How Did Freedom Summer Affect The Civil Rights Movement

Freedom Summer was a time period in 1964 when the Voter Rights movement was created for African Americans. Freedom Summer was organized by (SNCC) - The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, (CORE) - The Congress of Racial Equality, and (NAACP) - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration #www.archives.gov) During the time of Freedom Summer, Reconstruction was similarly trying to work on issues happening in the south. Reconstruction was a time period when congress created the Amendments 13 and 14 which granted African Americans access to be protected from slavery and to give African Americans the right to have equal protection of the law. The point of this was

Therefore, the events in Freedom Summer helped to accelerate and propel the Civil Rights Movement forward with the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, and the March from Selma to Montgomery.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott helped lead to the civil right movement. AfricanAmericans were treated unfairly especially when it came to public transportation. This was due to the bus segregation that was going on during this time where “whites” had superiority over African American people. Usually the first two rows of the buses would be reserved for white people and the back rows for African Americans. Although this was usually the case, when the bus became overcrowded the bus drivers would push African Americans to the back sometimes even make them stand. This is what started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where Rosa Parks, a civil rights

On March 7th, 1965, African American leaders had created a 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. There were multiple stops for food and water during this march so the marchers could continue on with the march. The purpose of this was to help petition Governor Wallace for the protection of African Americans who wanted to vote. On the other side of the lake were 60 state police officers waiting for the marchers. So as the marchers approached that side of the lake, they were approached by heavily armed police officers and marchers trampled over each other in an attempt to get away. When people later saw pictures of these events on the news, people were horrified and the nation finally pushed forward with the new Voting Rights bill. This is brought more to light in the following evidence, “{"It is really all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome."}." (pg 248 Freedom Summer) This information shows that the March from Selma to Montgomery helped accelerate the Civil Rights Movement because when people saw the horrible ways African Americans were being treated they finally pushed the nation to create new voting rights. This meant that African Americans were finally taking a step in the right direction and people were finally able to see and understand what they went through. Given this information it is shown that the March from