usm_crmda_mm150 mm150 crmda usm yes Fact sheet on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's statutory challenge and contest of Mississippi's 5 seats in the House of Representatives served Dec. 4, 1964; December 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Political participation--Mississippi Race discrimination African Americans--Mississippi--Politics and government Political candidates--Mississippi Women political candidates--Mississippi Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Civil rights movements--Mississippi Mississippi--Politics and government Mississippi--Race relations United States. Congress. House--Elections, 1964 United States. Congress. Senate--Elections, 1964 Election law--Mississippi United States. Congress. House--Contested elections United States. Congress. Senate--Contested elections Hamer, Fannie Lou Devine, Annie, 1912-2000 Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006 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 challenge in great detail and mentions MFDP candidates: Victoria Gray, Annie Devine, and Fannie Lou Hamer. The backside of the document contains information from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on how individuals can help with the challenge. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) 2004-12-16 Text http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,4076 Digital reproduction of a 2-page document. Box 3, Folder 9, M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of USM - Historical Manuscripts. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. Forms part of the Michael J. Miller Civil Rights Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. 1964-12-12 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 101648