The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, also referred to simply as the Freedom Democratic Party, was an American political party that existed in the state of Mississippi from 1964 to 1968 during the
Aaron Henry reading from a document while seated before the credentials committee
Fannie Lou Hamer, mid-speech to the credentials committee
Aaron Henry was an American civil rights leader, politician, and head of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP. He was one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which tried to sea
Freedom Vote broadside, 1963
Button from Henry's time in the Mississippi State Legislature.