After viewing PBS: Freedom Summer and studying the history of this event, please answer the following in writing: Explain what surprised you about this event? Describe what is one thing or issue that made you upset? Why? Write about one thing or issue that made you inspired or happy? Why? Summarize the historic event called “Freedom Summer”. Why is “Freedom Summer” important to remember in light of issues related to voting and government in America today

Freedom Summer was a nonviolent effort by civil rights activists to integrate Mississippi's segregated political system during 1964.

Planning began late in 1963 when the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to recruit several hundred northern college students, mostly white, to work in Mississippi during the summer. They helped African-American residents try to register to vote, establish a new political party, and learn about history and politics in newly-formed Freedom Schools.

Because black Mississippians were barred from Democratic Party primaries and caucuses, they challenged the right of the Party's all-white delegation to represent the state at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August.

Because black Mississippi residents were not allowed to vote, they held a parallel "Freedom Election" in November and challenged the right of the all-white Mississippi congressional delegation to represent the state in Washington in January 1965.

Residents and volunteers were met by extraordinary violence, including murders, bombings, kidnappings, and torture. Much of this was covered on national television and focused the country's attention on civil rights issues for the first time.

Public outrage helped spur the U.S. Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

"Freedom Summer" is a term invented after these events occurred. At the time, participants usually called it the Mississippi Summer Project.

Something that was surprising for me was Activists also established "Freedom Schools" during the Freedom Summer in black churches and in the homes of notable black citizens. Something that was upsetting was 1,062 people were arrested and a lot of people were killed. Freedom Summer was important because it raised the consciousness of millions of people to the plight of African-Americans and the need for change. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed Congress in part because lawmakers' constituents had been educated about these issues during Freedom Summer.

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