W.W. Favre collection of Civil Rights ephemera, circa 1964-1965.

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W.W. Favre collection of Civil Rights ephemera, circa 1964-1965.

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Contains materials relating to the civil rights sturggle mostly in Mississippi in 1964-1965 including: correspondence from Tom Rowe; pamphlets for the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and other civil rights organzations; clippings; and a SNCC button. Also includes a copy of the "Klan Ledger" regarding a Civil Rights 4th of July march in 1964.

1 box (.2 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325203

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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...

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was created in 1960 at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its purpose was to coordinate the student protest movement. SNCC led voter registration drives in Mississippi and other southern states, held civil rights demonstrations advocating social integration, and sponsored the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi....

Rowe, Tom, 1953-

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Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)

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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

Favre, W. W.

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