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BRIEF MEMORANDUM ON PRESENTATION OF PETITION CHALLENGING JUNE 5, 1962 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR CONGRESS, SFCOWT) CONGRESSIONAL niSTRTCT OF MISSISSIPPI, AND ALSO CHALLENGING TH*- PRIMARY ELECTION ON ACCOUNT OF FRAUD. The following are alternative ways of proceeding, bearing in mind that there will he a petition with over sixty thousand (60,000) signatures of Negro citizens over the age of twenty-one vears and residents of the second congressional district of the State of Mississippi, This petition will state that these Negro citizens would have voted for Merrill Lindsey had not their right to vote been denied and abridged. This number of signatures is in excess of the total number of votes cast for all three candidates in the primary. It is also known that the Mississippi legislature, immediately prior to the primary, repealed the law giving the candidate the right to appoint a fraction of the election officials. This was done after Reverend Lindsey had served notice of his intention to exercise these rights. In Coahoma County, Mississippi, Negro representatives of Reverend Lindsey were barred from watching the counting of the ballots, contrary to the state election law. Fear and intimidation of Negroes generally prevails throughout the district, except for one or two of the twenty-two counties. The State's discriminatory registration, voting and election laws are almost totally effective against possible Negro voting, 1. The petition «an be presented to the President of the United States requesting that he act under Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which re^ds as follows: "Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for "President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the TTnited States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male eitizens twenty-one years of age in such State." This may also be done un^er Section 6 of Title 2, U.S.C., which reads as follows: "Sec, 6, Reduction of Representation. Should any State deny or abridge the right of any of the male inhabitants thereof, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, to vote at any election named in the amendment to the Constitution, ariiclo 14, section 2, except for participation in the rebellion or othev crime, the number of
Object Description
Title | Moore--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1962-1966 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 5 Folder 3) |
Author/Creator | Moore, Amzie, 1912-1982 |
Folder Description | This folder is exclusively about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. There are very few references by or to Amzie Moore in it. There's a memo on challenging the June 1962 Democratic Party election in Mississippi's Second Congressional District by petition. There are Freedom Ballot instructions for the Aaron Henry for Governor campaign. There's a lengthy explanation of the rationale for Freedom Votes. A timetable (with no year) of MDFP (?) events leading up to a mid-October election is here, as are 1966 flyers urging people to vote against county consolidation and against a referendum that would allow the State Auditor to succeed himself, and to attend the MFDP state convention and support James Meredith's "March against Fear." There's a list of election complaints related to the November 1966 election, as well as meeting minutes from a county MFDP meeting. There are flyers announcing an event with Fannie Lou Hamer and Victoria Gray and about celebrating the MFDP's 2nd birthday. A lengthy press release from Clifton R. Whitley, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, is included as well as undated election results for MFDP candidates around the state. |
State | Mississippi; Washington, D.C.; |
Place | Ruleville; Sunflower County; Winona; Vicksburg; Jackson; Hattiesburg; Biloxi; Forrest County; Sunflower City; Edwards; Laurel; Hinds County; Marks; Issaquena County; Madison County; Canton; Durant; Jackson County; Marion County; Flora; Bolivar County; West Point; Amite County; Riceville; Montgomery County; Kilmichael; Attala County; Rosedale; Greenwood; Shaw; Cleveland; Jasper County; Clarke County; DeSoto County; Carroll County; Leflore County; Holmes County; Neshoba County; Marshall County; |
Subject | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Democratic Party (Miss.); Freedom Vote; Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Congress of Racial Equality; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Democratic Party (U.S.); voter registration; arrest; assault and battery; segregation; March Against Fear (James Meredith march); United States. Department of Justice; threats; intimidation;; White Citizens councils; |
Personal Name | Lindsay, Merrill W.; Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; King, Edwin H.; Edwards, James; Morey, R. Hunter, 1940-; Royal, D. R.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Hamer, Perry; Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986; Whitten, Jamie; Houston, James Monroe; Williams, Robert Bell; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Cameron, John, Rev.; Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980; Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006; Lynd, Theron C.; Phillips, Rubel L.; Gartin, Carroll, 1913-1966; Morse, Stanford E.; Meredith, James, 1933-; Harris, Joseph Lewis; Tanzman, Harriet; McLaurin, Charles; Dorrough, Charles M.; ; ; Davies, Henry; Blackwell, Unita, 1933-; Hall, Clarence; ; ; Raymond, George; McClendon, W. J.; Farr, Jack; DeVine, Annie; ; Turner, Simmons, Mrs.; ; ; ; Hopkins, H. L.; Drummond, Dock; Woodward, W. M.; Whitley, Clifton R.; Chinn, C. O.; Squires, Merl; Pegues, A. C.; Wilson, J. Frank; Kennedy, William; Berrett, James; Whittaker, R.; Johnson, B. F.; Battes, Mary; Collins, J. D.; Kellum, William L.; McCaskell, Thelma; Millsaps, Otis; |
Event Date | 1957-1966; |
Year | 1957-1966; |
Page Text | BRIEF MEMORANDUM ON PRESENTATION OF PETITION CHALLENGING JUNE 5, 1962 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR CONGRESS, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, AND ALSO CHALLENGING THE PRIMARY ELECTION ON ACCOUNT OF FRAUD. |
Language | English |
Source | Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 5 Folder 3; WIHVM4399-A |
Format | memoranda; flyers and handbills; forms; reports and surveys; meeting minutes; press releases; |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
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Digital Identifier | fsMooreB5F3000 |
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Page Text | BRIEF MEMORANDUM ON PRESENTATION OF PETITION CHALLENGING JUNE 5, 1962 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR CONGRESS, SFCOWT) CONGRESSIONAL niSTRTCT OF MISSISSIPPI, AND ALSO CHALLENGING TH*- PRIMARY ELECTION ON ACCOUNT OF FRAUD. The following are alternative ways of proceeding, bearing in mind that there will he a petition with over sixty thousand (60,000) signatures of Negro citizens over the age of twenty-one vears and residents of the second congressional district of the State of Mississippi, This petition will state that these Negro citizens would have voted for Merrill Lindsey had not their right to vote been denied and abridged. This number of signatures is in excess of the total number of votes cast for all three candidates in the primary. It is also known that the Mississippi legislature, immediately prior to the primary, repealed the law giving the candidate the right to appoint a fraction of the election officials. This was done after Reverend Lindsey had served notice of his intention to exercise these rights. In Coahoma County, Mississippi, Negro representatives of Reverend Lindsey were barred from watching the counting of the ballots, contrary to the state election law. Fear and intimidation of Negroes generally prevails throughout the district, except for one or two of the twenty-two counties. The State's discriminatory registration, voting and election laws are almost totally effective against possible Negro voting, 1. The petition «an be presented to the President of the United States requesting that he act under Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which re^ds as follows: "Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for "President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the TTnited States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male eitizens twenty-one years of age in such State." This may also be done un^er Section 6 of Title 2, U.S.C., which reads as follows: "Sec, 6, Reduction of Representation. Should any State deny or abridge the right of any of the male inhabitants thereof, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, to vote at any election named in the amendment to the Constitution, ariiclo 14, section 2, except for participation in the rebellion or othev crime, the number of |
Language | English |
Source | Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 5 Folder 3; |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
Digital Format | JPEG2000 |
Digital Identifier | fsMooreB5F3001 |