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What was the MAIN focus of African American activists in 1964?
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The activists focused upon registering African-Americans to vote. Of course, all of the demonstrations were also aimed at the passage of the Civil Rights Act that prohibited racial discrimination.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2587588?uid=3739256&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101867198123
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955%E2%80%9368)#Mississippi_Freedom_Summer.2C_1964
http://crime.about.com/od/history/p/ms_burn.htm
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2587588?uid=3739256&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101867198123
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955%E2%80%9368)#Mississippi_Freedom_Summer.2C_1964
http://crime.about.com/od/history/p/ms_burn.htm
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