For a Voice and the Vote
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For a Voice and the Vote

My Journey with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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For a Voice and the Vote

My Journey with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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During the summer of 1964, hundreds of American college students descended on Mississippi to help the state's African American citizens register to vote. Student organizers, volunteers, and community members canvassed black neighborhoods to organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), a group that sought to give a voice to black Mississippians and demonstrate their will to vote in the face of terror and intimidation.

In For a Voice and the Vote, author Lisa Anderson Todd gives a fascinating insider's account of her experience volunteering in Greenville, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, when she participated in organizing the MFDP. Innovative and integrated, the party provided political education, ran candidates for office, and offered participation in local and statewide meetings for blacks who were denied the vote. For Todd, it was an exciting, dangerous, and life-changing experience. Offering the first full account of the group's five days in Atlantic City, the book draws on primary sources, oral histories, and the author's personal interviews of individuals who were supporters of the MFDP in 1964.

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Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Year
2015
ISBN
9780813147178
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Introduction
  6. 1.In Atlantic City for the Democratic Convention
  7. 2. My Life before Mississippi
  8. 3. Mississippi, 1963
  9. 4. On to Greensboro, North Carolina, and Back to Cornell
  10. 5. Planning for the Summer Project
  11. 6. Orientation
  12. 7. June 21, 1964
  13. 8. Living as a Volunteer in Mississippi, 1964
  14. 9. My New Politics
  15. 10. Early Work on the Convention Challenge
  16. 11. Lyndon Johnson
  17. 12. One Woman in Atlantic City
  18. 13. Sunday in Atlantic City
  19. 14. Humphrey’s Pleading on Monday
  20. 15. Reuther’s Manipulation on Tuesday
  21. 16. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Turns to Protest
  22. 17. Wednesday
  23. 18. Victory or Defeat
  24. Epilogue
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Appendix A
  27. Appendix B
  28. Notes
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index