ofgically, with the murders michael schwerner. they really focused. from 1960 nine to 1965, this was the headquarters of the council of federated organizations which was the group that oversaw and ran freedom summer here. this was a partnership of several different civil rights organizations. you had the student nonviolent coordinating committee, there was the naacp, there was the sdlc. all of these different groups decided that they could achieve much more working together. they've partnered on doing voter registration work and civil rights activism across the state. mississippi had a reputation quite rightfully as the most the civilplace for rights movement to make progress. there was a very interesting notion of white supremacy. blacks were disempowered economically, politically. the the real focus was voter registration. understanding the political power that stemmed from the vote was most appropriate focus and goal for them here in mississippi. wasof the issues demographics. there were counties in the state that were black majority and so african