usm_crmda_ellin165 ellin165 crmda usm yes Rebuttal of Section 3129; 4 April 1966 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Democratic Party (Miss.) Civil rights movements--Mississippi 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 Politics, practical--Mississippi Segregation--Mississippi Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party King, Edwin H. Whitley, Clifton Collier, Clinton, 1909- Guyot, Lawrence, 1939- Hayes, Ralthus, 1916-1967 From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement issued by Clifton Whitley, Ralthus Hayes, Edwin King, Clinton Collier, and Lawrence Guyot of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in opposition of Mississippi Code, Section 3129. The law stated that candidates for public office must support the platform of the party with which they are running, as well as the winners of the primary elections within their party. Includes excerpts from resolutions passed at the 1964 Mississippi Democratic Party state convention. 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,880 Digital reproduction of 3-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 105508