Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Established

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Ed, notes the stirring of the American radical and Negro movement is manifesting itself in many forms. We have already covered the steps taken to SS a Freedom Now Party. The following news item from the Council of “oderated Organizations shows another method of struggle.

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party is the political party for all people in Mississippi who are registered on the Freedom Registration books and is running candidates for Congress and Senate. Why do we have a separate party? Because the local Democratic Party is only for a few white people who have registered to vote under unfair voting laws...We are going to send people to the national democratic convention, We are going to ask the convention to neCognise the Freedom Democratic Party as the official group at the national meeting because the Democratic Party delegates are unrepresentative,.

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