- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- It was a cool day in August."; August 1964
- Creator:
- Sherrod, Charles M
- Date of Original:
- 1964-08-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Race relations
Voter Registration
Voting
Mississippi
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
Democratic Party (Miss.) - 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; This narrative records how the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) was organized. It also gives details about instances in which the MFDP members were shut out of Mississippi State Democratic party meetings that they tried to attend." It also describes the instance in which members of the MFDP were refused seats at the National Democratic Party convention that was held in Jackson in 1964. The narrative also explains the MFDP's reasoning in refusing the compromise offered by the leaders of the convention which would allow MFDP members to be seated as guests with no voice or vote.
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_77b2fc04-2a27-4ffc-a793-d5abaf0a3ec6
- 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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