SEDFRE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 32 Folder 25)
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This folder contains the MFDP's 227-page legal brief before the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging the legitimacy of the white Mississippi Democrats in Congress--on the basis that African Americans had been systematically excluded from the electoral system--and calling for new elections. It also contains correspondence, articles, and memos relating to the Congressional Challenge and to an article by Richard Rovere about the Challenge in the New Yorker magazine. "The Mississippi Challenge: Some Questions and Answers" by Joseph Meissner and Steven R. Nelson of the Washington Human Rights Project provides very concise and clear answers to issues raised by the Congressional Challenge. The Harvard Civil Rights Committee asks to do additional civil rights research report. There's also a blank form for members of the MFDP's Lawyers Lobby and a summary of the contested election brief.
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Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Voter registration
United States. Department of Justice
Threats
Intimidation
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Education
Segregation
Literacy tests (election law)
Assault and battery
Unemployment
Voting
Church buildings
Lynching
Murder
Bombings
Arson
Freedom Day
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
White Citizens councils
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Police brutality
Arrest
Jails
Teachers
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Ku Klux Klan
Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.)
Communism
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Congress of Racial Equality
Lawyers
Americans for Democratic Action
National Lawyers Guild
Kinoy, Arthur
Kunstler, William M. (William Moses), 1919-1995
Abernethy, Thomas Gerstle, 1903-1998
Whitten, Jamie
Williams, John Bell
Walker, Prentiss, 1917-1998
Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980
Smith, Benjamin Eugene
Stavis, Morton
Higgs, William L
Waltzer, Bruce C
Wheadon, Augusta
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Cosey, Mildred
Nelson, Evelyn
Johnson, Allen
DeVine, Annie
Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006
Ryan, William F., 1922-1972
Ladner, Heber
Marshall, Burke, 1922
Lynd, Theron C
Collum, J. B
Gray, Grafton Reid
Carter, Richard
Terry, Leslie
Dogan, Ellett R
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Calhoon, S. S
Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985
Lynch, John R
Chalmers, James Ronald
Robeson, George
Jenkins, John James, 1843-1911
McCall, Samuel W. (Samuel Walker), 1851-1923
Benoit, Alexis
Boatner, Charles J
Ottinger, Richard L
Crain, William
Bender, Rita L
Kaplan, Sherwin
Kittsley, James
Stearns, Nancy
Van Tassel, Harriet
Harris, Tom E
Taylor, Richard
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Diggs, Charles C
Gregory, Dick
Miles, Richard
Hartley, C. J
Brewer, Jesse
McClellan, Gus
Davis, Frank
Analavage, Robert
Thomas, Morton
Coleman, Sherman
Gardner, Charles
Lawrene, Luella
Manuel, Howard
Barnes, H. T
Johnson, Christine
Louie, T. Lee
Harris, Joseph Lewis
Lamb, Martha Turner
Campbell, G. C
Brewer, Percy Lee
Hayes, Chester
Clark, Rosebud
Hill, Mabel Jenkins
Crenshaw, Narsis Miller
Shankle, Ike
Pride, P
Mitchell, Ozell
Brown, Charles
Lacy, Cleman
Barnett, Shirley
Walker, Rita
Kegler, Birdie Parker
Rainey, Lawrence A
Price, Cecil
Moore, J. H
Washington, George
Cauthen, Jack
Campbell, L. Foote
Reid, Mardee
Hamlin, McKinley
Raymond, George
Allen, D. M
Cox, Robert
Robinson, Mattie Williams
Goodloe, John
Smoot, Barney
McCullough, Cassie
Reid, George Washington
Daniel, James
Caves, Leonard B
Hillegas, Jan
Maurer, Joe
Jackson, Maggy
Jackson, Johnny W
Tubb, Thomas
Stone, Joe
Carver, Ronald
Bell, John Luther
Davis, Freddie
Peterson, Dorothy
Laury, Annie
Hardy, John
Wood, John Q
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
Hood, Guthrie Hayes
Allen, Elizabeth
Allen, Lewis
Lee, Herbert
Hurst, E. H
Jones, Daniel
McKnight, Leo
Brown, Manassa
Steptoe, E. W
Steptoe, Roosevelt
Weathersby, William
Jenkins, Ira
Moses, Robert Parris
Smith, Lamar
Doar, John, 1921
Caston, Billy Jack
Britt, Travis
Quinn, Aylene
Harris, Jesse
Edwards, Donald
Johnson, Willie
Lee, Roosevelt
Harrell, William C
Lux, Roosevelt
Davis, A. V
Roberts, Ralph R
Patterson, Joseph Turner
Schwarzschild, Henry
Rayson, Leland
Stern, Edward
Davis, Saville
Gettner, Victor S
Neier, Aryeh
Gideonse, Harry D
Goodman, Paul
Rachlin, Carl
Speiser, Lawrence
Rauh, Joseph L., 1911
Pratt, John
Pohlhaus, J. Francis
Wachtel, Henry
Dorsen, Norman
Shull, Leon
Conyers, John, 1929
Rovere, Richard Halworth, 1915-1979
Pemberton, John de J
Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012
Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995
Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986
Burton, Phillip
King, C. B
Fingerhood, Shirley
Hove, Mark De Wolfe
Hatch, John
Parker, Frank R
Glasco, Anita
McDougald, Cornelia
Thomas, Samuel
Rabin, Robert J - Type
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- Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality. SEDFRE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 32 Folder 25). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/33537. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality, SEDFRE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 32 Folder 25). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/33537
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