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Celebrating Black History Month: How COFO helped the Mississippi civil rights movement
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - COFO. It stands for the Council of Federated Organizations and while many people have never heard of it, COFO is an organization born in Mississippi, that was a crucial ...
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COFO Civil Rights Education Center
The Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) was founded in 1961. It was the brainchild of Civil Rights activist Bob Moses ...
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Civil Rights Groups Organize Separate Projects for Summer
Last summer, civil rights activity in the South was focussed on Mississippi and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of SNCC, CORE, NAACP, SCLC and other groups. But because ...
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A Typical Week in Mississippi: COFO Hears of Many Incidents
Here the headquarters of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) keeps in touch with its "freedom workers" throughout the state. Daily event summaries are mimeo'd in the office and sent out ...