Freedom Summer was a civil rights campaign that took place in Mississippi during the summer of 1964. Hundreds of civil rights activists and volunteers, most of them college students, went to Mississippi. There, they worked with local activists to create Freedom Schools to educate Black children, register Black voters, and challenge the segregationist Democratic Party in Mississippi with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In many cases, activists were met with violence, threats, and intimidation, including the murder of three volunteers. In the end, the Freedom Summer brought national at