Memo to all participating groups in the Civil Rights movement; 1965

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In Folder: M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection

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Memo to all participating groups in the Civil Rights movement; 1965

Identifier: mus_m368_0153

Description: From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This collection of documents about pending voting legislation in the 1960s. On the first page, James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality encourages all branches of the civil rights movement and all civil rights workers to support the purposed Voting Rights Act of 1965. The second page is on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) letterhead. It advertises a press conference to publicize the future MFDP events and projects. The rest of the pages record recent events in the civil rights movement in the South that are meant to prove the climate is right for new voting legislation. They also address a few other current bills in which xivil rights workers would be interested.

Creator: Farmer, James, 1920-

Date: 1965

Format: Digital reproduction of a 8-page document.

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Collection: M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection.

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Source: Box 3, Folder 9

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