The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer was a campaign aimed at increasing voter registration among African Americans in Mississippi. Organized by civil rights groups like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), the initiative sought to challenge the systemic racism and disenfranchisement faced by Black citizens in the South. During the summer, hundreds of volunteers, including many from northern states, traveled to Mississippi to help with voter registration drives and establish Freedom Schools. The campaign faced significant violence and opposition, culminating in the tragic murders of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney, which drew national attention to the civil rights movement.