Freedom Summer
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Freedom Summer was a 1964 campaign in Mississippi that mobilized civil rights activists to challenge racial segregation and disenfranchisement by registering Black voters and establishing community programs.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights campaign
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historical event → voter registration drive → |
| hasActivity |
community organizing
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establishing Freedom Schools → establishing community centers → political education → supporting the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party → voter registration → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mississippi Summer Project
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| hasAssociatedOrganization |
Council of Federated Organizations
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party → |
| hasCountry |
United States
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| hasEducationalProgram |
Freedom Schools
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citizenship education → |
| hasFocus |
Black voting rights
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racial equality in political participation → |
| hasImpactOn |
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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| hasLegacy |
model for later grassroots voting rights campaigns
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| hasLocation |
Mississippi
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| hasMethod |
grassroots organizing
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legal challenges to discriminatory practices → nonviolent direct action → |
| hasNotableEvent |
murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
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| hasOppositionFrom |
Ku Klux Klan
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segregationist local officials → white supremacist groups → |
| hasOrganizer |
Congress of Racial Equality
→
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People → Southern Christian Leadership Conference → Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → |
| hasParticipant |
civil rights activists
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local Black Mississippians → northern college students → religious leaders → |
| hasPurpose |
to challenge Black voter disenfranchisement
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to challenge racial segregation → to establish community programs → to register Black voters → |
| hasResult |
growth of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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increased national attention to racial violence in Mississippi → pressure for federal voting rights legislation → |
| hasStartTime |
1964
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| hasTemporalContext |
Civil Rights Movement
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| targetedProblem |
Jim Crow laws
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literacy tests for Black voters → poll taxes → |
| tookPlaceIn |
summer of 1964
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Referenced by (13)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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associatedEvent |
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Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
("Mississippi Freedom Summer")
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focusesOn |
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Freedom Summer
("Mississippi Summer Project")
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hasAlternativeName |
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American civil rights movement
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hasPart |
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Jackson Movement
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influenced |
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Congress of Racial Equality
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notableCampaign |
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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notableFor |
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Bob Moses
("Freedom Summer 1964 organizing")
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notableWork |
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Council of Federated Organizations
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organized |
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
("Mississippi Freedom Summer")
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participatedIn |
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Council of Federated Organizations
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significantEvent |
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American South (mid-20th century civil rights era)
("Mississippi Freedom Summer")
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siteOfEvent |
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Fannie Lou Hamer
("Freedom Summer 1964")
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workedOn |