PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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Freedom Summer
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Sit In
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Black Power
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Voter registration in Mississippi was not greatly impacted by the Freedom Summer. While 17, 000 Black Mississippians attempted to register to vote that summer, only 1, 200 were successful. The Mississippi Project did establish more than 40 Freedom Schools serving a combined 3, 000 students.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1964 Freedom Summer project was designed to draw the nation’s attention to the violent oppression experienced by Mississippi blacks who attempted to exercise their constitutional rights, and to develop a grassroots freedom movement that could be sustained after student activists left Mississippi.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the summer of 1964, hundreds of college students flooded Mississippi. The students came from different backgrounds, colleges, and Civil Rights organizations. Despite these differences, they had one goal, increase voter registration among African Americans in Mississippi.
Detailed explanation-4: -Over the course of the summer, more than 3, 500 students attended Freedom Schools, which taught subjects that the public schools avoided, such as black history and constitutional rights. Freedom Schools were held in churches, on back porches, and under the trees of Mississippi.