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jun 15, 1964 - Freedom Summer

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This project was sponsored by CORE and SNCC in order to increase the number of black people in the Mississippi voting registration. The KKK and local and state authorities carried out violent tactics in order to stop the activists. This resulted in beatings and false arrests, as well as the murder of 3 people.

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Date:

jun 15, 1964
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~ 61 years ago