- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Reports : the challenge, Vol. 1, no. 4; [1965]
- Creator:
- Blanchard, Eric
Commission on Religion and Race
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Thompson, Ken - Date of Original:
- 1965-01-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Clergy
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Freedom Project
Voter Registration - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- StillImage
Text - Format:
- image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This newsletter contains six pages of text, largely edited by Eric Blanchard, and ten photographs by Ken Thompson. The newsletter explains the history of voting in Mississippi, the voter registration movements underway in 1964, and the proposed Voting Rights Bill of 1965. A large portion of the content details the progress of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in challenging the seats of five Mississippi congressmen.
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_49979084-d67b-4207-ae7e-8fb1a91614e5
- 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:
- M376 Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection
Box 1, Folder 11 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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