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What was the primary goal of the 'Freedom Summer' project in 1964?

To protest the Vietnam War on college campuses
To integrate interstate bus travel across the Deep South
To register African American voters in Mississippi
To advocate for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment

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Correct answer: To register African American voters in Mississippi

Freedom Summer was a volunteer campaign organized by SNCC and CORE. It aimed to expand Black voting in Mississippi, which had the lowest percentage of Black voters in the country at the time.

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