# @marchonfest on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8e-9h-R5Ed
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19498363-marchonfest-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-21T16:16:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** March on Washington Film Festival (@marchonfest) — https://gondola.cc/marchonfest

## Caption

​​This year, we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a 1964 voter registration drive that significantly increased the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi.

In 1964, Robert Moses, a local secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sncclegacy, hatched a plan to fight against disenfranchisement in Mississippi.

The goal?
🏫 To establish Freedom Schools and community centers throughout Mississippi.
🗳️ To increase Black voter registration.
🏛️ To challenge the all-white delegation that would represent Mississippi at the Democratic National Convention.

They succeeded. ✊🏾 

Stay tuned to learn about the heroes and events of this historic summer–starting with the SNCC activist Robert Moses!

#FreedomSummer #CivilRightsMovement #VotingRights #BlackHistoryEveryDay #MarchOnxFreedomSummer

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blackhistoryeveryday, freedomsummer, votingrights, marchonxfreedomsummer, civilrightsmovement

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