FREEDOM SUMMER

1960S HISTORY CIVIL RIGHTS UNITSALSBERRY

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%)

WHAT WERE SOME OTHER GOALS OF “FREEDOM SUMMER”

Set-up freedom schools and freedom houses

Establish the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

CONNECTION TO OHIO

GUESS WHO?

“Shock troops of the revolution”

FREEDOM SUMMER VOLUNTEERS

“Unshaven and unwashed trash”

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

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)