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Council of Federated Organizations
The
Council of Federated Organizations
(
COFO
) was a coalition of the major
Civil Rights Movement
organizations operating in Mississippi. COFO was formed in 1962 to coordinate and unite voter registration and other civil rights activities in the state and oversee the distribution of funds from the
Voter Education Project
. It was instrumental in forming the
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
. COFO member organizations included the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP),
Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC) and the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC).
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