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Notice of intent to contest election; [1964-1965]

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Identifier	mus-mm185
Title	Notice of intent to contest election; [1964-1965]
Description	From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This legal notice to James L. Whitten from Fannie Lou Hamer announces Ms. Hamer's intent to contest his 19-64 election to the United States House of Representatives from the 2nd Congressional District of Mississippi. The copy of this document that was sent was presumably signed by Ms. Hamer. It appears her attorney created the document. The author uses many approaches to support Hamer's reasoning for the contest. The document presents voter registration statistics by race within counties in the 2nd Congressional district of Mississippi (from 1960 census)" The document also contains an extensive description of steps taken by the government of Mississippi since 1892 to disenfranchise African Americans. It points to amendments to the Mississippi constitution since 1890 that are unconstitutional and lists terrorist acts whites have committed to intimidate African Americans and Civil Rights workers.
Creator	Unknown.
Date	1964-1965
Coverage (time period)	[1890-1964]
Subject	African American political activists. Civil rights workers. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Politics, Practical. Terrorism. Voter registration. Hamer, Fannie Lou. Whitten, Jamie L.
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 31-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Notes	This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection.
Source	Box 3, Folder 10
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.

Title	Page 1
File size	1357.894 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1647
Height	2193
Color space	Grayscale
File name	mm185_01.jpg

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