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From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The letter from Douglas P. Ferguson to Faye Stender answers questions posed by Ms. Stender concerning the election contest statute, which gives any individual the right to contest the election of a United States Representative. Ferguson sets forth the history of the election contest statute and give details of previous examples of its invocation. He also includes predictions on the outcome of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional Challenge.

From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes actions that were taken in the planning and preparation stages of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge. It notes the help that organizing committees in Northern cities lent to the project by holding rallies and pressuring Congressmen to support the challenge through letter-writing campaigns.

From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. <br>This six-page document is a publication of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) regarding the cotton vote in Mississippi. It summarizes the attempts of African American farmers to run for the office of committeeman of the local ASC seat. The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASC), is part of the Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for the regulation of cotton farming. The document also describes hate crimes against African American farmers who attempt to vote or run for office.