Freedom Summer

IB History P2 flashcards (+P3 Americas)

What year was the freedom summer?

1964

How many weeks long was the freedom summer campaign?

10

What was the target of the freedom summer campaign?

To increase the number of black people registred to vote

Where did the Freedom Summer campaign occur?

Mississippi

What did BlaCk people who wanted to register to vote have to fill out?

a 21-question registration form

What could the 21-question registration form as questions on?

Any of the 285 sections of the state constitution

What percentage of the black population in Mississippi could registered to vote?

7%

What organised the Freedom Summer campaign?

The council of federated organisations (COFO)

What were the branches involved in the COFO?

SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and SCLC

Who was the overall leader of COFO?

Bob Moses of the SNCC

When did the first students supporting the freedom summer campaign arrive in Mississippi?

15th June 1964

How many students arrived on June 15th 1964?

300

What is the names of the two white men that were murdered at the beginning of the freedom summer campaign?

Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman

What is the name of the black man that was murdered at the beginning of the summer campaign?

James Chaney

What day did Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney murdered?

June 16th 1964

How long did it take to find the bodies of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?

6 weeks

How many people were arrested during the freedom summer?

1,062

How many freedom workers were beaten?

80

How may churches were bombed or burned during the Freedom Summer?

37

How many civil rights workers were murdered during the Freedom Summer campaign?

4

How many people were critically injured during the Freedom Summer?

4

What were the three main strands of the Freedom Summer?

Voter registration, freedom schools, and the mississippi freedom democratic party.

How many black Mississippi residents registered to vote during to vote in 1964?

15 thousand

How many freedom schools were set up?

50

How many students received lessons from freedom schools?

3,500

What were the lessons taught in the Freedom Schools?

Black history and constitutional rights

What did the MFDP offer in Mississippi?

An alternative to the official democratic party which was white-only

How many people joined the MFDP?

80 000

How many delegates did the MFDP elect and send to the national Democratic Party Convention?

68

Who delivered a speech explaining her suffering at the hands of the police, justifying the recognition of the MFDP?

Fannie Lou Hamer

Where did Fannie Lou Hamer deliver her speech?

The Democratic National Conference

What did LBJ do to distract from Fannie Lou Hamer’s speech?

Called his own speech

Did LBJ give the MFDP seats?

No

What was the condition LBJ made with the official democratic delegation?

to stop discriminating

What succeeded the Freedom Summer?

the radicalisation of civil rights