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<dc_title>Congressional Record: proceedings and debates of the 89th Congress, 1st session; September 17, 1965</dc_title>
<dc_subject>Civil rights movements--Mississippi</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Political participation</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Politics, Practical</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Voting</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Ashmore, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1904-1989</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Hawkins, Augustus F.</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Abernethy, Thomas Gerstle, 1903-1998</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Edwards, Jack, 1928-</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Colmer, William Meyers, b. 1890</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Thompson, Frank, 1918-1989</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Ryan, William F., 1922-1972</dc_subject>
<dc_description>From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This issue of the Congressional Report records the reports of both the majority and minority opinion of the Committee for Elections of the United States House of Representatives regarding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party&apos;s (MFDP) challenge to the seating of Mississippi&apos;s five representatives in 1965.  It also includes comments made by individuals on either side of the debate and reports vote statistics for the related resolution.</dc_description>
<dc_description>Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.</dc_description>
<dc_publisher>University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)</dc_publisher>
<dc_contributor>University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries</dc_contributor>
<dc_contributor>Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)</dc_contributor>
<dc_date>2004-12-16</dc_date>
<dc_type>Text</dc_type>
<dc_identifier>http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,3649</dc_identifier>
<dc_format>Digital reproduction of a 4-page document.</dc_format>
<dc_source>Box 3, Folder 9, M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi</dc_source>
<dc_relation>Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.</dc_relation>
<dc_relation>Forms part of USM - Historical Manuscripts.</dc_relation>
<dc_relation>Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.</dc_relation>
<dc_relation>Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library.</dc_relation>
<dc_relation>Forms part of the Michael J. Miller Civil Rights Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.</dc_relation>
<dc_coverage_temporal>1965-09-17</dc_coverage_temporal>
<dc_rights>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.</dc_rights>
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