usm_crmda_mm180 mm180 crmda usm yes Organization objectives for the Freedom Democratic challenge; [1965] Northern Student Movement Civil rights movements--Mississippi Civil rights workers--Mississippi Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Political participation--Mississippi African Americans--Mississippi--Politics and government Mississippi--Politics and government United States. Congress (89th, 1st session : 1965)--Mississippi delegation African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi Political participation--Mississippi Politics, Practical--Mississippi Voting--Mississippi Democratic Party (Miss.) Northern Student Movement From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document sets out plans for the 1965 Congressional challenge by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) that sought to unseat the five Mississippi Congressmen elected in the regular election of 1964, in which thousands of African Americans were denied the right to vote. It gives a timeline of stages for the challenge and a list of things that must be done at each step. It also gives affiliation and contact information for many civil rights workers. 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) 2004-12-07 Text http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,4454 Digital reproduction of 5-page document. Box 3, Folder 10, 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. 1965 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. 20110718 145508