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[1964]
TO: ALL MISSISSIPPI SUMMER PROJECT VOLUNTEERS
FROM: THE FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY
We need your help. We aro having a Freedom Vote October 31 and
November 1 and 2, in which all Mississippians over 21 can vote,
Aaron Henry is running for Senate, Mrs. Hamer for Congress in the
Delta, Mrs. Annie Devine in the l)th District and Mrs. Victoria Gray
in the 5th District. For future challenges against the Regular
Democratic Party of Mississippi, we must get more votes in the Freedom
vote than tho incumbents get in the regular election. Therefore we
are calling for 250-500 volunteers to work in tho state from Oct. 18-
A more detailed description of the Freedom v"oto is included in the
material ac - ompanylng this lettor. Since returning from tie Convention
we have been able to strengthen our positionall across the state,
and in particular local leadership has become much more importai t
and much bettor organized. V/o will follow tho Freedom Vote with a
new challenge* Wo will try to have nullified tho elections of the
regularDomocratic Party candidates for Senate and Houso. If that
Fals wo will try to have the Democratic caucus strip tho Mississippi
reprosontttivos of their seniority - 9/l0 of their real power. That
Is why we must got more votes for the Freedom'\Cai didatcs for Senate
and House than the Rorular candidates pet.
If you can return to Mississippi for either Oct. 18-26, Oct. 26-
Nov. 3, or both wook3, please fill out tho two a plication forms and
take them to tho nearest Friends of SNCC office. Only if there is no'
offico in your area should you send apolications directly to Jackson.
Those who have not been in Mississippi before will be interviewed.
Those who havebeen in 'Tississipni must still complete the application
forms and forward thorn through tho Friends of SNCC offices. This
will help us coordinate the reoruiting, transportation and orientation
of volunteers. Arrangements will be similar to the summer.
Transportation to and from Mississippi and »oney for food must be
provided by the volunteer, housing will be provided by the FDP
together with COFO. Volunteers must make their own arrangements fio
provide bond money, Arrests during tho Freedom Vote aro likely to
be very froquent.
The Freedom Voto is the most important happening on Mississippi In
the next few weeks. You must help. If you cannot come, find
another responsible person who can.
FDP
852|vShort St.
Jackson, Mississippi
Object Description
| Title | MFDP--General papers, 1963-1965, part 1 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 1, Segment 2, Part 1) |
| Author/Creator | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party |
| Folder Description | Along with assorted other materials in this folder, the bulk of the documents here concern three aspects of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party: (1) the Freedom Vote of 1963, (2) the attempt by the MFDP to be seated at the Democratic Convention of 1964, and (3) the 1965 challenge to seating in Congress of white Mississippi Democrats in whose elections African Americans had not been allowed to vote. Included here are the 1960 platform and principles of the Mississippi State Democratic Party which reveal its rejection of the national Democratic Party's principles and its adherence to white supremacy. A blank pre-1965 official Mississippi voter registration form. A variety of materials relating to the Freedom Vote of 1963, when Aaron Henry ran for governor in Mississippi, including the procedures that would be followed in this mock election; a biographical sketch of Henry's running mate, Rev. Edwin King; Henry and King's political platform and campaign; Hamer, Houston, and Cameron's congressional campaign in the same Freedom Vote; a number of violent incidents that occurred during the campaign; Allard Lowenstein's statement on the difficulties the campaign faced in Mississippi; a press release on the Freedom Vote; and excerpts from Paul B. Johnson's gubernatorial campaign literature. There are COFO pamphlets about the MFDP. A press release about Victoria Gray's effort to unseat Senator John C. Stennis. Rules for running for mayor in spring 1965. An article by Richard Woodley anticipating Freedom Summer. Jerry DeMuth's article on Fannie Lou Hamer, "Tired of Being Sick and Tired." Minutes of the MFDP's June 7, 1964, Temporary State Executive Committee meeting. A document called "The Mississippi Political Program" which lays out MFDP's ambitious goals. There's a memo to U.S. Congressional members about the purpose of Freedom Summer. There are a variety of documents related to the seating of MFDP members at the Democratic National Convention in 1964, including state resolutions and newspaper clippings supporting the MFDP's congressional challenge; a press release outlining the MFDP's rejection of Paul Douglas's proposal that a Mississippi delegation consisting of half MFDP members and half Democratic Party of Mississippi members be seated at the Democratic National Convention; several form letters from the MFDP to convention delegates urging their support for seating of the MFDP; "A Primer for Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Who Haven't Heard about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party"and other explanations of the convention challenge, including a couple of the MFDP's own explanations; lists of members of the Credentials Committee at the Democratic National Convention of 1964; an unattributed history of contested delegations to Democratic national conventions; explanations of why the Democratic Party of Mississippi did not represent its constituents or Democratic national policy; a Credentials Committee agreement on procedures; Joseph Rauh's legal brief submitted on behalf of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Raymond Guenter's legal memo arguing the MFDP's case; and explanations of why the MFDP refused to accept the Credential Committee's decision and its hopes for the 1964 Freedom Vote. A report entitled "Mississippi: How Negro Democrats Fared (Parts 1 and 2)" documents through affidavits what happened when African Americans tried to participate in Mississippi Democratic Party precinct meetings and county conventions leading up to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. There is vivid testimony about Freedom Summer in the Congressional Record, and a draft of the MFDP's principles and plaform. Both Charles Sherrod's and Aaron Henry's valuable accounts of the events at the Democratic National Convention are here, as well as discussions of the newly-printed Freedom Primers. An October 1964 SNCC press release publicizes the refusal by the Mississippi State Election Commission to place the names of three MFDP candidates--Fannie Lou Hamer, Aaron Henry, and Annie Devine--on the November 1964 general election ballot. A document called "Statistics of Negro and White Voter Registration in the Five Congressional Districts of Mississippi" is here, along with a list of incidents of intimidation directed toward MFDP members campaigning for the Johnson-Humphrey ticket in the fall of 1964. An MFDP form letter asks summer volunteers to return to help with the 1964 Freedom Vote. There's also an assortment of materials explaining the steps involved in the congressional challenge of early 1965, including an organizational manual for Chicago for lobbying for this effort, and a 23-page document called "The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party." |
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| Place | Jackson; Indianola; Clarksdale; Yazoo City; Columbus; Hattiesburg; Ruleville; Tate County; Port Gibson; Morton; Rosedale; Belzoni; Cleveland; Mound Bayou; Greenwood; Picayune; Natchez; Itta Bena; Charleston; Marks; Forrest County; Coahoma County; Meridian; Batesville; Canton; Greenville; Philadelphia; Vicksburg; Holmes County; Panola County; Liberty; Tchula; Greenville; Hinds County; Warren County; Leflore County; Madison County; Washington County; Lauderdale County; Sunflower County; Lambert; Pascagoula; McComb; Magnolia; Holly Springs; Quitman; Tallahatchie; Montgomery; Dallas County; Selma; Atlantic City; Chicago; |
| Subject | Democratic Party (Miss.); Democratic Party (U.S.); labor unions; communism; poll tax; United Nations; segregation; religion; voter registration; Freedom Vote; mass media; clergy; arrest; assault and battery; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; police; police brutality; jail experiences; White Citizens councils; Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission; intimidation; threats; discrimination in employment; wages; federal aid; agriculture; sharecroppers; education; teachers; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); United States. Department of Justice; Mississippi Free Press; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States Commission on Civil Rights; Republican Party (U.S.); Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); Congress of Racial Equality; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Tougaloo College; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Democratic National Convention (1960 : Los Angeles, Calif.); Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.); eviction; unemployment; civil rights workers; freedom schools; community centers; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; whites; murder; lynching; Ku Klux Klan; nuclear weapons testing; housing; public welfare; United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964; volunteers; sterilization of women; bombings; War on Poverty; literacy tests (election law); University of Mississippi; music; |
| Personal Name | Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; Phillips, Rubel L.; King, Edwin H.; Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963; Embroy, Elroy; Lowenstein, Allard K.; Moses, Robert Parris; Bruce, Blanche K.; Revels, Hiram; Smith, Hugh; Payne, Bruce; Greene, George; Bosanquet, Nicholas; Honeysucker, Robert; Cobb, Charles E., Jr.; Mitchell, Langston; Harris, Jesse; Donaldson, Ivanhoe; Dennis, David; Sayer, Michael; Davis, Jesse; Goff, Fred; Thurmond, Lenora; Erskine, Doris; Raymond, George; Hewitt, Theodis; Watt, John Lee; Lewis, John; Gordon, Bruce; DiBivort, Lawrence; Shaw, Willie; Stembridge, Jane; Higgins, Dorothy; Frey, Richard; James, Willie Earl; Hirsch, Frank; Patterson, Joseph Turner; Ladner, Heber; Stavis, Morton; ; Del Pozzo, Theresa; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Houston, James Monroe; Cameron, John, Rev.; Hamer, Perry; Whitten, Jamie; Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; Cronk, Sue; Roberts, Kenneth A. (Kenneth Allison), 1912-1989; Robinson, Amelia Boynton, 1911-; Boynton, L. S.; Gregory, Lillian; Gregory, Dick; Bethune, Mary McLeod; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Pigee, Vera Mae; Woodley, Richard; Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964; Bender, Rita L.; Countryman, Peter; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955; Parker, Mack; Stoner, Peter; Maguire, John; Pierce, M. B.; Thompson, Allen C. (Allen Cavett), 1906-1980; Ray, J. L.; Williams, John Bell; DeMuth, Jerry, 1937-; Evers, Charles, 1922-; DeVine, Annie; Kinney, Herman; Knight, C.; Taylor, P.; Smith, E.; Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988; Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980; Starr, Michael; Lane, Mary; Gillon, Gwendolyn; Lanier, Robert; Turnipseed, Clem; Johnson, Ernest; Kirkland, Ernest; Robinson, Marion; Welsh, David; Hendrex, Naomi Terrell; Chaffee, Lois; Herrington, J. B.; Palmer, Hazel T.; Connor, Peggy Jean; Conley, Jeannette; Black, J. C., Mrs.; Sutton, James, Mrs.; Chapman, Percy; May, Ineve; Taylor, Pink; Crumm, Frank; Currie, George; Wallace, John; Sarphie, Claude; Hills, Charles M.; Ryan, William F., 1922-1972; Freedman, Monroe; Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012; Taylor, Harold; Goodman, Paul; Heller, Joseph; Day, Noel; Polier, Justine Wise, 1903-1987; Kempton, Murray; Sykes, Graham; Coles, Robert; Lynd, Theron C.; Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010; Pratt, Jack; Chase, Oscar; Tucker, Robert; Patridge, Earl Wayne; Simpson, Euvester; Ponder, Annell; Allen, Elizabeth; Allen, Lewis; Lee, Herbert; Jones, Daniel; Hurst, E. H.; Raymond, George; Moody, R. E.; Chance, John; Weaver, Claude; Suarez, Matteo; Evins, Herby; McNamara, Landon; Williams, Otha; Turnbow, Hartman; Ball, John; Block, Samuel; Smith, Andrew P.; Travis, James; Blackwell, Randolph; Branton, Wiley Austin, 1923-1988; Harrington, J. B.; Stromquist, Howard Shelton; Steele, Jonathan; Thomas, Patrick; Zaretsky, Eli; Clay, Leonard; Smith, Robert; Wells, W. 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(Ross Robert), 1898-1987; Brady, Thomas P., 1903-1973; Douglas, Paul; Sanders, Carl Edward, 1925-; Corrigan, Richard; Brown, Joyce; Beittel, Adam Daniel; Hooker, Wilburn; Hooker, E. Wilburn; Phillips, J. Alton; Newman, C. B.; Riddell, Tom; West, Harvey E. E.; DeCell, Herman B.; Collins, E. K.; Meredith, James, 1933-; Aronson, Arnold; Rauh, Joseph L., 1911-; Bailey, John; Lawrence, David Leo, 1889-1966; Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908-1972; Leichter, Franz; Austin, Joyce; English, John; Dolan, Robert; Lynch, Tim; Magnuson, Warren; King, Marjorie; Ristuben, Peter; Sorrocco, Frank; Graham, Jean; Maytag, Robert; Miller, Martin; Roth, Herrick; Ryan, Vincent J.; Davidson, Evelyn; Williams, George; Cook, Holden; Cook, Richard; Diggs, Charles C.; Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976; Lesinksi, T. John; Staebler, Neil; Stolz, Mabel; Cohelan, Jeffery, 1914-1999; Strelitz, Ilene; Gross, Ben; Lacayo, Hank; Wiley, Spencer; Powell, Ted; Wolf, David; Bane, Ted; Canson, Virna M., 1921-; Porter, Charles O.; Sweetland, Monroe; Ullman, Al; Green, Edith, 1910-1987; Smith, Frank; Carr, Jessie; Bartlett, Edward Lewis "Bob"; Gruening, Ernest; Alexander, G. G.; Buckland, Mary; Gill, Thomas; Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-2012; Matsunaga, Spark; Burns, John; Fields, H. G.; Ryan, Ruby; Ziegler, Jerome M.; Enger, Jane; Cook, Josephine; Hartke, R. Vance; Maidenberg, Milton; Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996; Hanson, Royce; Gibbons, Harold; Kiker, Henry, Jr.; Goetz, Victor, Mrs.; Carney, Charles; Murel, Larry; Steward, L. L., Jr.; Bosch, Lavina; McAdams, Herbert H.; Carnes, Jack, Mrs.; Bane, Tom; Hyman, Lester; McCormack, John W., 1891-1980; Taymor, Betty; White, Kevin; Donahue, Maurice A.; Lyons, Ida R.; Canson, Virna M., 1921-; White, Roy R.; Markun, Pat, Mrs.; Davidson, Evelyn; Barbieri, Arthur T.; Rutledge, Catherine; Poppiti, Michael A.; Derrickson, Vernon B.; Duncan, Gladys; Adams, Tom; Cramer, Ann; Kaler, Irving; Williams, Melba; Yamamoto, Hirotoshi; Minn, Momi; Walker, Lloyd; Schultz, Margaret; Fields, Alvin G.; Markman, Sherwin; Dunbar, James C., Mrs.; Corcoran, Tom; Hinchliff, Carolyn; Wetherby, Lawrence W.; Bushart, Sarah Ward; Fritchie, Gus, Jr.; Downs, C. H., Mrs.; Dubord, Richard J.; Boudreau, Anne; Mahoney, George P.; Adams, Victorine; Donahue, Maurice A.; Lyons, Ida R.; Mondale, Walter F., 1928-; Joseph, Jeri; Dwyer, John J.; Gallagher, Harry, Mrs.; Toole, Jack; Keil, Norma; Cavanaugh, John; Biegert, Maurine; Springer, Charles; Pasquale, Lila; Craig, William H.; Winn, Cecelia; Wilentz, David T.; Rodgers, Helen; Easley, Mack; Burns, Dorothea; Gallaher, John; Valand, Leif, Mrs.; Engel, Austin; Barrie, Mabel; Reider, Robert W.; Parrish, Marguerite; Stevenson, Boyd; Morey, Ola; Lynett, Edward J.; John, Louise M.; Pastore, John O.; Martino, Aileen; Gressette, L. Marion; Sylvester, Barbara; Urdahl, Alvin M.; Guffey, Dorothy; Maddux, Jared; Logan, Louise; Daniel, Price; Rather, Mary; Rawlings, Calvin; Reese, Sevilla; Leddy, Bernard; Schurman, Beatrice P.; Vaden, Lewis H.; Williams, William Page, Mrs.; Staggers, Harley O.; Hearst, Ann; Kastenmeier, Robert; Hawkes, Elizabeth; Miller, Mayne; Lawler, Violet; Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998; Dawson, Charles; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987; Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974; Farmer, James, 1920-1999; Forman, James, 1928-2005; Holmes, Eleanor K.; Jaffe, H. Miles; Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970; Guenter, Raymond; Miller, William; Roby, Harold; Winstead, Arthur; Bolton, James E. H.; Brown, J. W.; Glover, Samuel; Hall, Pinkie; Lindsay, Merrill W.; McLemore, Leslie Burl; Robinson, Charlie; Thomas, Eddie; Wright, Evelyn; Barrett, Russell H.; Shanahan, Frank E.; Campbell, Hayden; Davis, Russell; Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998; |
| Event Date | 1963; 1964; |
| Year | 1963; 1964; |
| Language | English |
| Source | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788,Reel 1, Segment 2, Part 1; WIHV3937S-A |
| Format | pamphlets; forms; press releases; reports and surveys; correspondence; clippings; meeting minutes; memoranda; affidavits; legal documents; |
| 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 | XML |
| Digital Identifier | fsMFDPR1S2a000 |
| Type | Text; Image |
Description
| Title | [p.1] |
| Page Text | [1964] TO: ALL MISSISSIPPI SUMMER PROJECT VOLUNTEERS FROM: THE FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY We need your help. We aro having a Freedom Vote October 31 and November 1 and 2, in which all Mississippians over 21 can vote, Aaron Henry is running for Senate, Mrs. Hamer for Congress in the Delta, Mrs. Annie Devine in the l)th District and Mrs. Victoria Gray in the 5th District. For future challenges against the Regular Democratic Party of Mississippi, we must get more votes in the Freedom vote than tho incumbents get in the regular election. Therefore we are calling for 250-500 volunteers to work in tho state from Oct. 18- A more detailed description of the Freedom v"oto is included in the material ac - ompanylng this lettor. Since returning from tie Convention we have been able to strengthen our positionall across the state, and in particular local leadership has become much more importai t and much bettor organized. V/o will follow tho Freedom Vote with a new challenge* Wo will try to have nullified tho elections of the regularDomocratic Party candidates for Senate and Houso. If that Fals wo will try to have the Democratic caucus strip tho Mississippi reprosontttivos of their seniority - 9/l0 of their real power. That Is why we must got more votes for the Freedom'\Cai didatcs for Senate and House than the Rorular candidates pet. If you can return to Mississippi for either Oct. 18-26, Oct. 26- Nov. 3, or both wook3, please fill out tho two a plication forms and take them to tho nearest Friends of SNCC office. Only if there is no' offico in your area should you send apolications directly to Jackson. Those who have not been in Mississippi before will be interviewed. Those who havebeen in 'Tississipni must still complete the application forms and forward thorn through tho Friends of SNCC offices. This will help us coordinate the reoruiting, transportation and orientation of volunteers. Arrangements will be similar to the summer. Transportation to and from Mississippi and »oney for food must be provided by the volunteer, housing will be provided by the FDP together with COFO. Volunteers must make their own arrangements fio provide bond money, Arrests during tho Freedom Vote aro likely to be very froquent. The Freedom Voto is the most important happening on Mississippi In the next few weeks. You must help. If you cannot come, find another responsible person who can. FDP 852|vShort St. Jackson, Mississippi |
| Language | English |
| Source | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788,Reel 1, Segment 2, Part 1; |
| 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 | fsMFDPr1s2346 |