Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)

Founded in 1961, COFO united 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. Its 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.

Jackson, Mississippi · United States