The Emancipation Centennial protest began on March 1, 1963, in Greenwood, Mississippi, with a major voter registration campaign. Organized by civil rights activists to mark 100 years since the Emancipation Proclamation, the protest spotlighted ongoing racial discrimination and Black disenfranchisement in the South. Despite intense resistance, including arrests and violence, the campaign laid the groundwork for future organizing efforts that would culminate in the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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