<P> Freedom Summer , or the Mississippi Summer Project , was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African - American voters as possible in Mississippi . Blacks had been cut off from voting since the turn of the century due to barriers to voter registration and other laws . The project also set up dozens of Freedom Schools , Freedom Houses , and community centers in small towns throughout Mississippi to aid the local black population . </P>
<P> Freedom Summer , or the Mississippi Summer Project , was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African - American voters as possible in Mississippi . Blacks had been cut off from voting since the turn of the century due to barriers to voter registration and other laws . The project also set up dozens of Freedom Schools , Freedom Houses , and community centers in small towns throughout Mississippi to aid the local black population . </P>
a 1964 project to register african-american voters in mississippi
a 1964 project to register african-american voters in mississippi
Freedom Summer , or the Mississippi Summer Project
Freedom Summer , or the Mississippi Summer Project