Title For a Voice and the Vote : My Journey with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Published Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (469 pages) Series Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century. Contents In Atlantic City for the Democratic Convention -- My life before Mississippi -- Mississippi, 1963 : keeping the waters troubled -- On to Greensboro, North Carolina, and back to Cornell -- Planning for Freedom Summer -- Orientation : how the student volunteers were prepared -- June 21, 1964 -- Living as a volunteer in Mississippi, 1964 -- My new politics -- Early work on the convention challenge -- Lyndon Johnson : the formidable president -- One woman in Atlantic City -- Sunday in Atlantic City -- Humphrey's pleading on Monday -- Reuther's manipulation on Tuesday -- The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party turns to protest -- Wednesday : persuasion fails -- Victory or defeat -- Epilogue Summary "During the summer of 1964, more than a thousand individuals 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 assembling the MFDP. Innovative and integrated, the party worked to provide education, candidates, and local and statewide organization for blacks who were denied the vote. For Todd, it was an exciting, dangerous, and life-changing experience. The summer culminated with the 1964 Atlantic City Democratic Convention, where the MFDP fought boldly for the opportunity to be included as the voting Mississippi delegation but, when they ultimately refused the Democrats' unacceptable terms, were criticized as politically naïve, militant protestors. This firsthand account attempts to set the record straight about the MFDP's challenge to the convention and to shed light on the efforts of this dedicated, loyal, and courageous delegation. Offering the first full account of the group's five days in Atlantic City, For a Voice and the Vote draws on oral histories, the author's personal interviews of individuals who supported the MFDP in 1964, and other primary sources"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Todd, Lisa Anderson, 1942- SUBJECT Todd, Lisa Anderson, 1942- fast Subject Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. SUBJECT Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party fast Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011052025 Democratic National Convention fast Subject Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Suffrage Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Politics and government Race relations SUBJECT Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140470 Subject Mississippi United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813147178 0813147174 9780813147154 0813147158

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