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Congressional challenge: challenge by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; [1965]

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Identifier	mus-mm166
Title	Congressional challenge: challenge by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; [1965]
Description	From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and the stages of the challenge. It also gives voter registration statistics for Mississippi. It gives details about the violence and intimidation techniques that were used to keep African Americans from voting in the 1960s. The document also notes precedents for the Congressional challenge.
Creator	Unknown.
Date	[1965]
Coverage (time period)	1870-1965
Subject	Voter registration. Civil rights movements. Discrimination. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Politics, Practical. Terrorism. Voting.
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 5 -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 of 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 9
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.

Title	Page 1
File size	1628.478 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1647
Height	2173
Color space	Grayscale
File name	mm166_1.jpg

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