Beginning in 1961 and Extending Through the Freedom Summer of 1964

question 136

Multiple Choice

Beginning in 1961 and extending through the Freedom Summer of 1964, those who volunteered to work in Mississippi

• A) encountered little resistance from the white power structure as they worked to register African Americans to vote.
• B) refused to participate in the creation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
• C) allowed all decisions about their activities to be made by a core of southern African American leaders.
• D) risked their lives attempting to build the political power of African Americans in the South.

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