- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Sunflower County: a progress report
- Creator:
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Date of Original:
- 1966-04-01
- Subject:
- African Americans
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Discrimination
Elections
Justice and politics
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Politics, Practical
Sunflower County (Miss.) - 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; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) describing the progress made in Sunflower County, Mississippi, with regard to the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to nullify the municipal elections of the previous year. Also discusses the poverty program, federal registers, federal protection for African-American political activists, Congressional campaigns, and the MFDP candidates' contest of Mississippi Code Section 3129.
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_1fe60edd-3d1c-48f3-a60d-f71123cfc6bb
- 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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