Freedom Summer 1964

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf civil rights campaign
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mississippi_Summer_Project
gptkbp:arrested over 1,000
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Freedom_Summer_(2014_film)
numerous books and articles
gptkbp:endDate August 1964
gptkbp:goal establish Freedom Schools
establish community centers
increase Black voter registration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Freedom Summer 1964
gptkbp:legacy inspired future civil rights activism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national and international
gptkbp:notableEvent murder of Andrew Goodman
murder of James Chaney
murder of Michael Schwerner
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Rita_Schwerner
gptkb:Bob_Moses
gptkb:Dave_Dennis
gptkb:Dorie_Ladner
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkbp:numberOfChurchesBurned over 30
gptkbp:numberOfHomesBombed over 35
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleBeaten at least 80
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Mississippi_State_Sovereignty_Commission
segregationists
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkb:Council_of_Federated_Organizations
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Mississippi_Freedom_Democratic_Party
national attention to civil rights
passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964
gptkbp:startDate June 1964
gptkbp:target Ku Klux Klan
local law enforcement
gptkbp:volunteers over 1,000
across the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Meridian,_Mississippi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6