Disenfranchisement of African-Americans in Mississippi
Resulted in
Submission of 78,869 ballots
Creation of Freedom Summer
Establishment of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
State of Mississippi
Regional Council of Negro Leadership
Freedom Vote
Freedom Summer
March Against Fear
City of Oxford
Meredith v. Fair
Ole Miss riot
Other localities
Murder of George W. Lee
Murder of Lamar Smith
Murder of Emmett Till
Biloxi wade-ins
Biloxi sit-ins
Starkville sit-ins
Prayer Pilgrimage Freedom Ride
McComb Freedom Rides
Mississippi Freedom Rides
Murder of Herbert Lee
Burglund High School student walkout
Murder of Roman Ducksworth Jr.
Assassination of Medgar Evers
Murder of Louis Allen
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
Murder of Vernon Dahmer
United States v. Price
Shooting of Benjamin Brown
Murder of Wharlest Jackson
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
The Freedom Vote, also known as the Freedom Ballot, Mississippi Freedom Vote, Freedom Ballot Campaign, or the Mississippi Freedom Ballot, was a 1963 mock election organized in the U.S. state of Mississippi to combat disenfranchisement among African Americans.[1] The effort was organized by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of Mississippi's four most prominent civil rights organizations,[2] with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) taking a leading role.[3]: 231 By the end of the campaign, over 78,000 Mississippians had participated.[4] The Freedom Vote directly led to the creation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP).[5]
^Lawson, William H. (2018-03-29). No Small Thing: The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496816368.
^"Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)". SNCC Digital Gateway. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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^"Over 70,000 Cast Freedom Ballots." The Student Voice, vol. 4, no. 4, The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, November 11, 1963, here Archived 2019-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (Links to an external site.). Freedom Summer Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society, 2014.
^"Civil Rights Movement History & Timeline, 1963 (July–December)". www.crmvet.org. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
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