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Freedom Summer Timeline
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Freedom Summer Timeline
Jul 1964
Jun 1964
Sept 1963
Mississippi Voter Registration Project Proposed
In September of 1963, Bob Moses proposed the voter project which was the so called beginning of Freedom Summer.
Mar 1964
Freedom Summer Project Recruits Volunteers
Beginning in March 1964, volunteers were invited to apply for the project. Volunteers were all different races and genders with a majority being northern white people.
Disappearance of the three men
On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner disappeared. They had gone to investigate the Mt. Zion church bombing and were arrested in Philadelphia, Mississippi on their way back.
Jun 1964
Freedom Summer Project Begins
In June 29, 1964, nearly 500 volunteers and staff are placed in to over 20 different locations around Mississippi.
Objectives
Freedom Summer Schools Open
On July 2, 1964, the first Freedom Summer schools opened in four different Mississippi cities. These schools taught all the basic education to African-American children and adults.
Jul 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was a major step for African-American rights in the United States. It gets rid of major forms of discrimination such as segregated facilities or voting laws.
Aug 1964
Bodies of the volunteers found
On August 4, 1964, the bodies of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner were found buried in underground outside Philadelphia, Mississippi. Members of the Ku Klux Klan who tortured and murdered them before burning their car and getting rid of their bodies. This created an uproar throughout the nation.
Jan 1965
The FBI Charges Murder Suspects
On January 16, the FBI indicts 18 suspects in the murders of the three Freedom Summer volunteers. Almost immediately all charges are dropped by local courts. The case was taken by a federal court and seven were found guilty after those trials in 1967.
Aug 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law with many key civil rights figures in attendance. It prohibits discrimination when registering and also gives power to the federal government to enforce that law.
Jan 2005
Trial of Edgar Ray Killen
On June 21, 2005, Edgar Ray Killen was found guilty of three counts of manslaughter and eventually died in prison. This trial was a final closing justice for the families and people involved in Freedom Summer.