CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1966 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reels 2-3, Segment 37)

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Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District

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The opening document--"The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party"--discusses the origins of this party, its members' exclusion from the all-white Democratic Party of Mississippi, its challenge to the 1964 Democratic National Convention, and its use of an alternative election --the Freedom Vote--when Mississippi African Americans were effectively barred from participating in state and national elections. It includes the familiar "How Negroes Fared [when they tried to participate in June 1964 county and precinct meetings of the state Democratic Party]," Mississippi voter registration statistics by race, and quotations from the state Democratic Party--including its opposition to having a two-party system--as appendices. The next document is the MFDP's "Mississippi Political Program 1964." Also in the folder are the following: a pamphlet of 1964 voter registration statistics in Mississippi by race. Clippings on the potential political clout of African American voters. A press release on rep

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Reports And Surveys Pamphlets Clippings Press Release Meeting Minutes Memoranda Correspondence Legal Documents Flyers And Handbills Newsletters

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CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1966 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reels 2-3, Segment 37)

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