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Contents:

Freedom Vote, 1963 to June 1964

Oranizing & Building the MFDP 1964

MFDP & Democratic Convention Challenge, 1964

MFDP Freedom Vote, Fall 1964

MFDP Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965

MFDP 1965 Continued

MFDP, 1966 & Later

Note: Over the course of 1964 and 1965, the work of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi gradually evolved into MFDP work so see also COFO Documents.

Freedom Vote (Freedom Ballot), 1963 to June 1964

See Freedom Vote in MS for background.

1963 Aaron Henry Campaign announcement, Unsigned SNCC. 1963

1963 The Freedom Vote, fact sheet. Unsigned SNCC. 1963

1963 Freedom Registration Form, undated (probably used during the Freedom Ballot campaign Oct-Nov 1963.

1963 Draft campaign speech Aaron Henry, 'Freedom Vote' candidate for Mississippi governor. Undated Sept-Nov, 1963

1963 Freedom Registration Form, undated (possibly used during the '63 or '64 election campaigns.

1963 Events of November 1 and 2 General, Unsigned, COFO. November 2, 1963

1963 Negroes Vote for Freedom - Protest Disenfranchisement, NAACP Policy Directive 1, August 14, 1963

1963 MS Freedom Primer #2 The Freedom Vote & the Right to Vote. Undated (possibly 1964)

1963 Mississippi Vote for Freedom, NAACP Policy Directive 2, August 16, 1963

1963 The Freedom Ballot for Governor (MS). Letter from Joan Bowman COFO

1963 Excerpts From Campaign Literature, Paul Johnson for Governor (racist Dixiecrat candidate).

1963 Application for Work on the Freedom Vote. Possibly used to screen northern volunteers. Undated.

1963 Freedom Candidates Mississippi, October, 1963.

1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote Henry planning details, Unsigned MFDP. October 10, 1963

1963 Statement from Allard K. Lowenstein, Allard K. Lowenstein. MFDP. October 27, 1963

1963 Summary of Events, Unsigned MFDP. October 28, 1963

1964 Mississippi Freedom Ballot Unsigned MFDP. November 1963.

1963 Freedom Vote Platform, November 1963.

1963 Governor's Race platform, Freedom Ballot campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963

1963 Rev. Edwin King, Freedom Vote campaign background. Unsigned COFO. 1963

1963 Freedom Vote, sample ballot, Mississippi. Unsigned COFO, election of November 3 1963

1963 Freedom Vote ballot, unsigned COFO. November 3, 1964

1963 Freedom Candidates flyer, November 1963.

1963 Freedom Ballot Instructions, COFO, Aaron Henry for Governor. November 1963.

1963 Guidelines for District Managers, Freedom Vote campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963

1963 Report: MFDP Events in Mississippi November 2, 1963. Unsigned MFDP.

1963 Summary report: MFDP Events in Mississippi November 1 and 2, 1963 Unsigned MFDP.

1963 Statement of Events in Natchez, Mississippi, Unsignee MFDP. November 1-2, 1963

1963 Events of November 1 and 2 (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO, November 2 1963

1963 Statement on Events in Jackson Miss (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO, November 2 1963

1963 Summary of Events in Yazoo City (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO. November 10 1963

1963 Washington SNCC Office Report, Bill Mahoney and Mike Thelwell. SNCC. December 28, 1963

Oranizing & Building the MFDP 1964

1964? Proposed reapportionment plan for Mississippi state legislature (re lawsuit), unsigned MFDP. Undated (possibly 1964).

1964 Report on Precinct Meetings, unsigned COFO or MFDP. June 16, 1964

1964 Report on "Regular" (whites-only) Democratic Party Precinct Meetings, unsigned COFO or MFDP. June 16, 1964

1964 Mississippi Black voter and freedom registration totals by district, August 16 1964

1964 June 17, 1964 Precinct Meetings, Mississippi, report on attempts by Blacks to attend illegitimate precinct conventions by white-only "Regular" Democratic Party. Unsigned MFDP.

1964 MFDP attempt to participate in Democratic meeting, Vicksburg MS. Unsigned MFDP. June 1964

1964 Memorandum on Mississippi Summer Project to Congress, Unsigned COFO. June 3, 1964

1964 Report on attempts by Negroes to participate in Mississippi Democratic Party convention delegate caucuses, unsigned (presumed COFO or MFDP). June 16 1964

1964 The Right to Vote, Summary of Relevant Federal Powers, unsigned, probably COFO or SNCC. Undated assumed 1964

1964 Segregation, Harrasment, and Arrest for Negro Congressional Candidate, Unsigned (probably MFDP or COFO). 1964.

MFDP & Democratic Convention Challenge, 1964

1964 MFDP brochure, 1964

1964 To All Freedom Democrats report on voting rights depositions and Jackson hearing. Theodor Del Poro? 1/31/64.

1964 Proposal for MFDP Convention Challenge, Democratic Convention, Atlantic City.

1964 Two letters sent to Bob Moses, Joseph Rauh. June 1964

1964 Organizing for Freedom Registration, COFO/MFDP. Undated (probably June 1964)

1964 Memo re Freedom Registration, Dona, COFO. Undated (probably June or July 1964)

1964 Mississippi: How Negro Democrats Fared June 2, 1964 Democratic Primary election.

1964 Voting rights denial affidavits, Holly Springs, MS. June 2, Democratic Primary election.

1964 Memorandum on Mississippi Summer Project to Congress, Unsigned COFO. June 3, 1964

1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party pamphlet (Michigan), Unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964

1964 Mississippi Faces Challenge (Michagan), Unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964

1964 The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ... (strategic analyses). Undated, proably summer 1964

1964 Tentative Suggestions for Freedom Democratic Party Platform, Unsigned MFDP. June 1964

1964 Minutes, MFDP Temporary State Executive Committee. June 7, 1964

1964 Precinct Conventions, undated flyer. COFO.

1964 Precinct and County Meetings, undated (possibly summer 1964)

1964 Memo to All Staff 2nd Congressional District re Freedom Democratic Party, Stokely Carmichael, SNCC/COFO. July 1964.

1964 Tentative Draft: Platform and Ideals of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Unsigned MFDP. July 9 1964

1964 Letter to Convention Delegates about MFDP, Ella Baker. MFDP. July 18, 1964

1964 Emergency Memorandum, Bob Moses, Dona, Casey, Dick Jewett, COFO. July 19 1964

1964 Freedom Democratic Party list of precinct and county meetings, Unsigned COFO. July 20, 1964

1964 Letter to Democratic Convention Delegates, Ella Baker. MFDP. July 20, 1964

1964 Precinct Meetings, MFDP. July 24 1964

1964 Flyer, MFDP County Convention Meeting, Holmes County, MS, Summer 1964.

1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Facts & Background, 1964.

1964 Flyer explaining the MFDP, Summer, 1964.

1964 Working Draft: Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Summer, '64

1964 Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (white-paper)

1964 MFDP convention challenge considerations, unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964

1964 Memo re Democratic Convention Challenge, unsigned COFO. undated 1964.

1964 Mississippi: How Negro Candidates Fared June 1964 primary. Unsigned MFDP. Undated summer 1964. 13 pages.

1964 Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Unsigned MFDP. Undated summer 1964
Appendix A: Historical Background
Appendix B: How Negro Democrats Fared - Summary
Appendix C: The F.D.P. and the Convention Challenge
Appendix D: State Democratic Resolutions in Support of the F.D.P.
Appendix E: "The Right to Vote" in Mississippi
Appendix F: The Voice of the Traditional Mississippi Democratic Party
Platform and Principles of the MFDP

1964 Mississippi Has All the Benefits Without the Very Real Dangers. Unsigned memo by "Regular" (white-only) MS Democratic Party. Reprinted by MFDP, summer 1964

1964 Arguing with the Red Queen about Precinct Meetings, Barney Frank, MFDP. July 27, 1964

1964 MFDP Statement re MS state's resolution re national Democratic convention

1964 Proposal to COFO to challenge the seating of the MDP, Unsigned, COFO. Late July 1964

1964 For Release Upon Receipt, fill-in-the-blanks type press release to be used by projects and individuals to build local support for the Atlantic City convention challenge. Undated (probably early August)

1964 MFDP background & history, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964

1964 Memo: MFDP Basis for development, Unsigned MFDP. Undated, possibly August 1964

1964 List of Credentials Committee Members, Democratic National Convention, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964

1964 Memo re Credentials of Contested Delegations at Democratic National Conventions, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964

1964 Convention delegate canvasing work sheets, MFDP, August 1964, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964

1964 Memorandum of Law re seating of southern delegates, Raymond Guenter, NY Democratic Party. August 1964

1964 Proposed Resolution of the Credentials Committee, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964

1965 Voter Registration Figures Mississippi & Complaints Filed With Justice Department, re request for federal registrars. Unsigned, MFDP. August 21, 1965

1965 The Selection of Candidates to Run Against J.O. Eastland, MS. unsigned, MFDP memo. Undated (probably August 1965)

1964 For Your Information, memo regarding Demoratic Convention challenge. Summer 1964. MFDP

1964 MFDP Freedom Candidates, Summer 1964.

1964 Memo re Second District MFDP Convention, MS Stokely Carmichael, SNCC.

1964 Report: County Meeting of the Clarke County Freedom Democratic Party, unsigned MFDP. August 29, 1964

1964 Press registration MFDP state convention (handwritten). Unsigned SNCC/MFDP. August 6, 1964.

1964 The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (24-page backgrounder), Summer 1964

1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Delegates to 1964 Democratic Convention

1964 Brief Submitted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to the Credentials Committee of the Democratic Party Convention, August 1964. Joseph Rauh, Eleanor Holmes, H. Miles Jaffe.

1964 A Primer For the Delegates to the Democratic National Convention, MFDP

1964 State Democratic Party Resolutions In Favor of Seating the MFDP Delegation at the Atlantic City Democratic Convention, 1964. (11 states)

1964 The Convention Challenge (report & explanation), undated (probably August 1964) unsigned, COFO

1964 MFDP Information Sheet (re convention challenge), Unsigned, SNCC. August 9, 1964

1964 Letter to DNC Chair John Bailey re MFDP convention challenge, Laurance Guyot. August 6, 1964

1964 Letter to Delegates to the Democratic National Convention re National Democratic Party, Laurence Guyot, Victoria Gray, Edwin King, Aaron Henry. MFDP. August 12, 1964

1964 Civil Rights Decision at Atlantic City, Arnold Aronson. LCCR. August 13, 1964

1964 Letter to President Johnson re Mississippi violence, federal inaction, and MFDP, John Lewis, SNCC. August 19 1964. ~ Response to John Lewis letter, Lee White, White House. August 20 1964

1964 Memo to summer volunteers re MFDP convention challenge, Betty Garman, SNCC. Undated (presumed August 1964)

1964 Statement of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party on Arrival in Atlantic City, August 21 1964

1965 MFDP Projects by County and Contacts, MS. Unsigned, MFDP. Augus 23, 1965

1964 Dear Parent of Mississippi Summer Volunteers, letter regarding convention challenge. Walter Tillow, MFDP. July 28, 1964

1964 Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony at Democratic Convention

1964 Mississippi Faces Challenge, MFDP flyer passed out in Atlantic City. August 1964.

1964 Seat the MFDP, flyer passed out at Democratic Convention, August, Atlantic City, NJ.

1964 Telegram to President Johnson re MFDP Democratic Convention Challenge, Martin Luther King, SCLC. August 24 1964

1964 Draft speech for MFDP in Atlantic City (not given, page missing) Unsigned. August 1964

1964 The Challenge: It's History, unsigned (possibly church-related), undated (probably late 1964 or early 1965).

1964 MS Freedom Primer #1 The Convention Challenge & the Freedom Vote.

1964 Report on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at Convention, Charles Sherrod, SNCC

1964 Mississippi Freedom Democrats Report on the 1964 Democratic National Convention, day-by-day chronology. August 29 1964.

1964 Position Paper, Aaron Henry (issued after convention challenge). August 29, 1964.

1964 Phone report on Convention Challenge delivered to rally in Jackson MS Aaron Henry, MFDP. August 29 1964

1964 Freedom Registration Report (MFDP registrations, not legal voter registrations). Unsigned MFDP. September 1, 1964

1964 Position Paper: Reasons for the rejection of the Compromise at Atlantic City, Unsigned MFDP. September 20, 1964

1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Meeting Held in Jackson, Unsigned MFDP. September 26, 1964

1964 The Freedom Democratic Party is a people's organization, opinion memo re MFDP, COFO, SNCC. Unsigned SNCC? Undated (probably Sept or Oct 1964)

1965 Reports the Challenge, National Council of Churches, Commission on Religion & Race. Undated (probably summer 1965). 16-page pamphlet about the MFDP challenge to the 1964 Democratic Party

MFDP Freedom Vote, Fall 1964

1964 Precinct and County Meetings for FDP, Unsigned, MFDP. June 1964

1964 To All Friends of the MFDP, MFDP. Undated, possibly September or October 1964

1964 Statistics of Negro and White Voter Registration in the Five Congressional Districts of Mississippi, U.S. v Mississippi Federal Court Case: Mimeo version Printed version.

1964 To All Mississippi Summer Project Volunteers, call for volunteers re Freedom Vote, Robert Weil. October, 1964

1964 MFDP summary of events, Unsigned MFDP. October 1964

1964 Summary of October events in Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP, Undated (probably early November 1964)

1964 Instructions for the Freedom Vote and Regular Election, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. October 1964

1964 Mississippi Freedom Vote Press Releases, MFDP. Oct 30 - Nov 2, 1964

1964 Now With Your Hand Pull the Lever Down, MFDP. Undated (probably fall 1964)

1964 Freedom Candidates flyer. MFDP. Freedom vote and regular election. November 5, 1964.

1964 MFDP Organizational Manual #1, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. November 1964

1964 SNCC Freedom Vote, October Incident Summary, Fast for Freedom, Jon Else. SNCC. November 3, 1964

1964 Running Summary of Incidents During the Freedom Vote Campaign, Oct 18-Nov 2, 1964.

1964 Freedom Democratic Party Vote Results, Unsigned MFDP. November 1964

1964 The Streets of Greenwood, promotional brochure. Unsigned MFDP or SNCC. Undated (probably 1964)

MFDP Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965

1964 Report on possibility of Mississippi Congressional Challenge, Jack Minnis, SNCC. July 9, 1964

1964 Report on Meeting of November 10th in Washington DC re the MFDP Congressional Challenge, Michael Thelwell, MFDP

1964 The Voting Record of the Challenged Congressmen from Mississippi, Unsigned, MFDP. 11/24/64

1964 Dear Friend, support appeal for Congressional Challenge, Rogoff, Liken & Garvey, SNCC. Undated (probably December 1964)

1964 Dear Friends of Mississippi report to supporters on the Congressional Challenge to the seating of Mississippi Congressman. Unsigned, MFDP. 12/5/64

1964 Complaint: MFDP civil action in federal court re denial of voting rights, December 5, 1964. MFDP lawyers, 12/5/64

1964 Democratic State Chairmen contact list for lobbying for the Congressional Challenge. Unsigned, MFDP. 12/8/64

1964 Support mobilization letter for MFDP Congressional Challenge, Al Raby, Freedom Democratic Clubs, Chicago IL. 12/14/64

1964? County MFDP Meeting notes (handwritten), unsigned MFDP. Undated (possibly 12/21/64)

1964 Statement by Martin Luther King (SCLC) in support of MFDP Congressional Challenge, 12/17/64

'64? '65? U.S. Code Title Two: legal basis for MFDP congressional challenge in the House of Representatives election, MFDP reprint from United States Code. Undated (possibly late 1964 or early 1965)

1965 Fact Sheet and Suggestions for Action on the FDP Challenge Unsigned NSM. Undated (probably late 1964)

'64? '65? Ways to Line Up Congressional Support for the FDP Challenge, MS. Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (possibly late 1964 or early 1965)

1964 Calendar of the Congressional Challenge, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably Nov or Dec 1964)

1965 U.S. Congress and House Committee on Administration, unsigned. Re MFDP Congressional challenge.

1965 Formal objection to the seating of white congressmen from Mississippi re the Congressional Challenge. Ryan and Roosevelt, Congressional Record

1965 The Congressional Challenge: What It Is and Why It Should be Supported, unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably January 1965)

1965 Summary of depositions taken re MFDP Congressional Challenge (Louis Cowan, Ike Shenkel, George Albert Johnson and Karl Alexander Johnson, Jacob Blu, Dave Own, Rabbi Lelyveld, Nicholas Bosanquet, Gov. Ross Barnett, Mrs Elizabeth Allen, E.W. Steptoe, Bob Moses). By Kunstler and Kunstler, MFDP. 1965

1965 Californians for the Congressional Challenge, May 1965

1965 Action Memo: Vote on the seating of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation (the white-only delegation). Unsigned Political Education Project. 1/5/65.

1965 Reprisals Against FDP Members, re economic retaliation against supports of the Congressional Challenge. Unsigned MFDP. 1/13/65 (incorrectly dated 1964)

1965 Rebuttal to claim that MFDP Congressional Challenge hearings are illegal, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. Undated (probably March 1965)

1965 Congressional Challenge Testimony, Victoria Gray, MFDP. March 25, 1965

1965 Congressional Challenge Progress Report, Unsigned, MFDP. March 25, 1965

1965 Call to a Conference on Free Elections in 1965, Washington DC. MFDP, April 24 1965.
1964 The Congressional Challenge: What It Is and Why It Should be Supported, unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probabbly January 1965)

1965 MFDP list of resolutions, Multiple Authors. MFDP. June 12, 1965

1965 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Challenge to Unseat the Mississippi Congressmen, Unsigned MFDP. June 13, 1965

1965 Statement of Mrs. Victoria Gray, re the MFDP Congressional Challenge. June 29, 1965

1965 Victoria Gray statement re MFDP Congressional Challenge. July 1, 1965

1965 Freedom Caravan to Washington DC, re congressional challenge. Unsigned SNCC. July 7, 1964

1965 Report on the MFDP Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July 7, 1965

1965 Urgent Memo to Support Organizations, Unsigned MFDP. July 14, 1965

1965 Report from the Washington Office of FDP, Victoria Gray. MFDP. July 25, 1965

1965 MFDP Memo re Final Drive to Unseat Mississippi Congressmen Organizational Meeting, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. July 29, 1965

1965 Dear Mississippi Minister support appeal for Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot & Ed King, MFDP. Undated (probably August 1965)

1965 Urgent Memo -- Every Congressman Should Be Visited During Labor Day Recess, unsigned MFDP. August 30, 1965

1965 Memo re Challenge Trip to Washington DC, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably late August or early September, 1965)

1965 Open Memo re Support of the Challenge to the Seating of Mississippi Congressmen, large number of signatories. September 9, 1965

1965 Memorandum in Support of the Challenge to the Seating of Mississippi Congressmen, Unsigned MFDP. September 9, 1965

1965 Statement by Dr Martin Luther King support of MFDP Congressional Challenge, Martin Luther King Jr. MFDP. September 9, 1965

1965 The Congressional Challenge is Defeated, report. Unsigned MFDP. September 13, 1965

1965 Congressional Record report dismissing MFDP challenge, September 17, 1965

1965 MFDP Letter re Mississippi challenge dismissed, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. September 28, 1965

1964 Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (white-paper)

1964 MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge.

1964 Report of Meeting of November 18 1964 re Details of Congressional Challenge, Mike Thelwell, SNCC

1964 If Only Neshoba County Were In The Congo, SNCC reprint from I.F. Stone's Weekly. December 14 1964

1964 Fact Sheet on the Congressional Challenge, unsigned SNCC. December 4 1964

1964 Memo on History of Contested Elections Statute and Race ..., unsigned MFDP attornies. December 12 1964

1964 Memorandum on the Legal Validity and Propriety of the MFDP Challenge to Mississippi Congressmen, Kinoy, Kunstler, Smith, Higgs, Stavis, MFDP attornies. December 12 1964

1964 Memo on Challenge to Seating of Mississippi Congressional Delegation, Mark Howe, Harvard Univ. December 12 1964

1964 I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired, Fannie Lou Hamer. December 22 1964.

1964 Student Involvement in the Challenge, Courtland Cox, SNCC. Undated probably late 1964 or early 1965

1965 Congressional Challenge Fact Sheet, MFDP. Undated (probably late 1964 or early 1965)

1965 We Shall Overcome, Register-Vote, MFDP/PEP/SDS poster/cover. Steve Max. Undated, possibly January 1965

1965 We Want the Vote, unsigned SNCC brochure. Undated (probably early 1965)

1965 MFDP Petition, unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably late '64 or early '65)

1965 Affadavits, MFDP Congressional Challenge, 1964

1965 Letter to ACLU lawyers re legal help needed in Mississippi, unsigned ACLU. January 1965

1965 MFDP Plans for Taking of Evidence on Negro Disenfranchisement in Mississippi, unsigned MFDP. January 3 1965

1965 House of Representatives vote on MFDP Challenge, MFDP. January 4, 1965

1965 Report on the first stage of the MFDP Challenge, January 4 1965, Unsigned, SNCC. January 4 1965

1965 Minutes of the MFDP Statewide Convention, Unsigned MFDP. January 7, 1965

1965 Approximate Time Table of the Statutory Challenge, unsigned MFDP lawyer. January 8 1965

1965 Letter to Bay Area lawyers re legal help for Congressional Challenge, unsigned, Bay Area Friends of SNCC. January 9 1965

1964 The Challenge: Its History, unsigned (possibly church-related), undated (probably 1965).

1965 Testimony of Lawrence Guyot, 1965.

1965 Public testimony regarding the Congressional Challenge, Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Victoria Jackson Gray, MFDP. April 3 1965

1965 Deposition of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen. Example deposition, 1965.

1965 The Congressional Challenge, MFDP. 1965

1965 A Message from Mississippi, re MFDP Congressional Challenge. May 1965

1965 Statement by Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King. SCLC. May 17, 1965

1965 Statement by John Lewis, John Lewis. SNCC. May 17, 1965

1965 Letter to friends of SNCC re MFDP challenge to Congress, Margaret Lauren. SNCC. May 27, 1965

1965 Report on the Congressional Challenge, MFDP. July 7 1965. (Progress report.)

1965 Dear FDP Member letter re Congressional Challenge, unsigned Washington MFDP. August 3, 1965

1965 Call to Action, MFDP Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. August 4 1965.

1965 MFDP Official Ballot exhibit re Congressional Challenge, unsigned MFDP. August 17, 1965

1965 Statement of Congressman William F. Ryan, re Congressional Challenge. William F. Ryan. August 25, 1965

1965 Signers of the Statement of Support of the Mississippi Challenge, MFDP supporters. August 30, 1965

1965 Excerpts from Speech by Rev. Edwin King, Edwin King, Hinds County MFDP. August 30, 1965

1965 The State Democratic Party, September 1965 the Lily White Concept, MS. Mike Higson, MFDP

1965 Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) Supports the Challenge of the MFDP, September 1965.

1965 Memo to Friends of SNCC re Congressional Challenge, Unsigned SNCC. September 15 1965

1965 The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Steve Max, SDS Political Education Project. 1965

1965 MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge.

1965 Meeting of the MFDP. Executive Committee, Washington DC. Susie Ruffin. September 18 (1965?)

67? 68? MFDP and the Chicago Convention, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (possibly late 1967 or early 1968)

MFDP, 1965 Continued

1964? Concerning Mayor's Races in Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP

64? '65? ASCS organizing handbook, unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably either late 1964 or late 1965)

???? Mississippi Political Handbook, MFDP. Undated (1964?)

1965 Handout from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, undated. (Re current activities & poll taxes)

1965 Mississippi electoral calendar, 1965-1968, Unsigned, MFDP

1965 Dear Friend, letter from SNCC re MFDP's Congressional Challenge. SNCC Communications Dept. February 2 1965

1965 Unseat the Mississippi Congressional Delegation petition. Congressional challenge. Unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably 1965)

1965 MFDP Newsletter #2, April 4, 1965

1965 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Application for Summer for 1965 summer volunteers, Unsigned MFDP. 1965

1965 MFDP bulletin re new & fair elections amendment, MFDP. Undated (assumed 1965).

1965 MFDP, explanatory flyer from mid-1965.

1965 McComb MFDP Statement Against the Vietnam War

1965 Voting Legislation in the 89th Congress, memo to all organizations in the Civil Rights Movement. Unsigned, MFDP

1965 Why We Go To Capitol Hill To Speak With Our Representatives, Unsigned, MFDP/FoS. March 17, 1965

1965 Tapes from Freedom School Workshop, unsigned, SNCC or MFDP. March 27-April 7, 1965

1965 MFDP Federal lawsuit about voting rights, MFDP Legal Team. May 1965

1965 State-Wide Meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Peggy J. Connor. MFDP. May 16, 1965

1965 What you can do to Help the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Unsigned MFDP. May 17, 1965

1965 Letter about MFDP press conference, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. May 24, 1965

1965 Letter to all project directors re mail tampering, Jan Goodman. MFDP. May 29, 1965

1965 Address by Lawrence Guyot to MFDP statewide meeting. Undated (presumed 1965)

1965 MFDP and Viet Nam, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July 31 1965

1965 MFDP Insider's Newsletter (re Jackson protests), Unsigned MFDP. June 17 1965

1965 The Story Behind our Demonstrations (Jackson MS), Unsigned MFDP. June 1965

1965 The Mississippi Challenge: Some Questions and Answers, Joseph Meissner, Washington Human Rights Project. August 8, 1965

1965 Vote YES August 17, election flyer. Unsigned MFDP. August 1965.

1965 Memo on the Relationship Between Federal Registrars and the Jury System. Guyot & Higgs, MFDP. Undated (possibly August or September 1965)

1965 The State Democratic Party (Mississippi), report by MFDP. Mike Higson. 9/14/65

1965 Report on Mississippi Voter Registration, as of September. Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably October 1965)

1965 Reapportionment of Mississippi re congressional district reapportionment lawsuit. Unsigned MFDP. Undated (post 10/15/65)

1965 Reapportionment of Mississippi re MFDP congressional district reapportionment lawsuit. Reprint of article by W.C. Shoemaker. Unsigned MFDP. Undated, October 1965

1965 Report on Mississippi Voter Registration, as of September. Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably October 1965)

1965 School Tuition Law, MS. Unsigned MFDP. October 1965.

1965 General Report on Welfare in Mississippi, MS. Freedom Info Center for MFDP. October 1965

1965 Function of District Office, Lynne Hollander, MFDP, CORE. October 9, 1965

1965 Memo re MFDP Fourth District meeting and contact list, Catherin Crowell, MFDP. 1965

1965 Information Addresses Etc. of Resource People, Unsigned, MFDP Fourth District office. 1965

1965 Analyses of MFDP situation presented to staff, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. October 19, 1965

65? 66? Program of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Undated (1965? 1966?).

1965 Report on Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP. October 29, 1965

1965 Dear FDP Member, Natchez MS flyer re Africa. Bill Ware, SNCC. December 30, 1965

MFDP, 1966 and Later

1966?	Sunflower County: A Progress Report, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably late 1965 or first part of 1966)
1966?	Proposal for a Voter Registration Drive in Sunflower County, Joe Harris MFDP. Undated (probably first half of 1966)
1966	Mississippi voter registration number by district and county, unsinged MFDP. Undated, 1966
1966	MFDP Keylist Mailing #5, MFDP. January 3, 1966
1966	Report on a Meeting with MS state welfare commisioner re Project Help, Annie Devine. MFDP. January 3, 1966
1966	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Key List, unsigned MFDP. January 5, 1966
1966	A Letter from Mrs. Devine, Annie Devine. MFDP. January 7, 1966
1966	Draft press release re denial and suppression of voting rights in Mississippi, Clifton R. Whitley, candidate for U.S. Senate. January 9, 1966
1966	MFDP County Reports, unsigned MFDP. January 9-21, 1966
1966	Telegram to President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lawrence Guyot, Arthur Thomas, Isaac Foster. MFDP. January 29, 1966
1966	Counties Participating in All Needy Surplus Food Program, Unsigned MFDP. February 1966
1966	Warehousemen job description (for employement program), Unsigned MFDP. February 1966
1966	MFDP County Reports, Unsigned MFDP. January20, 1966-February 5, 1966
1966	Why we are here at the Greenville Air Force Base, Unsigned MFDP. February 6, 1966
1966	A Congressman Speaks about Mississippi, MFDP, and Delta Ministry, Unsigned, MFDP. 2/9/66
1966	Situation in the Mississippi Delta, Victoria J. Gray. MFDP. February 10, 1966
1966	Court victory in Sunflower County municiple elections, Unsigned, MFDP. 3/11/66
1966	Sunflower County: A Call to Action, Unsigned MFDP. March 11, 1966
1966	MFDP County Reports, Multiple MFDP authors. March 22, 1966
1966	MFDP Federal lawsuit re discrimination in voting, MFDP Legal Team. April 1966
1966	Second Birthday of MFDP flyer, unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably 4/24/66)
1966?	See Victoria Gray and Fannie Lou Hamer flyer, unsigned MFDP. Undated (possibly May 24 of 1965 or 1966)
1966	Whitley & King campaign pamphlet, Democratic primary, June 1966. Unsigned MFDP.
1966	Help Unseat Eastland and Abernathy election campaign flyer for Democratic primary. Unsigned MFDP. June 1966
1966	Letter about Mississippi voting, Edwin King, MFDP. June 1, 1966
1966	The ABC's of Voting, Unsigned, MFDP. June 3, 1966
1966	Sunflower Elections Put Off, Lela Mae Brooks and Mary Francis Williams, SNCC. June 30, 1966
1966	Vote Totals for Freedom Movement Candiates, Democratic Primaries 1962-1966. By county. Freedom Information Service.
1966	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party information, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (possibly 1966)
1966	What You Should Know About Poll Taxes, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably 1966).
1966	The ABC's of Voting, Unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably June 1966)
1966	Holmes County Freedom Democratic Party Executive Members Handbook, Sue-Henry Lorenzi, MFDP, August 1966
1966	Help Unseat Eastland and Abernathy, MFDP
1966?	Time Table of Events (election-related). Possibly September of 1966
1966	Press release re continuing problems & issues in Mississippi and America, Clifton Whitley (MFDP senatorial candidate)
1966	MFDP Statewide Convention flyer. Unsigned MFDP. 6/26/66
1966	Election Complaints -- Mississippi re the '66 Mid-Term elections, unsigned MFDP. Nov. 9, 1966
1966	Keep Power in Your Hands, flyer urging "Vote-No" on two referendum ballot measures in November 8 election. Unsigned MFDP
1966	Freedom's Candidate for U.S. Senate, Clifton Whitley campaign flyer. MFDP. November 8, 1966
1966?	Mississippi Local Election results for county offices with MFDP candidates. Unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably November 1966)
1967	The Power of Your Vote, Edwards MFDP Black and White Hummer. January 25, 1967
1967	The Power of Your Vote, unsigned MFDP pamphlet. Undated (possibly 1967)
1967	Memo re: upcoming MFDP Executive Committee meetings, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. April 5, 1967
1967	MFDP Memorandum: Political Workshops, Unsigned MFDP. July 15, 1967
1967	Register and Vote Campaign, canvas form, Mound Bayou MS. Essie B. Williams. August 1, 1967
1967	Bolivar County Register and Vote Campaign, canvas form. Essie B. Williams. August 11, 1967
1967	Memo re election workshops, Joseph Harris, Mississippi United; Lawrence Guyot, MFDP; Owen Brooks, DM. August 21, 1967
1967	MFDP Newsletter, Sunflower County, October 1, 1967
1967	Attention: Help Elect a Negro Sheriff, MFDP, Holmes County MS
1968	Marks MS precinct meeting report, Unsigned. May 14, 1968
1968?	MFDP and the Chicago Democratic Convention, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. Undated (probably late 1967 or early 1968)

For MFDP history & background, see:

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Founded (CRMVet History & Timeline)
MFDP Challenge to Democratic Convention (CRMVet History & Timeline)
MFDP Congressional Challenge (CRMVet History & Timeline)

For additional MFDP materials See:
       COFO & MFDP Newsletters 1963-1968
       Freedom Movement Press Releases
       WATS & Incident Reports

1963	Aaron Henry Campaign announcement, Unsigned SNCC. 1963
1963	The Freedom Vote, fact sheet. Unsigned SNCC. 1963
1963	Freedom Registration Form, undated (probably used during the Freedom Ballot campaign Oct-Nov 1963.
1963	Draft campaign speech Aaron Henry, 'Freedom Vote' candidate for Mississippi governor. Undated Sept-Nov, 1963
1963	Freedom Registration Form, undated (possibly used during the '63 or '64 election campaigns.
1963	Events of November 1 and 2 General, Unsigned, COFO. November 2, 1963
1963	Negroes Vote for Freedom - Protest Disenfranchisement, NAACP Policy Directive 1, August 14, 1963
1963	MS Freedom Primer #2 The Freedom Vote & the Right to Vote. Undated (possibly 1964)
1963	Mississippi Vote for Freedom, NAACP Policy Directive 2, August 16, 1963
1963	The Freedom Ballot for Governor (MS). Letter from Joan Bowman COFO
1963	Excerpts From Campaign Literature, Paul Johnson for Governor (racist Dixiecrat candidate).
1963	Application for Work on the Freedom Vote. Possibly used to screen northern volunteers. Undated.
1963	Freedom Candidates Mississippi, October, 1963.
1963	Mississippi Freedom Vote Henry planning details, Unsigned MFDP. October 10, 1963
1963	Statement from Allard K. Lowenstein, Allard K. Lowenstein. MFDP. October 27, 1963
1963	Summary of Events, Unsigned MFDP. October 28, 1963
1964	Mississippi Freedom Ballot Unsigned MFDP. November 1963.
1963	Freedom Vote Platform, November 1963.
1963	Governor's Race platform, Freedom Ballot campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963
1963	Rev. Edwin King, Freedom Vote campaign background. Unsigned COFO. 1963
1963	Freedom Vote, sample ballot, Mississippi. Unsigned COFO, election of November 3 1963
1963	Freedom Vote ballot, unsigned COFO. November 3, 1964
1963	Freedom Candidates flyer, November 1963.
1963	Freedom Ballot Instructions, COFO, Aaron Henry for Governor. November 1963.
1963	Guidelines for District Managers, Freedom Vote campaign. Unsigned COFO. 1963
1963	Report: MFDP Events in Mississippi November 2, 1963. Unsigned MFDP.
1963	Summary report: MFDP Events in Mississippi November 1 and 2, 1963 Unsigned MFDP.
1963	Statement of Events in Natchez, Mississippi, Unsignee MFDP. November 1-2, 1963
1963	Events of November 1 and 2 (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO, November 2 1963
1963	Statement on Events in Jackson Miss (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO, November 2 1963
1963	Summary of Events in Yazoo City (Freedom Vote), Unsigned COFO. November 10 1963
1963	Washington SNCC Office Report, Bill Mahoney and Mike Thelwell. SNCC. December 28, 1963

1964?	Proposed reapportionment plan for Mississippi state legislature (re lawsuit), unsigned MFDP. Undated (possibly 1964).
1964	Report on Precinct Meetings, unsigned COFO or MFDP. June 16, 1964
1964	Report on "Regular" (whites-only) Democratic Party Precinct Meetings, unsigned COFO or MFDP. June 16, 1964
1964	Mississippi Black voter and freedom registration totals by district, August 16 1964
1964	June 17, 1964 Precinct Meetings, Mississippi, report on attempts by Blacks to attend illegitimate precinct conventions by white-only "Regular" Democratic Party. Unsigned MFDP.
1964	MFDP attempt to participate in Democratic meeting, Vicksburg MS. Unsigned MFDP. June 1964
1964	Memorandum on Mississippi Summer Project to Congress, Unsigned COFO. June 3, 1964
1964	Report on attempts by Negroes to participate in Mississippi Democratic Party convention delegate caucuses, unsigned (presumed COFO or MFDP). June 16 1964
1964	The Right to Vote, Summary of Relevant Federal Powers, unsigned, probably COFO or SNCC. Undated assumed 1964
1964	Segregation, Harrasment, and Arrest for Negro Congressional Candidate, Unsigned (probably MFDP or COFO). 1964.

1964	MFDP brochure, 1964
1964	To All Freedom Democrats report on voting rights depositions and Jackson hearing. Theodor Del Poro? 1/31/64.
1964	Proposal for MFDP Convention Challenge, Democratic Convention, Atlantic City.
1964	Two letters sent to Bob Moses, Joseph Rauh. June 1964
1964	Organizing for Freedom Registration, COFO/MFDP. Undated (probably June 1964)
1964	Memo re Freedom Registration, Dona, COFO. Undated (probably June or July 1964)
1964	Mississippi: How Negro Democrats Fared June 2, 1964 Democratic Primary election.
1964	Voting rights denial affidavits, Holly Springs, MS. June 2, Democratic Primary election.
1964	Memorandum on Mississippi Summer Project to Congress, Unsigned COFO. June 3, 1964
1964	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party pamphlet (Michigan), Unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964
1964	Mississippi Faces Challenge (Michagan), Unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964
1964	The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ... (strategic analyses). Undated, proably summer 1964
1964	Tentative Suggestions for Freedom Democratic Party Platform, Unsigned MFDP. June 1964
1964	Minutes, MFDP Temporary State Executive Committee. June 7, 1964
1964	Precinct Conventions, undated flyer. COFO.
1964	Precinct and County Meetings, undated (possibly summer 1964)
1964	Memo to All Staff 2nd Congressional District re Freedom Democratic Party, Stokely Carmichael, SNCC/COFO. July 1964.
1964	Tentative Draft: Platform and Ideals of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Unsigned MFDP. July 9 1964
1964	Letter to Convention Delegates about MFDP, Ella Baker. MFDP. July 18, 1964
1964	Emergency Memorandum, Bob Moses, Dona, Casey, Dick Jewett, COFO. July 19 1964
1964	Freedom Democratic Party list of precinct and county meetings, Unsigned COFO. July 20, 1964
1964	Letter to Democratic Convention Delegates, Ella Baker. MFDP. July 20, 1964
1964	Precinct Meetings, MFDP. July 24 1964
1964	Flyer, MFDP County Convention Meeting, Holmes County, MS, Summer 1964.
1964	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Facts & Background, 1964.
1964	Flyer explaining the MFDP, Summer, 1964.
1964	Working Draft: Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Summer, '64
1964	Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (white-paper)
1964	MFDP convention challenge considerations, unsigned MFDP. Summer 1964
1964	Memo re Democratic Convention Challenge, unsigned COFO. undated 1964.
1964	Mississippi: How Negro Candidates Fared June 1964 primary. Unsigned MFDP. Undated summer 1964. 13 pages.
1964	Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Unsigned MFDP. Undated summer 1964 Appendix A: Historical Background Appendix B: How Negro Democrats Fared - Summary Appendix C: The F.D.P. and the Convention Challenge Appendix D: State Democratic Resolutions in Support of the F.D.P. Appendix E: "The Right to Vote" in Mississippi Appendix F: The Voice of the Traditional Mississippi Democratic Party Platform and Principles of the MFDP
1964	Mississippi Has All the Benefits Without the Very Real Dangers. Unsigned memo by "Regular" (white-only) MS Democratic Party. Reprinted by MFDP, summer 1964
1964	Arguing with the Red Queen about Precinct Meetings, Barney Frank, MFDP. July 27, 1964
1964	MFDP Statement re MS state's resolution re national Democratic convention
1964	Proposal to COFO to challenge the seating of the MDP, Unsigned, COFO. Late July 1964
1964	For Release Upon Receipt, fill-in-the-blanks type press release to be used by projects and individuals to build local support for the Atlantic City convention challenge. Undated (probably early August)
1964	MFDP background & history, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964
1964	Memo: MFDP Basis for development, Unsigned MFDP. Undated, possibly August 1964
1964	List of Credentials Committee Members, Democratic National Convention, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964
1964	Memo re Credentials of Contested Delegations at Democratic National Conventions, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964
1964	Convention delegate canvasing work sheets, MFDP, August 1964, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964
1964	Memorandum of Law re seating of southern delegates, Raymond Guenter, NY Democratic Party. August 1964
1964	Proposed Resolution of the Credentials Committee, Unsigned MFDP. August 1964
1965	Voter Registration Figures Mississippi & Complaints Filed With Justice Department, re request for federal registrars. Unsigned, MFDP. August 21, 1965
1965	The Selection of Candidates to Run Against J.O. Eastland, MS. unsigned, MFDP memo. Undated (probably August 1965)
1964	For Your Information, memo regarding Demoratic Convention challenge. Summer 1964. MFDP
1964	MFDP Freedom Candidates, Summer 1964.
1964	Memo re Second District MFDP Convention, MS Stokely Carmichael, SNCC.
1964	Report: County Meeting of the Clarke County Freedom Democratic Party, unsigned MFDP. August 29, 1964
1964	Press registration MFDP state convention (handwritten). Unsigned SNCC/MFDP. August 6, 1964.
1964	The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (24-page backgrounder), Summer 1964
1964	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Delegates to 1964 Democratic Convention
1964	Brief Submitted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to the Credentials Committee of the Democratic Party Convention, August 1964. Joseph Rauh, Eleanor Holmes, H. Miles Jaffe.
1964	A Primer For the Delegates to the Democratic National Convention, MFDP
1964	State Democratic Party Resolutions In Favor of Seating the MFDP Delegation at the Atlantic City Democratic Convention, 1964. (11 states)
1964	The Convention Challenge (report & explanation), undated (probably August 1964) unsigned, COFO
1964	MFDP Information Sheet (re convention challenge), Unsigned, SNCC. August 9, 1964
1964	Letter to DNC Chair John Bailey re MFDP convention challenge, Laurance Guyot. August 6, 1964
1964	Letter to Delegates to the Democratic National Convention re National Democratic Party, Laurence Guyot, Victoria Gray, Edwin King, Aaron Henry. MFDP. August 12, 1964
1964	Civil Rights Decision at Atlantic City, Arnold Aronson. LCCR. August 13, 1964
1964	Letter to President Johnson re Mississippi violence, federal inaction, and MFDP, John Lewis, SNCC. August 19 1964. ~ Response to John Lewis letter, Lee White, White House. August 20 1964
1964	Memo to summer volunteers re MFDP convention challenge, Betty Garman, SNCC. Undated (presumed August 1964)
1964	Statement of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party on Arrival in Atlantic City, August 21 1964
1965	MFDP Projects by County and Contacts, MS. Unsigned, MFDP. Augus 23, 1965
1964	Dear Parent of Mississippi Summer Volunteers, letter regarding convention challenge. Walter Tillow, MFDP. July 28, 1964
1964	Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony at Democratic Convention
1964	Mississippi Faces Challenge, MFDP flyer passed out in Atlantic City. August 1964.
1964	Seat the MFDP, flyer passed out at Democratic Convention, August, Atlantic City, NJ.
1964	Telegram to President Johnson re MFDP Democratic Convention Challenge, Martin Luther King, SCLC. August 24 1964
1964	Draft speech for MFDP in Atlantic City (not given, page missing) Unsigned. August 1964
1964	The Challenge: It's History, unsigned (possibly church-related), undated (probably late 1964 or early 1965).
1964	MS Freedom Primer #1 The Convention Challenge & the Freedom Vote.
1964	Report on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at Convention, Charles Sherrod, SNCC
1964	Mississippi Freedom Democrats Report on the 1964 Democratic National Convention, day-by-day chronology. August 29 1964.
1964	Position Paper, Aaron Henry (issued after convention challenge). August 29, 1964.
1964	Phone report on Convention Challenge delivered to rally in Jackson MS Aaron Henry, MFDP. August 29 1964
1964	Freedom Registration Report (MFDP registrations, not legal voter registrations). Unsigned MFDP. September 1, 1964
1964	Position Paper: Reasons for the rejection of the Compromise at Atlantic City, Unsigned MFDP. September 20, 1964
1964	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Meeting Held in Jackson, Unsigned MFDP. September 26, 1964
1964	The Freedom Democratic Party is a people's organization, opinion memo re MFDP, COFO, SNCC. Unsigned SNCC? Undated (probably Sept or Oct 1964)
1965	Reports the Challenge, National Council of Churches, Commission on Religion & Race. Undated (probably summer 1965). 16-page pamphlet about the MFDP challenge to the 1964 Democratic Party

1964	Precinct and County Meetings for FDP, Unsigned, MFDP. June 1964
1964	To All Friends of the MFDP, MFDP. Undated, possibly September or October 1964
1964	Statistics of Negro and White Voter Registration in the Five Congressional Districts of Mississippi, U.S. v Mississippi Federal Court Case: Mimeo version Printed version.
1964	To All Mississippi Summer Project Volunteers, call for volunteers re Freedom Vote, Robert Weil. October, 1964
1964	MFDP summary of events, Unsigned MFDP. October 1964
1964	Summary of October events in Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP, Undated (probably early November 1964)
1964	Instructions for the Freedom Vote and Regular Election, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. October 1964
1964	Mississippi Freedom Vote Press Releases, MFDP. Oct 30 - Nov 2, 1964
1964	Now With Your Hand Pull the Lever Down, MFDP. Undated (probably fall 1964)
1964	Freedom Candidates flyer. MFDP. Freedom vote and regular election. November 5, 1964.
1964	MFDP Organizational Manual #1, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. November 1964
1964	SNCC Freedom Vote, October Incident Summary, Fast for Freedom, Jon Else. SNCC. November 3, 1964
1964	Running Summary of Incidents During the Freedom Vote Campaign, Oct 18-Nov 2, 1964.
1964	Freedom Democratic Party Vote Results, Unsigned MFDP. November 1964
1964	The Streets of Greenwood, promotional brochure. Unsigned MFDP or SNCC. Undated (probably 1964)

1964	Report on possibility of Mississippi Congressional Challenge, Jack Minnis, SNCC. July 9, 1964
1964	Report on Meeting of November 10th in Washington DC re the MFDP Congressional Challenge, Michael Thelwell, MFDP
1964	The Voting Record of the Challenged Congressmen from Mississippi, Unsigned, MFDP. 11/24/64
1964	Dear Friend, support appeal for Congressional Challenge, Rogoff, Liken & Garvey, SNCC. Undated (probably December 1964)
1964	Dear Friends of Mississippi report to supporters on the Congressional Challenge to the seating of Mississippi Congressman. Unsigned, MFDP. 12/5/64
1964	Complaint: MFDP civil action in federal court re denial of voting rights, December 5, 1964. MFDP lawyers, 12/5/64
1964	Democratic State Chairmen contact list for lobbying for the Congressional Challenge. Unsigned, MFDP. 12/8/64
1964	Support mobilization letter for MFDP Congressional Challenge, Al Raby, Freedom Democratic Clubs, Chicago IL. 12/14/64
1964?	County MFDP Meeting notes (handwritten), unsigned MFDP. Undated (possibly 12/21/64)
1964	Statement by Martin Luther King (SCLC) in support of MFDP Congressional Challenge, 12/17/64
'64? '65?	U.S. Code Title Two: legal basis for MFDP congressional challenge in the House of Representatives election, MFDP reprint from United States Code. Undated (possibly late 1964 or early 1965)
1965	Fact Sheet and Suggestions for Action on the FDP Challenge Unsigned NSM. Undated (probably late 1964)
'64? '65?	Ways to Line Up Congressional Support for the FDP Challenge, MS. Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (possibly late 1964 or early 1965)
1964	Calendar of the Congressional Challenge, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably Nov or Dec 1964)
1965	U.S. Congress and House Committee on Administration, unsigned. Re MFDP Congressional challenge.
1965	Formal objection to the seating of white congressmen from Mississippi re the Congressional Challenge. Ryan and Roosevelt, Congressional Record
1965	The Congressional Challenge: What It Is and Why It Should be Supported, unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably January 1965)
1965	Summary of depositions taken re MFDP Congressional Challenge (Louis Cowan, Ike Shenkel, George Albert Johnson and Karl Alexander Johnson, Jacob Blu, Dave Own, Rabbi Lelyveld, Nicholas Bosanquet, Gov. Ross Barnett, Mrs Elizabeth Allen, E.W. Steptoe, Bob Moses). By Kunstler and Kunstler, MFDP. 1965
1965	Californians for the Congressional Challenge, May 1965
1965	Action Memo: Vote on the seating of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation (the white-only delegation). Unsigned Political Education Project. 1/5/65.
1965	Reprisals Against FDP Members, re economic retaliation against supports of the Congressional Challenge. Unsigned MFDP. 1/13/65 (incorrectly dated 1964)
1965	Rebuttal to claim that MFDP Congressional Challenge hearings are illegal, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. Undated (probably March 1965)
1965	Congressional Challenge Testimony, Victoria Gray, MFDP. March 25, 1965
1965	Congressional Challenge Progress Report, Unsigned, MFDP. March 25, 1965
1965	Call to a Conference on Free Elections in 1965, Washington DC. MFDP, April 24 1965.
1964	The Congressional Challenge: What It Is and Why It Should be Supported, unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probabbly January 1965)
1965	MFDP list of resolutions, Multiple Authors. MFDP. June 12, 1965
1965	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Challenge to Unseat the Mississippi Congressmen, Unsigned MFDP. June 13, 1965
1965	Statement of Mrs. Victoria Gray, re the MFDP Congressional Challenge. June 29, 1965
1965	Victoria Gray statement re MFDP Congressional Challenge. July 1, 1965
1965	Freedom Caravan to Washington DC, re congressional challenge. Unsigned SNCC. July 7, 1964
1965	Report on the MFDP Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July 7, 1965
1965	Urgent Memo to Support Organizations, Unsigned MFDP. July 14, 1965
1965	Report from the Washington Office of FDP, Victoria Gray. MFDP. July 25, 1965
1965	MFDP Memo re Final Drive to Unseat Mississippi Congressmen Organizational Meeting, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. July 29, 1965
1965	Dear Mississippi Minister support appeal for Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot & Ed King, MFDP. Undated (probably August 1965)
1965	Urgent Memo -- Every Congressman Should Be Visited During Labor Day Recess, unsigned MFDP. August 30, 1965
1965	Memo re Challenge Trip to Washington DC, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably late August or early September, 1965)
1965	Open Memo re Support of the Challenge to the Seating of Mississippi Congressmen, large number of signatories. September 9, 1965
1965	Memorandum in Support of the Challenge to the Seating of Mississippi Congressmen, Unsigned MFDP. September 9, 1965
1965	Statement by Dr Martin Luther King support of MFDP Congressional Challenge, Martin Luther King Jr. MFDP. September 9, 1965
1965	The Congressional Challenge is Defeated, report. Unsigned MFDP. September 13, 1965
1965	Congressional Record report dismissing MFDP challenge, September 17, 1965
1965	MFDP Letter re Mississippi challenge dismissed, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. September 28, 1965
1964	Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (white-paper)
1964	MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge.
1964	Report of Meeting of November 18 1964 re Details of Congressional Challenge, Mike Thelwell, SNCC
1964	If Only Neshoba County Were In The Congo, SNCC reprint from I.F. Stone's Weekly. December 14 1964
1964	Fact Sheet on the Congressional Challenge, unsigned SNCC. December 4 1964
1964	Memo on History of Contested Elections Statute and Race ..., unsigned MFDP attornies. December 12 1964
1964	Memorandum on the Legal Validity and Propriety of the MFDP Challenge to Mississippi Congressmen, Kinoy, Kunstler, Smith, Higgs, Stavis, MFDP attornies. December 12 1964
1964	Memo on Challenge to Seating of Mississippi Congressional Delegation, Mark Howe, Harvard Univ. December 12 1964
1964	I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired, Fannie Lou Hamer. December 22 1964.
1964	Student Involvement in the Challenge, Courtland Cox, SNCC. Undated probably late 1964 or early 1965
1965	Congressional Challenge Fact Sheet, MFDP. Undated (probably late 1964 or early 1965)
1965	We Shall Overcome, Register-Vote, MFDP/PEP/SDS poster/cover. Steve Max. Undated, possibly January 1965
1965	We Want the Vote, unsigned SNCC brochure. Undated (probably early 1965)
1965	MFDP Petition, unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably late '64 or early '65)
1965	Affadavits, MFDP Congressional Challenge, 1964
1965	Letter to ACLU lawyers re legal help needed in Mississippi, unsigned ACLU. January 1965
1965	MFDP Plans for Taking of Evidence on Negro Disenfranchisement in Mississippi, unsigned MFDP. January 3 1965
1965	House of Representatives vote on MFDP Challenge, MFDP. January 4, 1965
1965	Report on the first stage of the MFDP Challenge, January 4 1965, Unsigned, SNCC. January 4 1965
1965	Minutes of the MFDP Statewide Convention, Unsigned MFDP. January 7, 1965
1965	Approximate Time Table of the Statutory Challenge, unsigned MFDP lawyer. January 8 1965
1965	Letter to Bay Area lawyers re legal help for Congressional Challenge, unsigned, Bay Area Friends of SNCC. January 9 1965
1964	The Challenge: Its History, unsigned (possibly church-related), undated (probably 1965).
1965	Testimony of Lawrence Guyot, 1965.
1965	Public testimony regarding the Congressional Challenge, Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Victoria Jackson Gray, MFDP. April 3 1965
1965	Deposition of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen. Example deposition, 1965.
1965	The Congressional Challenge, MFDP. 1965
1965	A Message from Mississippi, re MFDP Congressional Challenge. May 1965
1965	Statement by Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King. SCLC. May 17, 1965
1965	Statement by John Lewis, John Lewis. SNCC. May 17, 1965
1965	Letter to friends of SNCC re MFDP challenge to Congress, Margaret Lauren. SNCC. May 27, 1965
1965	Report on the Congressional Challenge, MFDP. July 7 1965. (Progress report.)
1965	Dear FDP Member letter re Congressional Challenge, unsigned Washington MFDP. August 3, 1965
1965	Call to Action, MFDP Congressional Challenge, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. August 4 1965.
1965	MFDP Official Ballot exhibit re Congressional Challenge, unsigned MFDP. August 17, 1965
1965	Statement of Congressman William F. Ryan, re Congressional Challenge. William F. Ryan. August 25, 1965
1965	Signers of the Statement of Support of the Mississippi Challenge, MFDP supporters. August 30, 1965
1965	Excerpts from Speech by Rev. Edwin King, Edwin King, Hinds County MFDP. August 30, 1965
1965	The State Democratic Party, September 1965 the Lily White Concept, MS. Mike Higson, MFDP
1965	Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) Supports the Challenge of the MFDP, September 1965.
1965	Memo to Friends of SNCC re Congressional Challenge, Unsigned SNCC. September 15 1965
1965	The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Steve Max, SDS Political Education Project. 1965
1965	MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge.
1965	Meeting of the MFDP. Executive Committee, Washington DC. Susie Ruffin. September 18 (1965?)
67? 68?	MFDP and the Chicago Convention, Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (possibly late 1967 or early 1968)

1964?	Concerning Mayor's Races in Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP
64? '65?	ASCS organizing handbook, unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably either late 1964 or late 1965)
????	Mississippi Political Handbook, MFDP. Undated (1964?)
1965	Handout from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, undated. (Re current activities & poll taxes)
1965	Mississippi electoral calendar, 1965-1968, Unsigned, MFDP
1965	Dear Friend, letter from SNCC re MFDP's Congressional Challenge. SNCC Communications Dept. February 2 1965
1965	Unseat the Mississippi Congressional Delegation petition. Congressional challenge. Unsigned MFDP. Undated (probably 1965)
1965	MFDP Newsletter #2, April 4, 1965
1965	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Application for Summer for 1965 summer volunteers, Unsigned MFDP. 1965
1965	MFDP bulletin re new & fair elections amendment, MFDP. Undated (assumed 1965).
1965	MFDP, explanatory flyer from mid-1965.
1965	McComb MFDP Statement Against the Vietnam War
1965	Voting Legislation in the 89th Congress, memo to all organizations in the Civil Rights Movement. Unsigned, MFDP
1965	Why We Go To Capitol Hill To Speak With Our Representatives, Unsigned, MFDP/FoS. March 17, 1965
1965	Tapes from Freedom School Workshop, unsigned, SNCC or MFDP. March 27-April 7, 1965
1965	MFDP Federal lawsuit about voting rights, MFDP Legal Team. May 1965
1965	State-Wide Meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Peggy J. Connor. MFDP. May 16, 1965
1965	What you can do to Help the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Unsigned MFDP. May 17, 1965
1965	Letter about MFDP press conference, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. May 24, 1965
1965	Letter to all project directors re mail tampering, Jan Goodman. MFDP. May 29, 1965
1965	Address by Lawrence Guyot to MFDP statewide meeting. Undated (presumed 1965)
1965	MFDP and Viet Nam, Lawrence Guyot, MFDP. July 31 1965
1965	MFDP Insider's Newsletter (re Jackson protests), Unsigned MFDP. June 17 1965
1965	The Story Behind our Demonstrations (Jackson MS), Unsigned MFDP. June 1965
1965	The Mississippi Challenge: Some Questions and Answers, Joseph Meissner, Washington Human Rights Project. August 8, 1965
1965	Vote YES August 17, election flyer. Unsigned MFDP. August 1965.
1965	Memo on the Relationship Between Federal Registrars and the Jury System. Guyot & Higgs, MFDP. Undated (possibly August or September 1965)
1965	The State Democratic Party (Mississippi), report by MFDP. Mike Higson. 9/14/65
1965	Report on Mississippi Voter Registration, as of September. Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably October 1965)
1965	Reapportionment of Mississippi re congressional district reapportionment lawsuit. Unsigned MFDP. Undated (post 10/15/65)
1965	Reapportionment of Mississippi re MFDP congressional district reapportionment lawsuit. Reprint of article by W.C. Shoemaker. Unsigned MFDP. Undated, October 1965
1965	Report on Mississippi Voter Registration, as of September. Unsigned, MFDP. Undated (probably October 1965)
1965	School Tuition Law, MS. Unsigned MFDP. October 1965.
1965	General Report on Welfare in Mississippi, MS. Freedom Info Center for MFDP. October 1965
1965	Function of District Office, Lynne Hollander, MFDP, CORE. October 9, 1965
1965	Memo re MFDP Fourth District meeting and contact list, Catherin Crowell, MFDP. 1965
1965	Information Addresses Etc. of Resource People, Unsigned, MFDP Fourth District office. 1965
1965	Analyses of MFDP situation presented to staff, Lawrence Guyot. MFDP. October 19, 1965
65? 66?	Program of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Undated (1965? 1966?).
1965	Report on Mississippi, Unsigned MFDP. October 29, 1965
1965	Dear FDP Member, Natchez MS flyer re Africa. Bill Ware, SNCC. December 30, 1965

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