- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Letter, Lawrence Guyot to friends of the MFDP; May 24, 1965
- Creator:
- Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-
- Date of Original:
- 1965-05-24
- Subject:
- Civil rights
Civil rights movement
Justice and politics
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Political participation
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to friends of the party, dated May 24, 1965. The letter serves as a briefing on a press conference recently held by the MFDP announcing new participants in the Congressional Challenge, including James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)" Also discusses the attempts by Mississippi congressmen to delay the challenge, increased support for the challenge from other organizations, and the progress of the Voter Registration Bill.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a00560c0-36ca-4a74-a9b1-d877a3edb2f3
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. 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. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection
Box 2, Folder 15 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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