Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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MFDP
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Sources
found: NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Rothschild, M.A. Papers, 1964-1969 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party)
found: LC data base, 7-8-87 (hdg.: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party)
found: McDowell, J. Black politics, 1971: p. 5, etc. (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was formally constituted in Jackson on April 26, 1964; an outgrowth of the Mississippi Freedom Project, an organization formally under the auspices of the Council of Federated Organizations (comprised of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Congress of Racial Equality, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, NAACP, and the National Council of Churches))
found: Rothschild, M.A. Case of black and white, 1982: p. 23, etc. (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; MFDP; in contrast to state Democratic party, MFDP was open to all citizens of voting age, regardless of race, creed, or color. From beginning it pledged loyalty to the national Democratic party)
Change Notes
1987-08-17: new
2013-03-25: revised
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