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Kenney, Michael. Michael Kenney papers, 1964-1965.

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Michael Kenney papers, 1964-1965.

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The collection consists of papers of Michael Kenney from 1964-1965. The papers include correspondence, reports, and printed material documenting Kenney's activities as a civil rights worker with the Council of Federated Organizations in Winston and Holmes Counties (Miss.) The correspondence contains both incoming and carbon typescripts of Kenney's outgoing letters. The correspondence and reports detail Kenney's daily activities, his impressions of the area and the people, violence and resistance he encounters, problems with voter registration, Kenney's work with sharecroppers and the Agricultural Stabilization Commission, and the activities of the Holmes County Freedom Democratic Party.

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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), also referred to as the Freedom Democratic Party, was an American political party created in 1964 as a branch of the populist Freedom Democratic organization in the state of Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. It was organized by African Americans and whites from Mississippi to challenge the established power of the Mississippi Democratic Party, which at the time allowed participation only by whites, when African-Americans made up 40% of...

Kenney, Michael.

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Michael Leslie Kenney, Council of Federated Organizations, civil rights worker in Holmes and Winston Counties, Mississippi. From the description of Michael Kenney papers, 1964-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476698 ...