| Mississippi Voter
Registration Report. Derived from court cases and Federal reports.
|
| Aaron Henry Campaign announcement, Unsigned SNCC. 1963 |
| The Freedom Ballot, fact sheet. Unsigned SNCC. 1963 |
| Freedom Ballot
Registration Form, undated (probably used during the Freedom Ballot
campaign Oct-Nov 1963. |
| Freedom Registration
Form, undated (possibly used during the '63 or '64 election campaigns.
|
| Application for Work on
the Freedom Vote. Possibly used to screen northern volunteers.
Undated. |
| Negroes Vote for Freedom - Protest Disenfranchisement, NAACP Policy Directive 1, August 14, 1963 |
| MS
Freedom Primer #2 The Freedom Vote & the Right to Vote. Undated
(possibly 1964) |
| Mississippi Vote for
Freedom, NAACP Policy Directive 2, August 16, 1963 |
| The Freedom Ballot for Governor (MS). Letter from Joan Bowman COFO |
| Excerpts From
Campaign Literature, Paul Johnson for Governor (racist Dixiecrat
candidate). |
| Freedom Candidates
Mississippi, October, 1963. |
| Freedom Vote Platform, November 1963. |
| Governor's Race
platform, Freedom Ballot campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963 |
| Rev. Edwin King,
Freedom Ballot campaign background. Unsigned COFO. 1963 |
| Freedom Candidates flyer, November 1963. |
| Freedom Ballot Instructions, COFO, Aaron Henry for Governor. November 1963. |
| Guidelines for
District Managers, Freedom Ballot campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963 |
| MFDP attempt to
participate in Democratic meeting, Vicksburg MS. Unsigned MFDP. June
1964 |
| Report on attempts by Negroes to participate in Mississippi
Democratic Party convention delegate caucuses, unsigned (presumed COFO or
MFDP). June 16 1964 |
| The Right to Vote, Summary of Relevant Federal Powers,
unsigned, probably COFO or SNCC. Undated assumed 1964 |
| Segregation, Harrasment, and Arrest for Negro Congressional
Candidate, Unsigned (probably MFDP or COFO). 1964. |
| MFDP brochure,
1964 |
| Proposal for
MFDP Convention Challenge, Democratic Convention, Atlantic City. |
| Two letters sent to
Bob Moses, Joseph Rauh. June 1964 |
| Organizing for Freedom Registration, COFO/MFDP. Undated
(probably June 1964) |
| Memo re Freedom Registration, Dona, COFO. Undated
(probably June or July 1964) |
| Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party pamphlet (Michigan), Unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964 |
| Mississippi Faces
Challenge (Michagan), Unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964 |
| The Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party ... (strategic analyses). Undated, proably summer
1964 |
| Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
(white-paper) |
| MFDP
convention challenge considerations, unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964 |
|
Memo re
Democratic Convention Challenge, unsigned COFO. undated 1964. |
| Precinct Conventions, undated flyer. COFO. |
| Precinct and County Meetings, undated (possibly summer
1964) |
| Memo to All Staff 2nd Congressional District re Freedom
Democratic Party, Stokely Carmichael, SNCC/COFO. July 1964. |
| Precinct Meetings, MFDP. July 24 1964 |
| Flyer, MFDP County
Convention Meeting, Holmes County, MS, Summer 1964. |
| Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party (MFDP). Facts & Background, 1964. |
|
Mississippi: How Negro
Democrats Fared: a Summary View, June 2, 1964 Democratic Primary
election. |
| Mississippi: How Negro
Democrats Fared June 2, 1964 Democratic Primary election. |
| Voting rights
denial affidavits, Holly Springs, MS. June 2, Democratic Primary election.
|
| Flyer explaining the MFDP, Summer, 1964. |
| Working Draft:
Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Summer, '64 |
| For Your Information,
memo regarding Demoratic Convention challenge. Summer 1964. MFDP |
| Challenge of the
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (white-paper) |
| MFDP Freedom
Candidates, Summer 1964. |
|
Memo re Second District MFDP Convention, MS Stokely Carmichael,
SNCC. |
| Letter to Democratic
Convention Delegates, Ella Baker. MFDP. July 20, 1964 |
|
The Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party (24-page backgrounder), Summer 1964 |
| Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Delegates to 1964
Democratic Convention |
| Brief Submitted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to
the Credentials Committee of the Democratic Party Convention, August 1964.
Joseph Rauh, Eleanor Holmes, H. Miles Jaffe. |
| A Primer For
the Delegates to the Democratic National Convention, MFDP |
| Resolution Recommended to the Democratic National Committee (requiring support for the nominees), Democratic Party. 1964 |
| State Democratic Party
Resolutions In Favor of Seating the MFDP Delegation at the Atlantic City
Democratic Convention, 1964. |
| Letter to President Johnson re Mississippi violence,
federal inaction, and MFDP, John Lewis, SNCC. August 19 1964. ~
Response to John Lewis
letter, Lee White, White House. August 20 1964 |
| Memo to summer volunteers re MFDP convention challenge,
Betty Garman, SNCC. Undated (presumed August 1964) |
| Statement of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party on
Arrival in Atlantic City, August 21 1964 |
| Fannie Lou Hamer's
Testimony at Democratic Convention |
| Seat the MFDP,
flyer passed out at Democratic Convention, August, Atlantic City, NJ. |
| Telegram to President Johnson re MFDP Democratic Convention
Challenge, Martin Luther King, SCLC. August 24 1964 |
| Draft speech for MFDP
in Atlantic City (not given, page missing) Unsigned. August 1964 |
| The
Challenge: It's History, unsigned (possibly church-related), undated
(probably late 1964 or early 1965). |
| MS Freedom Primer #1
The Convention Challenge & the Freedom Vote. |
| Position Paper, Aaron Henry (issued after convention
challenge). August 29, 1964. |
| Precinct and County Meetings for FDP, Unsigned, MFDP. June 1964 |
| Report on
possibility of Mississippi Congressional Challenge, Jack Minnis, SNCC.
July 9, 1964 |
| Emergency Memorandum, Bob Moses, Dona, Casey, Dick Jewett, COFO. July 19 1964 |
| Proposal to COFO to challenge the seating of the MDP, Unsigned, COFO. August 1964 |
| To All Friends of the MFDP, MFDP. Undated, possibly
September or October 1964 |
| Statistics of Negro and White Voter Registration
in the Five Congressional Districts of Mississippi, U.S. v
Mississippi Federal Court Case |
| To All Mississippi Summer Project Volunteers,
call for volunteers re Freedom Vote, Robert Weil. October,
1964 |
| Running Summary of
Incidents During the Freedom Vote Campaign, Oct 18-Nov 2, 1964. |
| Mississippi Freedom Vote Press Releases, MFDP. Oct 30 -
Nov 2, 1964 |
| Now With Your Hand Pull
the Lever Down, MFDP. Undated (probably fall 1964) |
| Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
(white-paper) |
| MS
Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional
Challenge. |
| Report of Meeting of November 18 1964 re Details of
Congressional Challenge, Mike Thelwell, SNCC |
| If Only Neshoba County Were In The Congo, SNCC reprint
from I.F. Stone's Weekly. December 14 1964 |
| Fact Sheet on the Congressional Challenge,
unsigned SNCC. December 4 1964 |
| Memo on History of Contested Elections Statute and
Race ..., unsigned MFDP attornies. December 12 1964 |
| Memorandum on the Legal Validity and Propriety of the MFDP
Challenge to Mississippi Congressmen, Kinoy, Kunstler, Smith, Higgs,
Stavis, MFDP attornies. December 12 1964 |
| Memo on Challenge to Seating of Mississippi Congressional
Delegation, Mark Howe, Harvard Univ. December 12 1964 |
| I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and
Tired, Fannie Lou Hamer. December 22 1964. |
| Student Involvement in the Challenge, Courtland Cox, SNCC.
Undated probably late 1964 or early 1965 |
| Congressional
Challenge Fact Sheet, MFDP. Undated (probably late 1964 or early
1965) |
| We Want the
Vote, unsigned SNCC brochure. Undated (probably early 1965) | |
| MFDP Petition,
unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably late '64 or early '65) |
|
Affadavits, MFDP Congressional Challenge, 1964 |
| Letter to ACLU lawyers re legal help needed in
Mississippi, unsigned ACLU. January 1965 |
| MFDP Plans for Taking of Evidence on Negro Disenfranchisement
in Mississippi, unsigned MFDP. January 3 1965 |
| Approximate Time Table of the Statutory Challenge,
unsigned MFDP lawyer. January 8 1965 |
| Letter to Bay Area lawyers re legal help for Congressional
Challenge, unsigned, Bay Area Friends of SNCC. January 9 1965 |
| The Challenge:
It's History, unsigned (possibly church-related), undated (probably
1965). |
| Testimony of Lawrence
Guyot, 1965. |
| Public testimony regarding the Congressional Challenge,
Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Victoria Jackson Gray, MFDP. April
3 1965 |
| Deposition of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen. Example
deposition, 1965. |
The Congressional
Challenge, MFDP. 1965
|
| A Message from
Mississippi, re MFDP Congressional Challenge. May 1965 |
| Report on the
Congressional Challenge, MFDP. July 7 1965. (Progress report.) |
| Call to
Action, MFDP Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. August 4
1965. |
| Medical Committee
for Human Rights (MCHR) Supports the Challenge of the MFDP, September
1965. |
| Memo to Friends of SNCC re Congressional Challenge,
Unsigned SNCC. September 15 1965 |
| The Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party, Steve Max, SDS Political Education Project.
1965 |
| MS Freedom Primer #3
The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge. |
| See also Mississippi
Congressional Challenge Articles by Movement Veterans |
| Concerning
Mayor's Races in Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP |
| Mississippi
Political Handbook, MFDP. Undated (1964?) |
| Handout
from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, undated. (Re
current activities & poll taxes) |
| MFDP Newsletter #2, April 4, 1965 |
| MFDP
bulletin re new & fair elections amendment, MFDP. Undated
(assumed 1965). |
| MFDP,
explanatory flyer from mid-1965. |
| McComb MFDP Statement Against
the Vietnam War |
| Tapes from Freedom
School Workshop, unsigned, SNCC or MFDP. March 27-April 7, 1965 |
| MFDP and Viet Nam, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July
31 1965 |
| Program of the Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party, Undated (1965? 1966?). |
| Dear FDP Member, Natchez MS flyer re Africa.
Bill Ware, SNCC. December 30, 1965 |
| MFDP Keylist Mailing
#5, MFDP. January 3, 1966 |
| Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party Key List, unsigned MFDP. January 5, 1966 |
| Counties
Participating in All Needy Surplus Food Program, Unsigned MFDP. February
1966 |
| Warehousemen
job description (for employement program), Unsigned MFDP. February
1966 |
| Vote
Totals for Freedom Movement Candiates, Democratic Primaries
1962-1966. By county. Freedom Information Service. |
| Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party information, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated
(possibly 1966) |
| What You
Should Know About Poll Taxes, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated
(probably 1966). |
| The ABC's of
Voting, Unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably June 1966) |
| Holmes
County Freedom Democratic Party Executive Members Handbook,
Sue-Henry Lorenzi, MFDP, August 1966 |
| Help Unseat
Eastland and Abernathy, MFDP |
| The Power
of Your Vote, Edwards MFDP Black and White Hummer. January
25, 1967 |
| The Power of Your Vote, unsigned MFDP pamphlet. Undated (possibly 1967) |
| MFDP Newsletter, Sunflower County, October 1,
1967 |
| Attention: Help Elect a Negro Sheriff, MFDP,
Holmes County MS |