jun 15, 1964 - Freedom Summer
Description:
CORE and SNCC sponsored the Freedom Summer project to increase the number of black people in the Mississippi voting registration. The KKK, along with local and state authorities, carried out violent tactics in order to stop the activists. This resulted in beatings and false arrests, and also the murder of 3 people.Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 15, 1964
Now
~ 59 years ago
