Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, was a significant civil rights campaign that took place in 1964. It was organized by civil rights activists to register African American voters in Mississippi, where racial inequality and voter suppression were rampant.

During Freedom Summer, over 1,000 volunteers, mostly young college students, traveled to Mississippi to help with voter registration, education, and community organizing. The volunteers faced immense challenges and intense opposition from white segregationists, including intimidation, violence, and arrests.

Despite the dangers, Freedom Summer was instrumental in raising awareness about the systemic racism and disenfranchisement faced by African Americans in the South. The campaign also helped to mobilize support for the Civil Rights Movement and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which aimed to eliminate racial barriers to voting.

Freedom Summer remains a powerful example of grassroots activism and solidarity in the fight for racial justice and equality in the United States.