usm_crmda_ellin162 ellin162 crmda usm yes Press release, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; April 4, 1966 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. African American politicians--Mississippi Civil rights movements--Mississippi Democratic Party (Miss.) Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Political participation--Mississippi Race discrimination Mississippi--Politics and government Mississippi--Race relations United States. Congress. House--Elections, 1964 United States. Congress. Senate--Elections, 1964 Election law--Mississippi Political candidates--Mississippi From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Press release by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), dated April 4, 1966, titled "Six Candidates File to Run in the State Democratic Party Primary." The statement announces the plans of the MFDP to run six candidates for Congress in the June 1966 election and gives a brief biography of the candidates. Those involved include: Rev. Clifton R. Whitley, Ralthus Hayes, Rev. Ed King, Rev. Clint Collier, and Lawrence Guyot. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) 2003-03-18 Text http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,930 Digital reproduction of 2-page document. Box 2, Folder 16, M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of USM - Historical Manuscripts. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. Forms part of the Joseph and Nancy Ellin Freedom Summer Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. 1966-04-04 Mississippi 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. 20110712 101936