TY - BOOK AU - Todd,Lisa Anderson TI - For a Voice and the Vote: My Journey with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party T2 - Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century SN - 9780813147178 AV - E185.93.M6 T63 2014eb U1 - 323.1196323.1196/07307620904 PY - 2014/// CY - Lexington PB - The University Press of Kentucky KW - Todd, Lisa Anderson, KW - Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party KW - fast KW - Democratic National Convention KW - (1964 KW - Atlantic City, N.J.) KW - Civil rights workers KW - Mississippi KW - Biography KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Civil rights movements KW - Suffrage KW - Politics and government KW - Défenseurs des droits de l'homme KW - Biographies KW - Noirs américains KW - Droits KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Mouvements des droits de l'homme KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Freedom & Security KW - Civil Rights KW - bisacsh KW - Human Rights KW - Race relations KW - United States KW - 1963-1969 KW - Relations raciales KW - États-Unis KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - "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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=914942 ER -