Lewis allan was a witness when another black farmer, herbert lee, was murdered for trying register black voters. A civil rights coalition led by snick and the congress of racial equality announced plans for what would come to be called freedom summer. Hundreds of mostly white northern college students gathered in oxford, ohio for week long training sessions sponsored by the national council of churches. Bob zelmer, a white snick staff member from alabama, says volunteers were also given rules for survival in the segregated south: no interial day or night unless necessary.

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