Contents:
Freedom Vote, 1963 to June 1964 MFDP & Democratic Convention Challenge, 1964 MFDP Freedom Vote, Fall 1964 MFDP Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965 MFDP 1965 Continued MFDP, 1966 & Later
Note: Over the course of 1964 and 1965, the work of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi gradually evolved into MFDP work so see also COFO Documents.
See Freedom Vote in MS for background.
???? | Mississippi Voter Registration Report. Derived from court cases and Federal reports. |
1963 | Aaron Henry Campaign announcement, Unsigned SNCC. 1963 |
1963 | The Freedom Vote, fact sheet. Unsigned SNCC. 1963 |
1963 | Freedom Registration Form, undated (probably used during the Freedom Ballot campaign Oct-Nov 1963. |
1963 | Freedom Registration Form, undated (possibly used during the '63 or '64 election campaigns. |
1963 | Application for Work on the Freedom Vote. Possibly used to screen northern volunteers. Undated. |
1963 | Negroes Vote for Freedom - Protest Disenfranchisement, NAACP Policy Directive 1, August 14, 1963 |
1963 | MS Freedom Primer #2 The Freedom Vote & the Right to Vote. Undated (possibly 1964) |
1963 | Mississippi Vote for Freedom, NAACP Policy Directive 2, August 16, 1963 |
1963 | The Freedom Ballot for Governor (MS). Letter from Joan Bowman COFO |
1963 | Excerpts From Campaign Literature, Paul Johnson for Governor (racist Dixiecrat candidate). |
1963 | Freedom Candidates Mississippi, October, 1963. |
1963 | Freedom Vote Platform, November 1963. |
1963 | Governor's Race platform, Freedom Ballot campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963 |
1963 | Rev. Edwin King, Freedom Vote campaign background. Unsigned COFO. 1963 |
1963 | Freedom Candidates flyer, November 1963. |
1963 | Freedom Ballot Instructions, COFO, Aaron Henry for Governor. November 1963. |
1963 | Guidelines for District Managers, Freedom Vote campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963 |
1963 | Report: MFDP Events in Mississippi November 2, 1963. Unsigned MFDP. |
1963 | Summary report: MFDP Events in Mississippi November 1 and 2, 1963 Unsigned MFDP. |
1963 | Statement of Events in Natchez, Mississippi, Unsignee MFDP. November 1-2, 1963 |
1963 | Events of November 1 and 2 (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO, November 2 1963 |
1963 | Statement on Events in Jackson Miss (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO, November 2 1963 |
1963 | Summary of Events in Yazoo City (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO. November 10 1963 |
1963 | Washington SNCC Office Report, Bill Mahoney and Mike Thelwell. SNCC. December 28, 1963 |
1964 | MFDP attempt to participate in Democratic meeting, Vicksburg MS. Unsigned MFDP. June 1964 |
1964 | Memorandum on Mississippi Summer Project to Congress, Unsigned COFO. June 3, 1964 |
1964 | Report on attempts by Negroes to participate in Mississippi Democratic Party convention delegate caucuses, unsigned (presumed COFO or MFDP). June 16 1964 |
1964 | The Right to Vote, Summary of Relevant Federal Powers, unsigned, probably COFO or SNCC. Undated assumed 1964 |
1964 | Segregation, Harrasment, and Arrest for Negro Congressional Candidate, Unsigned (probably MFDP or COFO). 1964. |
1963 | Mississippi Freedom Vote Henry planning details, Unsigned MFDP. October 10, 1963 |
1963 | Statement from Allard K. Lowenstein, Allard K. Lowenstein. MFDP. October 27, 1963 |
1963 | Summary of Events, Unsigned MFDP. October 28, 1963 |
1964 | Precinct and County Meetings for FDP, Unsigned, MFDP. June 1964 |
1964 | To All Friends of the MFDP, MFDP. Undated, possibly September or October 1964 |
1964 | Statistics of Negro and White Voter Registration in the Five Congressional Districts of Mississippi, U.S. v Mississippi Federal Court Case: Mimeo version Printed version. |
1964 | To All Mississippi Summer Project Volunteers, call for volunteers re Freedom Vote, Robert Weil. October, 1964 |
1964 | Appendix B "How Mississippi Democrats Fared", Unsigned MFDP. October 1964 |
1964 | MFDP summary of events, Unsigned MFDP. October 1964 |
1964 | Freedom Democratic Party Vote Results, Unsigned MFDP. October 1964 |
1964 | Summary of October events in Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP, Undated (probably early November 1964) |
1964 | Mississippi Freedom Vote Press Releases, MFDP. Oct 30 - Nov 2, 1964 |
1964 | Now With Your Hand Pull the Lever Down, MFDP. Undated (probably fall 1964) |
1964 | MFDP Organizational Manual #1, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. November 1964 |
1964 | SNCC Freedom Vote, October Incident Summary, Fast for Freedom, Jon Else. SNCC. November 3, 1964 |
1964 | Running Summary of Incidents During the Freedom Vote Campaign, Oct 18-Nov 2, 1964. |
1964 | Report on possibility of Mississippi Congressional Challenge, Jack Minnis, SNCC. July 9, 1964 | |
1964 | Approximate Time Table of the Statuatory Challenge, unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably late 1964 or early 1965) | |
1965 | Californians for the Congressional Challenge, May 1965 | |
1965 | MFDP list of resolutions, Multiple Authors. MFDP. June 12, 1965 | |
1965 | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Challenge to Unseat the Mississippi Congressmen, Unsigned MFDP. June 13, 1965 | |
1965 | Statement of Mrs. Victoria Gray, re the MFDP Congressional Challenge. June 29, 1965 | |
1965 | Victoria Gray statement re MFDP Congressional Challenge. July 1, 1965 | |
1965 | Report on the MFDP Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July 7, 1965 | |
1965 | Urgent Memo to Support Organizations, Unsigned MFDP. July 14, 1965 | |
1965 | Report from the Washington Office of FDP, Victoria Gray. MFDP. July 25, 1965 | |
1965 | MFDP Memo re Final Drive to Unseat Mississippi Congressmen Organizational Meeting, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. July 29, 1965 | |
1965 | Dear Mississippi Minister support appeal for Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot & Ed King, MFDP. Undated (probably August 1965) | |
1965 | Urgent Memo -- Every Congressman Should Be Visited During Labor Day Recess, unsigned MFDP. August 30, 1965 | |
1965 | Memo re Challenge Trip to Washington DC, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably late August or early September, 1965) | |
1965 | Open Memo re Support of the Challenge to the Seating of Mississippi Congressmen, large number of signatories. September 9, 1965 | |
1965 | Memorandum in Support of the Challenge to the Seating of Mississippi Congressmen, Unsigned MFDP. September 9, 1965 | |
1965 | Statement by Dr Martin Luther King support of MFDP congressional challenge, Martin Luther King Jr. MFDP. September 9, 1965 | |
1965 | The Congressional Challenge is Defeated, report. Unsigned MFDP. September 13, 1965 | |
1965 | Congressional Record report dismissing MFDP challenge, September 17, 1965 | |
1965 | MFDP Letter re Mississippi challenge dismissed, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. September 28, 1965 | |
1964 | Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (white-paper) | |
1964 | MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge. | |
1964 | Report of Meeting of November 18 1964 re Details of Congressional Challenge, Mike Thelwell, SNCC | |
1964 | If Only Neshoba County Were In The Congo, SNCC reprint from I.F. Stone's Weekly. December 14 1964 | |
1964 | Fact Sheet on the Congressional Challenge, unsigned SNCC. December 4 1964 | |
1964 | Memo on History of Contested Elections Statute and Race ..., unsigned MFDP attornies. December 12 1964 | |
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 | |
1964 | Memo on Challenge to Seating of Mississippi Congressional Delegation, Mark Howe, Harvard Univ. December 12 1964 | |
1964 | I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired, Fannie Lou Hamer. December 22 1964. | |
1964 | Student Involvement in the Challenge, Courtland Cox, SNCC. Undated probably late 1964 or early 1965 | |
1965 | Congressional Challenge Fact Sheet, MFDP. Undated (probably late 1964 or early 1965) | |
1965 | We Shall Overcome, Register-Vote, MFDP/PEP/SDS poster/cover. Steve Max. Undated, possibly January 1965 | |
1965 | We Want the Vote, unsigned SNCC brochure. Undated (probably early 1965) | |
1965 | MFDP Petition, unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably late '64 or early '65) | |
1965 | Affadavits, MFDP Congressional Challenge, 1964 | |
1965 | Letter to ACLU lawyers re legal help needed in Mississippi, unsigned ACLU. January 1965 | |
1965 | MFDP Plans for Taking of Evidence on Negro Disenfranchisement in Mississippi, unsigned MFDP. January 3 1965 | |
1965 | House of Representatives vote on MFDP Challenge, MFDP. January 4, 1965 | |
1965 | Report on the first stage of the MFDP Challenge, January 4 1965, Unsigned, SNCC. January 4 1965 | |
1965 | Minutes of the MFDP Statewide Convention, Unsigned MFDP. January 7, 1965 | |
1965 | Approximate Time Table of the Statutory Challenge, unsigned MFDP lawyer. January 8 1965 | |
1965 | Letter to Bay Area lawyers re legal help for Congressional Challenge, unsigned, Bay Area Friends of SNCC. January 9 1965 | |
1964 | The Challenge: Its History, unsigned (possibly church-related), undated (probably 1965). | |
1965 | Testimony of Lawrence Guyot, 1965. | |
1965 | Public testimony regarding the Congressional Challenge, Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Victoria Jackson Gray, MFDP. April 3 1965 | |
1965 | Deposition of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen. Example deposition, 1965. | |
1965 | The Congressional
Challenge, MFDP. 1965 | |
1965 | A Message from Mississippi, re MFDP Congressional Challenge. May 1965 | |
1965 | Statement by Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King. SCLC. May 17, 1965 | |
1965 | Statement by John Lewis, John Lewis. SNCC. May 17, 1965 | |
1965 | Letter to friends of SNCC re MFDP challenge to Congress, Margaret Lauren. SNCC. May 27, 1965 | |
1965 | Report on the Congressional Challenge, MFDP. July 7 1965. (Progress report.) | |
1965 | Dear FDP Member letter re Congressional Challenge, unsigned Washington MFDP. August 3, 1965 | |
1965 | Call to Action, MFDP Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. August 4 1965. | |
1965 | MFDP Official Ballot exhibit re Congressional Challenge, unsigned MFDP. August 17, 1965 | |
1965 | Statement of Congressman William F. Ryan, re Congressional Challenge. William F. Ryan. August 25, 1965 | |
1965 | Signers of the Statement of Support of the Mississippi Challenge, MFDP supporters. August 30, 1965 | |
1965 | Excerpts from Speech by Rev. Edwin King, Edwin King, Hinds County MFDP. August 30, 1965 | |
1965 | Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) Supports the Challenge of the MFDP, September 1965. | |
1965 | Memo to Friends of SNCC re Congressional Challenge, Unsigned SNCC. September 15 1965 | |
1965 | The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Steve Max, SDS Political Education Project. 1965 | |
1965 | MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge. | |
67? 68? | MFDP and the Chicago Convention, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (possibly late 1967 or early 1968) |
See also Mississippi Congressional Challenge Articles by Movement Veterans
1964? | Concerning Mayor's Races in Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP |
64? '65? | ASCS organizing handbook, unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably either late 1964 or late 1965) |
???? | Mississippi Political Handbook, MFDP. Undated (1964?) |
1965 | Handout from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, undated. (Re current activities & poll taxes) |
1965 | MFDP Newsletter #2, April 4, 1965 |
1965 | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Application for Summer for 1965 summer volunteers, Unsigned MFDP. 1965 |
1965 | MFDP bulletin re new & fair elections amendment, MFDP. Undated (assumed 1965). |
1965 | MFDP, explanatory flyer from mid-1965. |
1965 | McComb MFDP Statement Against the Vietnam War |
1965 | Tapes from Freedom School Workshop, unsigned, SNCC or MFDP. March 27-April 7, 1965 |
1965 | MFDP Federal lawsuit about voting rights, MFDP Legal Team. May 1965 |
1965 | State-Wide Meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Peggy J. Connor. MFDP. May 16, 1965 |
1965 | What you can do to Help the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Unsigned MFDP. May 17, 1965 |
1965 | Letter about MFDP press conference, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. May 24, 1965 |
1965 | Letter to all project directors re mail tampering, Jan Goodman. MFDP. May 29, 1965 |
1965 | MFDP and Viet Nam, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July 31 1965 |
1965 | MFDP Insider's Newsletter (re Jackson protests), Unsigned MFDP. June 17 1965 |
1965 | The Story Behind our Demonstrations (Jackson MS), Unsigned MFDP. June 1965 |
1965 | The Mississippi Challenge: Some Questions and Answers, Joseph Meissner, Washington Human Rights Project. August 8, 1965 |
1965 | Memo on the Relationship Between Federal Registrars and the Jury System. Guyot & Higgs, MFDP. Undated (possibly August or September 1965) |
1965 | Reapportionment of Mississippi (to disenfrancise Black voters), Unsigned MFDP. October 1965 |
1965 | Function of District Office, Lynne Hollander, MFDP, CORE. October 9, 1965 |
1965 | Memo re MFDP Fourth District meeting and contact list, Catherin Crowell, MFDP. 1965 |
1965 | Information Addresses Etc. of Resource People, Unsigned, MFDP Fourth District office. 1965 |
1965 | Analyses of MFDP situation presented to staff, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. October 19, 1965 |
65? 66? | Program of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Undated (1965? 1966?). |
1965 | Report on Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP. October 29, 1965 |
1965 | Dear FDP Member, Natchez MS flyer re Africa. Bill Ware, SNCC. December 30, 1965 |
1966 | Mississippi voter registration number by district and county, unsinged MFDP. Undated, 1966 |
1966 | MFDP Keylist Mailing #5, MFDP. January 3, 1966 |
1966 | Report on a Meeting with MS state welfare commisioner re Project Help, Annie Devine. MFDP. January 3, 1966 |
1966 | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Key List, unsigned MFDP. January 5, 1966 |
1966 | A Letter from Mrs. Devine, Annie Devine. MFDP. January 7, 1966 |
1966 | MFDP County Reports, unsigned MFDP. January 9-21, 1966 |
1966 | Telegram to President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lawrence Guyot, Arthur Thomas, Isaac Foster. MFDP. January 29, 1966 |
1966 | Counties Participating in All Needy Surplus Food Program, Unsigned MFDP. February 1966 |
1966 | Warehousemen job description (for employement program), Unsigned MFDP. February 1966 |
1966 | MFDP County Reports, Unsigned MFDP. January20, 1966- February 5, 1966 |
1966 | Why we are here at the Greenville Air Force Base, Unsigned MFDP. February 6, 1966 |
1966 | Situation in the Mississippi Delta, Victoria J. Gray. MFDP. February 10, 1966 |
1966 | Sunflower County: A Call to Action, Unsigned MFDP. March 11, 1966 |
1966 | MFDP County Reports, Multiple MFDP authors. March 22, 1966 |
1966 | MFDP Federal lawsuit re discrimination in voting, MFDP Legal Team. April 1966 |
1966 | Whitley & King campaign pamphlet, Democratic primary, June 1966. Unsigned MFDP. |
1966 | Letter about Mississippi voting, Edwin King, MFDP. June 1, 1966 |
1966 | The ABC's of Voting, Unsigned, MFDP. June 3, 1966 |
1966 | Sunflower Elections Put Off, Lela Mae Brooks and Mary Francis Williams, SNCC. June 30, 1966 |
1966 | Vote Totals for Freedom Movement Candiates, Democratic Primaries 1962-1966. By county. Freedom Information Service. |
1966 | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party information, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (possibly 1966) |
1966 | What You Should Know About Poll Taxes, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably 1966). |
1966 | The ABC's of Voting, Unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably June 1966) |
1966 | Holmes County Freedom Democratic Party Executive Members Handbook, Sue-Henry Lorenzi, MFDP, August 1966 |
1966 | Help Unseat Eastland and Abernathy, MFDP |
1967 | The Power of Your Vote, Edwards MFDP Black and White Hummer. January 25, 1967 |
1967 | The Power of Your Vote, unsigned MFDP pamphlet. Undated (possibly 1967) |
1967 | Memo re: upcoming MFDP Executive Committee meetings, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. April 5, 1967 |
1967 | MFDP Memorandum: Political Workshops, Unsigned MFDP. July 15, 1967 |
1967 | Register and Vote Campaign, canvas form, Mound Bayou MS. Essie B. Williams. August 1, 1967 |
1967 | Bolivar County Register and Vote Campaign, canvas form. Essie B. Williams. August 11, 1967 |
1967 | Memo re election workshops, Joseph Harris, Mississippi United; Lawrence Guyot, MFDP; Owen Brooks, DM. August 21, 1967 |
1967 | MFDP Newsletter, Sunflower County, October 1, 1967 |
1967 | Attention: Help Elect a Negro Sheriff, MFDP, Holmes County MS |
1968? | MFDP and the Chicago Democratic Convention, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. Undated (probably late 1967 or early 1968) |
For MFDP history & background, see:
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Founded (CRMVet History & Timeline)
MFDP Challenge to Democratic Convention (CRMVet History & Timeline)
MFDP Congressional Challenge (CRMVet History & Timeline)
For additional MFDP materials See:
COFO & MFDP Newsletters 1963-1968
Freedom Movement Press Releases
WATS & Incident Reports
See also:
Letters & Reports From Mississippi Freedom Summer
Summer Project Documents
Freedom Summer Press Releases
Freedom Summer Articles by Movement Veterans
MFDP Articles by Movement Veterans
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