Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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American political party civil rights organization political organization

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was a civil rights organization formed in 1964 to challenge the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party and demand fair representation for Black voters at the Democratic National Convention.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mississippi Democratic Party	1
Mississippi voter registration campaigns	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American political party ⓘ civil rights organization ⓘ political organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1960s ⓘ
alliedWith	Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ NAACP ⓘ surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
associatedEvent	Freedom Summer ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demanded	seating of its delegates at the 1964 Democratic National Convention ⓘ
dissolutionApproximate	late 1960s ⓘ
focus	representation at the Democratic National Convention ⓘ voting rights in Mississippi ⓘ
founded	1964 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Mississippi ⓘ
historicalContext	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: American Civil Rights Movement
ideology	civil rights ⓘ racial equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
influenced	expansion of Black political representation in the South ⓘ later reforms in Democratic Party delegate selection ⓘ
keyFigure	Aaron Henry ⓘ Bob Moses ⓘ Ella Baker ⓘ Fannie Lou Hamer ⓘ Victoria Gray ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableEvent	1964 Democratic National Convention challenge ⓘ
notableSpeechAssociated	Fannie Lou Hamer testimony at 1964 Democratic National Convention credentials committee ⓘ
opposed	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Democratic Party
opposedPractice	Black voter disenfranchisement ⓘ racial segregation in politics ⓘ
opposedSystem	Jim Crow laws in Mississippi ⓘ
politicalPosition	progressive ⓘ
purpose	challenge the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party ⓘ increase Black political participation in Mississippi ⓘ oppose racial discrimination in voting ⓘ secure fair representation for Black voters ⓘ
recognizedAs	major challenge to segregationist politics in Mississippi ⓘ
representedGroup	Black voters in Mississippi ⓘ disenfranchised voters in Mississippi ⓘ
soughtRepresentationAt	Democratic National Convention ⓘ surface form: 1964 Democratic National Convention
state	Mississippi ⓘ
strategy	challenging official party delegations ⓘ organizing parallel party structure ⓘ registering Black voters ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fannie Lou Hamer → coFounderOf → Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ⓘ

Council of Federated Organizations → collaboratedWith → Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ⓘ

Freedom Summer → hasAssociatedOrganization → Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ⓘ

Fannie Lou Hamer → memberOf → Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ⓘ

Bob Moses → notableWork → Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi voter registration campaigns

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party → opposed → Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Democratic Party