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

schwerner, andrew goodman and james chaney. if focused national attention on what was happening. we are in the cofo building. from 1963-1965 this was the head of the council of federated organizations, which was the group that oversaw and ran of freedom summer. cofo was made of of different things. there was the naacp, there was the sclc, and all these different civil rights groups decided to achieve much more working together so they decided to found cofo and partnered on doing voter registration work. mississippi had the reputation, and i think what rightfully, as the most difficult place for the civil rights movement to really make progress. it was a really entrenched notion of white supremacy. blacks were disempowered economically and politically. the real focus of cofo was voter registration. understanding the political power that stemmed from the vote was most appropriate focusing goal here in mississippi. one of the issues with demographics. there were counties in the state that were black majority and african-americans