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Mississippi Summer Project
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_Summer_Project
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
civil rights campaign
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Freedom_Summer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Mississippi Summer Project
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
national media
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:murder_of_Chaney,_Goodman,_and_Schwerner
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Andrew_Goodman
gptkb:Bob_Moses
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:James_Chaney
gptkb:Michael_Schwerner
gptkbp:opposedBy
Ku Klux Klan
local law enforcement
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:purpose
establish Freedom Schools
establish community centers
increase African American voter registration
gptkbp:relatedGroup
gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Mississippi_Freedom_Democratic_Party
increased voter registration
national attention to civil rights movement
gptkbp:startDate
1964
gptkbp:volunteers
over 1,000
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6