Freedom Summer Murders
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A gripping true story of murder and the fight for civil rights and social justice in 1960s Mississppi. On June 21, 1964, three young men were killed by the Ku Klux Klan for trying to help black Americans vote as part of the 1964 Freedom Summer registration effort in Mississippi.
Topics of this game:
- When did black males get the right to vote?
- What is the theme of Freedom Summer Murders?
- In what state did Freedom Summer occur?
- The bodies were located in
- How did the FBI find the bodies of the missing men?
- Who was the first black to ever attend Ole Miss?
- What was the name of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case which overturned the "seperate but equal" rule that allowed segregation?
- Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
- How long did Freedom Summer last?
- How many buildings were burned during Freedom Summer?
