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<dc_title>Natchez political handbook; 1965</dc_title>
<dc_creator>Shimkin, Alexander</dc_creator>
<dc_subject>African Americans.</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Natchez (Miss.)</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Politicians.</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Politics, Practical--Mississippi</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African Americans--Mississippi--Politics and government</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Civil rights movements--Mississippi</dc_subject>
<dc_description>From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The Natchez Political Handbook provides information on federal and Mississippi State government structures.  It details Mississippi&apos;s representation in federal and state government, and it also discusses the individuals who held those positions in the 1965.  The handbook also covers party organization in Mississippi, local government in Natchez, and the right to demonstrate.</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>2004-12-15</dc_date>
<dc_type>Image; Text</dc_type>
<dc_identifier>http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,4545</dc_identifier>
<dc_format>Digital reproduction of a 8-page document.</dc_format>
<dc_source>Box 3, Folder 14, 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</dc_coverage_temporal>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Natchez (Miss.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Mississippi</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Adams County (Miss.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<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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