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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Variant namesThe 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 the state population.
The MFDP sent its elected delegates by bus to the convention. They challenged the right of the Mississippi Democratic Party's delegation to participate in the convention, claiming that the regulars had been illegally elected in a completely segregated process that violated both party regulations and federal law, and that the regulars had no intention to support President Lyndon B. Johnson, the party's candidate, in the November election. They asked that the MFDP delegates be seated rather than the segregationist regulars.
Some of the original members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegation in 1964 were Lawrence Guyot, Peggy J. Conner, Victoria Gray, Edwin King, Aaron Henry, Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, and Bob Moses
Archival Resources
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| referencedIn | Barber, Rims. An oral history with Mr. Rims Barber, 1997 August 21. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
| referencedIn | Ruth Schein. Mississippi Freedom Summer Project collection, 1964 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Silver, Jane. Papers, 1965. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Iris Greenberg/Freedom Summer collection, 1963-1964. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Baker, Ella, 1903-1986. Ella Baker papers, 1926-1986. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Black, Timuel D. Timuel Black papers, 1956-1973 (bulk 1964-1972). | Chicago History Museum | |
| referencedIn | Kates, J. Kates (Jim) papers, 1963-2001 (bulk 1963-1968). | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
| referencedIn | Connor, Peggy Jean. Connor (Peggy Jean) papers, [196-]-2001. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
| referencedIn | Challenges to the Mississippi Democratic Party racist policies, ca. 1969. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Washington Office. Other organizations files, 1960-1968. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Smith, L. C. Essay, 1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Freedom Information Service. Records, 1962-1979. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Delta Ministry. Delta Ministry records, 1964-1970. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Fischer, Nicholas Allan. Papers, 1964-1965. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Thomason, Frazer, 1917-1994. Frazer and Loris Thomason papers, 1964-1966. | State Historical Society of Iowa, Library | |
| creatorOf | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Records, 1962-1971. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records, 1842-1999, (bulk 1919-1991) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Weinberg, Gerhard L. Gerhard Weinberg papers, 1957-1973. | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Carter, Hodding. Hodding Carter papers, 1950s-2000s. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Fletcher, Robert, 1938-. Robert Fletcher Civil rights collection, 1962-1967. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Ruth Schein. Mississippi Freedom Summer Project collection, 1964. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Executive Director Andrew Young files, 1960-1970. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Civil Rights History Project collection | Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.) | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Tamiment Library Poster and Broadside Collection, 1904-1991 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | KZSU (Radio station : Stanford). KZSU Project South interviews, 1965. [microform]. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Heinze, Frederick W. Papers, 1964-1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Yancy, Roberta,. Civil rights collection, 1960-1972. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Tamiment Library Poster and Broadside Collection, 1904-1991 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Walker, Samuel. Papers, 1964-1966. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Bock, Laura J. Laura J. Bock papers, 1961-1969. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Kenney, Michael. Michael Kenney papers, 1964-1965. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Atlanta Office. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party files, 1960-1967. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Murphy, Hubert R. Papers, 1960-1964. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Wilson, Christopher. Papers, 1964. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Jan Hillegas Letter, 1965 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Gerhard L. Weinberg papers, 1957-1973 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Good, Paul. Paul Good papers, 1963-1964. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Shonholtz, Raymond. Shonholtz (Raymond) Freedom Summer memoir, 2002. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
| referencedIn | Northern Student Movement records | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Cappaert, LeRoy. LeRoy Cappaert papers, 1963-2002. | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Richardson, Judy, 1944-. Oral history interview with Judy Richardson, 1986. | Nolan, Norton & Company, Incorporated | |
| referencedIn | Cappaert, LeRoy. LeRoy Cappaert papers, 1963-1992. | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Mississippi AFL-CIO. Mississippi AFL-CIO subject files, 1947-1986. | Georgia State University | |
| referencedIn | Congress of Racial Equality. Associate National Director George Wiley files, 1962-1966 (bulk 1965). | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Southern Christian Leadership Conference. President's Office correspondence, 1958-1968. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.). Panola County Office (Miss.). Records, 1963-1965. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District. Records, 1961-1966 [microform]. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | James Forman Papers, 1848-2005, (bulk 1961-2001) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Democratic Study Group Records, 1912-1995, (bulk 1960-1990) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Robinson, Betty Garman. Betty Garman Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee files, 1961-1966. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Sherrod, Charles M. Charles M. Sherrod papers, 1961-1967. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Anne Romaine Papers, 1935-1995 (bulk 1960-1995) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Civil rights collection, 1962-1969 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Savio, Mario. Mario Savio correspondence : Mississippi, to Cheri Stevenson, Berkeley, Calif. : ALS, 1964. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Miller, Charles. Report, 1964. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Bowie, Harry J., 1935-. Papers, 1964-1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Houston, James M. Papers, ca. 1937, 1955, 1962-1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Northern Student Movement records | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Park, Robert W. Papers, 1964-1966. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Anne Romaine Papers, 1935-1995 (bulk 1960-1995) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Iris Greenberg/Freedom Summer collection, 1963-1964 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Harold Leventhal Papers, 1932-1980, (bulk 1964-1979) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Ella Baker papers, 1926-1986 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Romaine, Howard M., 1942-. Howard M. Romaine papers, 1926-1974 (bulk 1963-1972). | Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Seese, Linda M. Papers, 1964-1965. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1961-1972. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Davis, Michael. Papers, 1965-1970. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Clarke, Catherine, 1929-1981,. Civil rights collection, 1962-1969. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Favre, W. W. W.W. Favre collection of Civil Rights ephemera, circa 1964-1965. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | KZSU (Radio station : Stanford). KZSU Project South interviews, 1965. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Martin Luther Luther King, Jr., primary correspondence, 1955-1968. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| referencedIn | Stromquist, Shelton, 1943-. Papers. 1963-1980. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Garrow, David J., 1953-. Freedom of Information Act materials on the Civil Rights movement, 1958-1969. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Joseph, Geri M., 1923-. Geri M. Joseph papers, 1946-1995. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| referencedIn | Civil rights collection, 1960-1972 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Leroy and Lael Cappaert papers, 1947-2002 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | O'Neal, John M. Papers 1957-1972. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Joseph L. Rauh Papers, 1913-1994, (bulk 1950-1984) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Robert Fletcher Civil rights collection, 1962-1967 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 | National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration | |
| referencedIn | Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Production Library Audio Recordings, 1999 - 2005 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Investigative Subject Files, 1963–1969 | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library | |
| referencedIn | Petitions Relating to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Investigation, 1968–1968 | National Archives at Washington, D.C | |
| referencedIn | Records Relating to Special Projects, 1960–1970 | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | White House Central Files (Johnson Administration). 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. White House Subject Files on Political Affairs | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Democratic National Committee. 1960 - 1968. Organizational, Research, and Campaign Records | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Fannie Lou Hamer Papers, 1964-1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
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