Summer Of 1964 Research Paper

Briana Silerio
Mr. Garcia
History 1302 SV1
April 14, 2018
Summer of 1964 Throughout all American history, racism has been an issue. During the 1900s, the government and society were changing for the better to equal Blacks and Whites. During the Summer of 1964, the North, with the helps of black equal rights activists, gathered a large group of White people to go to the South (Watson). They had a mission to help Blacks in the South register to vote. With the impediment of white supremacists scaring them n not to vote by burning churches, lynching them, and them not taking the fault for any of it. African-Americans were trying to keep themselves safe the monster that were creating hysteria. During the year of 1964, the overall political climate

To help African-Americans in the South register to vote, the North was gathering young Whites and preparing them for the rough time they would have when they would go South. However, “on the first day of summer in 1964, three young activists piled into a blue station wagon in Meridian, Mississippi, and headed into Klan country” (Watson). They were their back to the North going through Mississippi, but most speculate a group of racists had something to do with the situation (Watson). One of the activists helping gather these people, most were college students, was named Bob Moses (Watson). He traveled giving speeches about the Civil Rights Movement; it would only make sense he would help with this project that would last all summer but never be forgotten. When activists had all their volunteers, “they had one week to prepare” (Watson). They “studied Southern history, debated nonviolence, and learned to take beatings by dropping to the ground and assuming a fetal position” (Watson). These people were putting their lives in danger for the better of the country. They were not forced to be involved in this project, yet they were here. Making a difference, they