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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- Agriculture
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- Allen, Glenn
- Allen, Lewis
- Anderson, H. C
- Aronson, Henry
- Arson
- Assault And Battery
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- Bankhead, Lee
- Barber, Rims
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- Barnett, Willie, Mrs
- Barrett, Russell H
- Bass, Robert
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- Beecher, John
- Bell, John
- Bernard, Joel
- Bill, Simon
- Birdin, Bettye
- Bishop, Ernestine
- Blackwell, Unita, 1933
- Bland, Joe Eddie
- Bodie, Tommie
- Bombings
- Boycotts
- Boyd, Leslie
- Boyd, Richard
- Brandt, Barbara
- Breazell, C. E
- Bronstein, Alvin J
- Brooks, Eddie
- Browland, Mike
- Brown, J. W
- Brown, Joyce
- Brown, Lovie
- Brown, Morgan
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- Campbell, Hayden
- Carnegie, Alma
- Carr, Sam
- Carthen, Sallie Mae
- Case, Charles
- Catler, Thomas
- Chaney, Fannie Lee
- Chaney, James Earl, 1943 1964
- Chapman, Percy
- Chastain, Norman
- Chipman, Alfred
- Church Buildings
- Cieciorka, Bobbie
- Cieciorka, Frank
- Civil Rights
- Clayton, Claude F. (Claude Feemster), 1909 1969
- Clergy
- Clothing And Dress
- Coleman, Ike
- Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914 1991
- Collier, Clinton
- Colmer, William R. (Ross Robert), 1898 1987
- Community Action Programs (U.S.)
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Conwell, Elijah
- Cooper, Allen
- Cooperative Societies
- Cotton, Tom
- Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Cox, Harold
- Cross Burning
- Crowell, Catherine
- Crudup, Arlbon
- Cunningham, Dick
- Cunningham, Marion Phyllis
- Darnell, J. A
- Davidson, Marion
- Davis, Frank
- Davis, Jessie
- Davis, Ruby
- Davis, Russell
- De Muth, Jerry , 1937
- Deacons For Defense And Justice
- Del Pozzo, Theresa
- Delta Ministry
- Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
- Democratic Party (Miss.)
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Dennis, Dave
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- Devine, Annie
- Devine, Earl
- Dilworth, Lee
- Dobson, James
- Donaldson, Ivanhoe
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- Elections
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- Eviction
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- Finley, John
- Flemings, Dink
- Flowers, Dick
- Foner, Thomas
- Food Drives
- Ford, Ezekiel
- Forman, James, 1928 2005
- Frank, Barney, 1940
- Freedom Day
- Freedom Information Service
- Freedom Rides
- Freedom Schools
- Freedom Vote
- Frisby, Noble R
- Fund Raising
- Galler, Roberta
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- Giles, Oscar, Mrs
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- Gilman, Robert
- Glenn, Charles
- Glover, Samuel
- Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909 1998
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- Gordon, Lottie Ruth
- Graham, Benjamin
- Grandison, Elvira
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- Griffin, Ora
- Grumphrey, Jack
- Guyot, Lawrence, 1939 2012
- Hall, Jessie Lee
- Hall, Pinkie
- Hamer, Fannie Lou
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- Hawkins, Mary Sue
- Hawkins, Robert
- Hawthorne, Grace
- Hayden, Casey
- Hayer, Robert L
- Hayes, Curtis
- Hayes, Ralthus
- Hayes, Robert Lee
- Head Start Programs
- Heinze, Fred
- Henry, Aaron, 1922 1997
- Higson, Mike
- Hill, Thelma
- Hollander, Lynne
- Horowitz, Charlie
- Host Families
- Houston, James Monroe
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911 1978
- Husted, Russell
- Hutchinson, Bill
- Intimidation
- Jackson, Ellis
- Jackson, Ernest
- Jackson, Willie
- Jacob, Arthur Lee
- Jail Experiences
- Jewett, Richard A
- Johnson, Allen
- Johnson, Dona
- Johnson, Leroy
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908 1973
- Johnson, Paul B., 1916 1985
- Johnson, Warren
- Jones, James
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917 1963
- Keyes, Youther Lee
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- King, Edwin H
- King, James
- King, Lou
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- Kinney, Herman
- Kinoy, Arthur
- Kirksey, Henry J
- Klein, John
- Klein, Monica
- Knight, C
- Ku Klux Klan
- Kushner, Fred
- Labor Unions
- Ladner, Dorie
- Ladner, Heber
- Lanemer, Horace
- Lawrence, David Leo, 1889 1966
- Lawrence, Harold
- Lawrence, Ida B
- Leadership
- Lee, Herbert
- Lee, Lucille
- Lee, Webb
- Lehman, Bob
- Lewis, Gavin
- Lewis, Patsy
- Light, Bill
- Lindsay, Merrill W
- Lindsey, Will
- Long, Curtis Lee
- Long, Paul
- Lowery, Fred
- Luckett, Bill, 1948
- Lynn, Kay
- Madison County Movement (Miss.)
- Magee, Jessie
- Marcuse, Peter
- Martin, Willie
- Mass Media
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- Mc Gee, Jake
- Mc Hugh, Madeline
- Mc Kellar, Chuck
- Mc Keller, Tilmon
- Mc Laurin, Charles
- Mc Lemore, Leslie Burl
- Mc Murtry, Charlie
- Mc Ree, J. F
- Medical Committee For Human Rights (U.S.)
- Meely, Fred
- Milam, J. W
- Milam, S. W
- Miles, Robert
- Miller, Hattie L
- Miller, Hosey
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Mitchell, Francis
- Morey, R. Hunter, 1940
- Morgan, Charles
- Morphew, Robert
- Morris, Jesse
- Morse, Frank
- Moses, Robert Parris
- Muilenburg, Peter
- Murder
- Music
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
- National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The United States Of America
- Nelson, Debbie
- Newell, Bob
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- Phillips, Dick
- Phipps, James Earl
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- Pitcher, Pinkie
- Police
- Police Brutality
- Poll Tax
- Ponder, Annell
- Poor People's Corporation
- Porter, Huley
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- Powers, Lillie Bell
- Prickett, Kay
- Quilting
- Quinn, Aylene
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- Reed, James
- Reed, Ruthie
- Republican Party (U.S.)
- Resnick, Joseph Y. (Joseph Yale), 1924 1969
- Rhodes, Janet
- Rice, Carl
- Richards, Dona
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- Schrader, Emmie
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- Sellers, Isaiah
- Sellers, Nettie
- Sewing
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- Shapem, Mark
- Shapiro, Mark
- Shelton, George
- Shulman, Howard
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- Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907 1988
- Simpson, Richard
- Singleton, Celia
- Sitton, Claude
- Skinner, Lee Estes
- Skipp, Sue Emma
- Slawson, Judy
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- Smith, Bob
- Smith, Douglas
- Smith, E
- Smith, John
- Smith, Josie
- Smith, R. L. T. (Robert L. T.)
- Smith, Robert
- Smith, Willie
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Spinks, Eberta
- Stavis, Morton
- Steiner, Ruth
- Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901 1995
- Stenson, Robert
- Sterling, Bob
- Stevens, Carolyn
- Stigler, Joe Louis
- Stoner, Peter
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Styles, Curtis
- Taylor, Anne E
- Taylor, Charley
- Taylor, Gloria Jean
- Taylor, Ned
- Taylor, P
- Thelwell, Mike
- Thomas, C. W
- Thomas, Eddie
- Thomas, Lee
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- Thompson, Ethel
- Thornton, William
- Threats
- Thurmon, Jessie
- Till, Emmett, 1941 1955
- Tillow, Walter
- Trice, Clifford
- Turnbow, Hartman
- Unemployment
- United States
- United States Commission On Civil Rights
- United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1957
- United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1960
- United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1964
- United States. Department Of Agriculture
- United States. Department Of Justice
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- United States. Voting Rights Act Of 1965
- Vaughs, Cliff
- Vietnam War, 1961 1975
- Volunteers
- Voter Registration
- Wages
- Walker, Johnnie Mae
- Walker, Prentiss, 1917 1998
- Walker, Rita
- War On Poverty
- Ware, John
- Ware, William
- Washington, Cynthia
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- Watkins, Hollis, 1941
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- Weatherby, Mary Lee
- Webb, Simon
- Weisboro, Abe
- Weiss, Ron
- Wheadon, Augusta
- White Citizens Councils
- White, Don
- Whitten, Jamie
- Wilder, Carl
- Wilder, Ola
- Wilder, Peggy J
- William, Mary
- Williams, Annie Mae
- Williams, Bob
- Williams, George
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- Williams, Mary
- Williams, Wash
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- Williamson, Gordon
- Wilson, Ora D
- Winn, Fred
- Winstead, Arthur
- Winter, George
- Wright, Evelyn
- Wright, Martha
- Wulf, Melvin L
- Yarbrough, George
- Ziff, Ed