COFC

Council of Federated Organizations (1962-1965)
 * An umbrella organisation, coalition of national and regional organisations engaged in civil rights activities in Mississippi.
 * Formed in 1961-1962, in Mississippi.
 * It was instrumental in forming the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
 * COFO member organisations including NAACP, CORE, SCLC and SNCC.
 * Under the leadership of SNCC activist Robert Moses, and staffed primarily by SNCC activists.
 * COFO launched the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964.
 * First efforts in Mississippi: Fall 1963, Freedom Vote.