Freedom Summer

Question 1

Fannie Lou Hamer’s role

Answer 1

Key organizer

Question 2

Robert Parris Moses’ role

Answer 2

organizer

Question 3

Dave Dennis’s role

Answer 3

Coordinator

Question 4

Fannie Lou Hamer

Answer 4

known for her courage, resilience, and commitment to racial equality. She played a crucial role in voter registration drives and she delivered a powerful speech at the 1964 Democratic National Convention exposing the brutality she faced. Her testimony highlighted the struggles of black voters and pushed for political representation.

Question 5

Robert Parris Moses

Answer 5

Moses was a key strategist behind Freedom summer, recruiting and training volunteers. He was also a visionary leader in the Civil Rights Movement particularly known for his work in voters’ registration and grassroots organizing. He played a pivotal role in Freedom Summer in 1964, leading efforts to challenge systematic disenfranchisement of black voters in Mississippi.

Question 6

Dave Dennis

Answer 6

Dennis played a significant role in organizing voter registration drives and advocating racial justice in Mississippi and other parts of the South. His eulogy for James Chaney, one of the murdered Civil rights workers, became a defining moment of the campaign in 1964.