By: Fred Smith
Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, began in June 1964 as one of the most significant civil rights campaigns in American history. Organized by major civil rights groups including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the NAACP, the movement focused on increasing African American voter registration in Mississippi, one of the most segregated states…
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