c) Registering Black Voters

The 1964 Freedom Summer campaign in Mississippi was primarily focused on registering Black voters. Organized by civil rights groups like SNCC, CORE, and the NAACP, this massive effort aimed to challenge and dismantle the institutional barriers to Black voting rights in the South. Despite facing significant violence and resistance, Freedom Summer activists succeeded in bringing national attention to the struggle for civil rights and the importance of voting rights for African Americans.