1. Voting Campaigns and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Chapter 28, Section 3

2. Mississippi Freedom Summer - 1964

3. Mississippi Freedom Summer Summer of 1964 – CORE and SNCC organized voting drives in the deep South June – 3 civil rights workers disappeared murdered by KKK and police Project workers suffered 1,000 arrests, 80 beatings, 35 shootings, and 30 bombings

4. James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner – murdered Civil Rights workers

5. Car of murdered CR workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi

9. Successes of Mississippi Freedom Summer? Brought national attention to Mississippi racism Forty freedom schools 60,000 black voters joined the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party MFDP sent delegates to Democratic National Convention challenging the all- white delegates

10. “Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we are threatened daily because we want to live as decent human beings?”

11. The Selma Campaign 1965 - SNCC organized a voting campaign in Selma, Alabama 2,000 African-Americans had been arrested during the campaign On March 7 th, 1965, 600 protestors began the march from Selma to Montgomery, AL (Bloody Sunday!) –Along the way, Police swung whips, clubs and used tear- gas On March 21, 3,000 members led by MLK with Federal Protection marched further The numbers grew to 25,000 marchers

17. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 That summer LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 The act eliminated literacy tests, allowed federal officials to register voters The 24 th Amendment to the Constitution eliminated poll taxes