<aside> 💟 The 1964 Voter registration campaign in southern states sought to eliminate the barriers that disenfranchised African Americans from voting (9% in 1962)

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• Causes of the movement
• Overview of events:
• Opposition to the Events

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

An alternative political party that challenged the power of the current democratic party which prevented African Americans from voting despite making up 40% of the state population.

August Freedom Vote: 🗳️

• They mobilised over 60,000 voters to cast ballots despite beatings, shootings, intimidations and arrests. Freedom Voters outnumbered regular democratic party voters in many counties.

The Nature of the movement:

Positive Impacts

1. Achieved → increased voter enfranchisement and push for political representation however it was not super successful.
   • formation of the freedom schools (grassroots support networks)
   • proves how difficult it is to have comprehensive civil rights.

• 1 - Raised awareness for the Civil Rights movement
• 2 - Established Grassroots systems of support
• 3 - Catalyse the Civil Rights Act of 1964