Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party files, 1960-1967.

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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party files, 1960-1967.

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The series consists of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Atlanta Offices' files on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) from 1960-1967. The general files (1960-1967) contain correspondence, memoranda, and reports dealing with the activities and organization of the MFDP. The records of the Convention Challenge (1960-1967) contain reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and publicity materials relating mainly to the challenge of the Mississippi delegation for the 1964 Democratic National Convention. The freedom vote files (1963-1964) contain campaign material, memoranda, and press releases. Records on the 1965 challenge to Mississippi's congressional delegation (1964-1966) include correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials. The final set subseries consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and testimony before the House Committee investigating the nomination of James P. Coleman to a seat on the Fifth Federal Circuit Court (1965).

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