Petitions Relating to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Investigation, 1968–1968

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Petitions Relating to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Investigation, 1968–1968

1968

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/562527

This series consists of signed petitions calling for the Internal Security Subcommittee to stop its investigation of the National Conference for New Politics and associated organizations. The printed text at the top of the petitions states: "We are opposed to all such investigations, which we believe violate our Bill of Rights. But, as Southerners, we are especially alarmed by this one because we believe its real target is the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party."

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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SNAC Resource ID: 11673322

National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), also referred to as the Freedom Democratic Party, was an American political party created in 1964 as a branch of the populist Freedom Democratic organization in the state of Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. It was organized by African Americans and whites from Mississippi to challenge the established power of the Mississippi Democratic Party, which at the time allowed participation only by whites, when African-Americans made up 40% of...