- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Fact sheet on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's statutory challenge and contest of Mississippi's 5 seats in the House of Representatives served Dec. 4, 1964; December 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-12-12
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Political participation
Race discrimination
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Voting
Mississippi - People:
- Hamer, Fannie Lou
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The first page of the document explains the statute and grounds that are the basis of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge. It describes each step of the challenge in great detail and mentions MFDP candidates: Victoria Gray, Annie Devine, and Fannie Lou Hamer. The backside of the document contains information from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on how individuals can help with the challenge.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of 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_f46e47ab-cf14-4cd2-8d08-8c1bd955bfc0
- 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:
- M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection
Box 3, Folder 9 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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