Freedom Summer (jun 21, 1964 – nov 2, 1964)
Description:
1. A nonviolent effort by African Americans in Mississippi to integrate into politics and gain voting rights.2. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Congress of Racial Equality recruited white college students to help black people in the South register to vote, make a new political party, and learn about history.
3. Mississippi
4. Segregation and discrimination in the South prevented many African Americans from voting or being elected into office.
5. Media coverage helped the creation and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 21, 1964
nov 2, 1964
~ 4 months and 14 days