Asked by alicia flores on Sep 28, 2024

Which of the following statements about the COFO-led Freedom Summer of 1964 is LEAST accurate?

A) The movement represented a shift toward more militant,all-black protests.
B) The movement led to the creation of a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge that state's racially exclusive Democratic Party.
C) The movement was intended to combine the participation of northerners with the grassroots participation of Mississippians.
D) Although a number of organizations participated,SNCC took the most prominent role of all of them.

COFO-led

Led by the Council of Federated Organizations, a coalition of major civil rights groups in Mississippi during the 1960s.

Freedom Summer

A volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi.

Militant

Characterized by a vigorous and sometimes aggressive activism in support of a political or social cause.

  • Determine the strategies and worldviews that were foundational to the civil rights movement.
  • Examine and differentiate the strategies employed by various civil rights groups and their leaders.