Question

What was the purpose of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project?
A) protest the escalation of the Vietnam War.
B) help and encourage African-Americans to become registered voters.
C) force the Interstate Commerce Commission to declare segregated transportation facilities unconstitutional.
D) persuade the state legislature to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
E) convince southern blacks to join the military.

Answer 1

Answer: B) to help and encourage blacks to become registered voters.

Explanation: Freedom Summer was meant to help and encourage blacks to become registered voters. It was met with violence at the hands of local law enforcement and the Ku Klux Klan, including the death of three civil rights workers in June of 1964.