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The COFO-Hattiesburg Project office was located in the Woods Guest House at 507 Mobile Street. The historic two-story hotel built in the 1890's for African American guests but sadly was destroyed by fire on September 17, 1998.

Freedom Summer volunteers singing before boarding a bus following the first week of training in Oxford, Ohio.The coalition, community and intimacy experienced by the volunteers helped to establish bonds that are still in tact today.

Freedom Summer was organized and run by COFO, the Council of Federated Organizations, a coalition of SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and SCLC. SNCC's Bob Moses was the Director and CORE's Dave Dennis served as second in command. This is a picture of a chalkboard…

In order to best serve the needs of the down-trodden African American masses in Mississippi COFO established community centers throughout the state and divided its community programs into two major areas: voter’s activities, and educational and…

The danger awaiting Freedom Summer volunteers was very real. Verbal assaults, bombings, lynchings, shootings, cross burnings and ambushes were all a daily possibility for African Americans and sympathetic Whites in the South. This document was sent…

In the Freedom Schools African American students could study subjects like government and African American history, which were unavailable to them in the segregated school system. They also were taught the importance of civic engagement, political…

Agreeing to serve as a Freedom Summer volunteer was a huge commitment. It not only required an acknowledgment of the great dangers to be faced but also the completion of an intense orientation meant to prepare the volunteers for the harsh realities…

One of the main goals of the Freedom School curriculum was to create well rounded, civically engaged African American leaders through education about their past and the social structures that were affecting their future. Supporters nationwide donated…

Freedom Summer was a far-reaching initiative meant to help disenfranchised African Americans throughout Mississippi. This meant that volunteers were stationed at schools and community centers in cities that differed geographically, socially and…

To become an official Freedom Summer volunteer interested students had to successfully complete a rigorous application and interview process. Participation in this movement was a serious undertaking and not for the faint of heart. This is the…