[PAR] [TLE] Freedom Summer [SEP] 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. [PAR] [TLE] Dave Dennis (activist) [SEP] David J. Dennis is a civil rights activist active in the movement since the 1960s.  He grew up in the segregated area of Omega, Louisiana, and worked as co-director of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), as director of Mississippi's Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and as one of the organizers of the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964.  Dave Dennis worked closely with both Bob Moses and Medgar Evers as well as members of SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.  Dennis' first involvement in the Civil Rights Movement was at a Woolworth sit-in organized by CORE and he went on to become a Freedom Rider in 1961.  More recently Dennis has put his activism toward a new project, the Algebra Project, which is a nonprofit organization run by Bob Moses that aims to improve the mathematics education for minority children.  Dennis also speaks about his experiences in the movement through an organization called Dave Dennis Connections.
[PAR] [TLE] Freedom Summer [ SEP ] 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 . [PAR] [TLE] Dave Dennis ( activist ) [ SEP ] David J. Dennis is a civil rights activist active in the movement since the 1960s . He grew up in the segregated area of Omega , Louisiana , and worked as co - director of the Council of Federated Organizations ( COFO ) , as director of Mississippi 's Congress of Racial Equality ( CORE ) , and as one of the organizers of the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964 . Dave Dennis worked closely with both Bob Moses and Medgar Evers as well as members of SNCC , the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . Dennis ' first involvement in the Civil Rights Movement was at a Woolworth sit - in organized by CORE and he went on to become a Freedom Rider in 1961 . More recently Dennis has put his activism toward a new project , the Algebra Project , which is a nonprofit organization run by Bob Moses that aims to improve the mathematics education for minority children . Dennis also speaks about his experiences in the movement through an organization called Dave Dennis Connections .
Dave Dennis was one of the organizers of the events that were launched in what month?
Dave Dennis was one of the organizers of the events that were launched in what month ?
June 1964
June 1964