Mississippi Summer Project Research Paper
The Murders of the Mississippi Summer Project Member and the Birth the 1965 Voting Rights Act
SOCI140 Essay
February 6, 2011
The nefarious act in1964 marked the historic event that changed America history. The Mississippi Summer Project traveled to Mississippi to encourage African America citizens to practice their First Amendment rights. Mississippi was a state known for apartheid, bias, and contemptuousness enforcement. The civil rights supports traveled though Mississippi retrieving votes to ensure African American were practicing their right to vote. One day while traveling throughout the countryside of Mississippi they were murdered by the organized racial terrorist group Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was a notorious bigots group …show more content…
The national alarms were sound when the death of two Caucasian men occurred. President Johnson had just passed the 1964 Civil Right Act through the Senate seven-day prior. The study would have been damaging to his reputation if he would have rejected acting passionately. He protested he was not another Southern politician. The murderers developed a 44 day investigation until bodies were discovered. The discovered of the bodies created a trial by jury and multiple guilty verdicts; Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price and Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers, and seven other were found guilty. The seven guilty men were granted less serve sentenced. The haughtiness crime was viewed as a “bandwagon” for national attention and the movement to establish the 1965 Voting Right Act. The victim families members decided to continue with the fight to establish the 1965 Voting Right Act. The successful prosecution of a Civil Right case in Mississippi led to the establishment of the 1965 Voting Right Act because of the nefarious act in 1964 to the Mississippi Summer Project Members. The FBI information was enough “Probable Cause” to launch massive investigation of about 15 suspects and the guilty verdict for nine Caucasian suspects. The media coverage generated from the Mississippi Summer Project murders launched a nationwide fight against
SOCI140 Essay
February 6, 2011
The nefarious act in1964 marked the historic event that changed America history. The Mississippi Summer Project traveled to Mississippi to encourage African America citizens to practice their First Amendment rights. Mississippi was a state known for apartheid, bias, and contemptuousness enforcement. The civil rights supports traveled though Mississippi retrieving votes to ensure African American were practicing their right to vote. One day while traveling throughout the countryside of Mississippi they were murdered by the organized racial terrorist group Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was a notorious bigots group …show more content…
The national alarms were sound when the death of two Caucasian men occurred. President Johnson had just passed the 1964 Civil Right Act through the Senate seven-day prior. The study would have been damaging to his reputation if he would have rejected acting passionately. He protested he was not another Southern politician. The murderers developed a 44 day investigation until bodies were discovered. The discovered of the bodies created a trial by jury and multiple guilty verdicts; Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price and Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers, and seven other were found guilty. The seven guilty men were granted less serve sentenced. The haughtiness crime was viewed as a “bandwagon” for national attention and the movement to establish the 1965 Voting Right Act. The victim families members decided to continue with the fight to establish the 1965 Voting Right Act. The successful prosecution of a Civil Right case in Mississippi led to the establishment of the 1965 Voting Right Act because of the nefarious act in 1964 to the Mississippi Summer Project Members. The FBI information was enough “Probable Cause” to launch massive investigation of about 15 suspects and the guilty verdict for nine Caucasian suspects. The media coverage generated from the Mississippi Summer Project murders launched a nationwide fight against