The aim of Freedom Summer in Mississippi (1964) was to do what?

• A. Register African American voters and expand civil rights
• B. End segregation in schools
• C. Promote environmental awareness
• D. Reduce urban poverty

Answer: (A)

Freedom Summer in Mississippi aimed to register African American voters and expand civil rights. Activists and volunteers worked to overcome the barriers—literacy tests, intimidation, and local officials—that kept Black Mississippians from voting, with the goal of turning registration into real political power and pushing the broader civil rights agenda forward. While activities like Freedom Schools and the effort to challenge Mississippi’s segregationist delegation were part of the efforts that summer, the central aim was to secure voting rights and extend civil rights more broadly. End segregation in schools, environmental awareness, or reducing urban poverty were not the primary focus of this campaign.