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Mississippi Freedom Summer Project
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_Freedom_Summer_Project
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
civil rights campaign
gptkbp:activity
gptkb:Freedom_Schools
community centers
voter registration drives
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Mississippi Freedom Summer Project
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
national and international press
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:murder_of_Chaney,_Goodman,_and_Schwerner
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Rita_Schwerner
gptkb:Bob_Moses
gptkb:Dave_Dennis
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkbp:opposedBy
Ku Klux Klan
local law enforcement
white supremacists
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkb:Council_of_Federated_Organizations
gptkbp:purpose
education
community organizing
voter registration
gptkbp:relatedGroup
African American voters
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Mississippi_Freedom_Democratic_Party
increased national attention to civil rights
gptkbp:significance
major event in the Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:startDate
1964
gptkbp:volunteers
over 1,000
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:COFO
gptkbp:bfsLayer
8