Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)
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N 32° 17.842 W 090° 12.116
15S E 763481 N 3576836
Located on John R. Lynch Street at Short Hickory Street in Jackson
Waymark Code: WM118N6
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2019
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Founded in 1961, COFO combined the Civil Rights efforts of the Congress of Racial Equality. NAACP, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and local groups under one umbrella. COFO's grassroots campaigns included voter registration, the 1963 statewide Freedom Vote, 1964 Freedom Summer, and organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. This building at 1017 J. R. Lynch Street, served as COFO's state headquarters.
Date Installed:: 2009
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Related Website:: [Web Link]
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