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The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project
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Outline What Was Freedom Summer? Goals and Objectives Who Participated? Who Opposed Freedom Summer? What Happened? What Were Some Results? Learn More
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What Was Freedom Summer?
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A Closed Society
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Disenfranchisement
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Goals and Objectives
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Increase Voter Registration Goals
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Set Up Freedom Schools Goals
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Open Community Centers Goals
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Map of Freedom Summer Project Sites Goals
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Create the Freedom Democratic Party Goals
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Challenge the Democratic National Committee Goals
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Who Participated?
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Civil Rights Organizations Who
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ca. 120 Paid Staff of Civil Rights Groups Who John Lewis, SNCC Dave Dennis, CORE
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60,000 Local Residents Who
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1,500 Northern Volunteers Who
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Some Key People
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Bob Moses and Dave Dennis Who
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Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman Who
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Fannie Lou Hamer Who
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Annie Devine, Aaron Henry and Victoria Gray Who
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Who Opposed Freedom Summer?
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Mississippi State Officials Opposition Sen. John C. Stennis Gov. Ross Barnett & Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson Sen. James O. Eastland
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Law Enforcement Opposition
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Local Businesses Opposition
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Racist Vigilante Groups Opposition
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What Happened?
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Orientation in Oxford, Ohio, June 15-29 What Happened
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Murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner What Happened
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Non-Violent Resistance What Happened
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Voter registration What Happened
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Freedom Schools What Happened
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Democratic National Convention challenge What Happened
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Freedom Election, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 What Happened
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Congressional Challenge, January 1965 What Happened
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What Were Some Results?
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Consciousness Raising Results
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Political Skills Results
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Black Power Results
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1965 Voting Rights Act After
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Learn More Thousands of archival records documenting the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer project are online at wisconsinhistory.org/ freedomsummer View hundreds of images Download key documents Browse a timeline with links to related primary sources Find all 1,600 volunteers and staff Download this PowerPoint
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