| Freedom Vote | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Civil Rights Movement | |
.jpg) Freedom Vote broadside | |
| Date | 1963 |
| Location | Mississippi |
| Caused by | Disenfranchisement of African-Americans in Mississippi |
| Resulted in | Submission of 78,869 ballots
Creation of Freedom Summer Establishment of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party |
The Freedom Vote, also known as the Freedom Ballot, Mississippi Freedom Vote, Freedom Ballot Campaign, or the Mississippi Freedom Ballot, was a 1963 mock election organized in the U.S. state of Mississippi to combat disenfranchisement among African Americans.[1] The effort was organized by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of Mississippi's four most prominent civil rights organizations,[2] with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) taking a leading role.[3]: 231 By the end of the campaign, over 78,000 Mississippians had participated.[4] The Freedom Vote directly led to the creation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP).[5]
- ^ Lawson, William H. (2018-03-29). No Small Thing: The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496816368.
- ^ "Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)". SNCC Digital Gateway. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sinsheimerJSH1989was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Over 70,000 Cast Freedom Ballots." The Student Voice, vol. 4, no. 4, The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, November 11, 1963, here Archived 2019-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (Links to an external site.). Freedom Summer Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society, 2014.
- ^ "Civil Rights Movement History & Timeline, 1963 (July–December)". www.crmvet.org. Retrieved 2019-06-10.