Summary Of Freedom Summer Murders By Don Mitchell

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Don Mitchell's purpose in writing the Freedom Summer Murders book is to urge African Americans to increase voter registration among African Americans. The murders took place in Neshoba, Mississippi. It all started when African Americans were trying to convince other African Americans to register to vote. James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Shermer are all part of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE). They were the three people who went to Neshoba to convince people to register to vote. The three spent the summer encouraging African Americans in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to register to vote. They know that this area of the country is dangerous for civil rights workers, but they decide to go anyway, fully knowing that they are in danger