From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to friends of the party, dated May 24, 1965. The letter serves as a briefing on a...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) to friends and supporters of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), dated February 10, 1966. Describes the current situation in the...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) that discusses the decision of the party to challenge the seating of five Congressional representatives from Mississippi. The...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 4; formerly titled the "Student Voice), is dated July 1965. Coverage includes...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) announcing plans for the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, which will be focused on political education and voter...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document records vote tallies for the 1964 "Freedom Vote" supported by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" The "Freedom Vote" was designed to demonstrate African American...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Flyer soliciting support to seat members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The letter is typed on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) letterhead and is signed by 18 individuals. It was meant to spark publicity for the upcoming Congressional challenge sponsored...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr. to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams), dated September 22, 1964, in which Diggs commends Gray on her efforts as a member of the Mississippi Freedom...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Brochure distributed by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in support of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Discusses the requirements for participation in the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) newsletter that describes issues of interest, including the strike of the International Wood Workers of America against the Masonite Corporation in Laurel and...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Draft of an article about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) published in the Southern Patriot. Discusses MFDP's trip to the Democratic National Convention in 1964, as well as future plans.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Position paper written by Aaron Henry, chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in 1964. He describes the attempts of the MFDP to obtain delegation status in the National...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover memo from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to Mississippi Summer Project volunteers requesting for volunteers for the Freedom vote to be held October 31-November 2, 1964. The...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This brochure describes the United States Congress and its functions. It also explains what the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) is and why it is challenging the 1964 election...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The first page of the document explains the statute and grounds that are the basis of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge. It describes each step of the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This collection of documents about pending voting legislation in the 1960s. On the first page, James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality encourages all branches of the civil rights...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This is a newsletter to inform people what is going on in Clay County, because the mainstream media rarely reports on civil rights news or issues regarding African Americans. It explains why...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This is a publicity document published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to encourage people outside the state of Mississippi to support the MFDP's Congressional challenge. The...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document lists the objectives of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and sets forth ways that Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) will...
