacy. This included secret schools in the 18th and 19th centuries for enslaved Africans. Labor schools were made during the early 20th century as well as Citizenship Schools formed by Septima Clark in the 1950s. -Ernlyne

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Different types of protesting (angelica)

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Different types of protesting (angelica)

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During freedom summer multiple civil rights activists joined together to protest. They all had the same motive and had the same fight spirit. some of the different protests were sit-ins, non-violence, freedom rides, voting drives and marches.

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Why was freedom summer nonviolent (angelica)

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Why was freedom summer nonviolent (angelica)

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Due to most freedom summer protestors being in SNCC which highly protested against violence. Their protests tended to be the opposite. They understood that using violence wouldn't get them anywhere and had the government ignore you. With the nonviolent protest they were heard and were able to get to a fair agreement.

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A protest march is a type of protest that involves a group of people walking from an assembly point to a pre-established destination. These usually are political rallies and often are nonviolent. A famous march everyone knows is the March on Washington. - Ernlyne

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Sit in protests were movements during the U.S. civil rights era that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. The sit-in movements were acts of civil disobedience. African Americans ,which later were joined by white activists (usually students),would go to segregated lunch counters. They would all sit in all available spaces, request service, and then refuse to leave when denied service because of their race. These movements required plenty of patience and self control due to the violence that would rise from it. -Ernlyne

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What type of protest was freedom summer(angelica)

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What type of protest was freedom summer(angelica)

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Freedom summer was a voter and desegregation protest. Mostly African Americans gathered to protest against voting rights and discrimination. Over 700 whites also gathered to help protest for the rights of voting the protest.

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Freedom summer had many organizations that helped bring awareness and help fight alongside them. CORE, SNCC and COFO where organizations which helped them fight the right way these organizations believed nonviolence was the right way to protest. By protestors doing nonviolence they were able to have a more efficient and understanding protest.

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This video speaks about sit-ins more broadly. You’ll see some clips of what the protesters during this time experienced. It really makes you think and wonder how could they have stayed so strong and patient during these events.- Ernlyne

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CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) supported southern blacks during the sit-in movement of 1960. CORE traveled through the South, advising student activists on nonviolent methods. CORE organized the Freedom Rides in the spring of 1961. The Freedom Rides were very successful. -Ernlyne

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SNCC and CORE organization were part founders and organizers for COFO. COFO was an organization established in 1961 and main focus was engaging in civil rights in Mississippi. They were created to bring Mississippi together and help voting registration and discrimination.

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Freedom summer was one of the most remembered parts of the civil rights movement. We, the black community, need to continue teaching our history. We must not let it be forgotten. -Ernlyne