- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- MFDP News; January 1966
- Creator:
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Date of Original:
- 1966-01-01
- Subject:
- Discrimination
Elections
Justice and politics
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Political participation
United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service - 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; Copy of the newsletter for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) for January 1966. Includes a report of a visit by Representative Joseph Resnick (D-NY) to Mississippi. A member of the House Agricultural Committee, Resnick heard complaints regarding the recent Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) elections. The newsletter also provides a brief background on the ASCS as well as reports on plans for voter registration drives, acts of harassment, boycotts, and evictions of sharecroppers and tenant farmers in the Mississippi Delta.
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_0c9ab606-6d5e-41b0-9d6b-4cc302feefa9
- 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 16 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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