Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Freedom elections" were held from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, forming the basis of a congressional challenge in January. And in eight Mississippi counties, Negroes ran in the December elections for county Agricultural Stabilization and Control Boards; by winning some of these, they gained a voice in the control of cotton allotments--a gain of major economic importance...
...Vote--Despite all the efforts of the summer, Mississippi Negroes still cannot vote. How can this be changed...
...civil-rights activity. Since the SNCC worker cannot stay forever, local people must learn to make the decisions, avoid the mistakes, and continue the work that something like the Summer Project might initiate. In practice, however, this idea has received more lip-service than implementation, in some areas of Mississippi. And so the Atlanta Conference, held last week, was faced with the question: Who had been making the decisions in Mississippi and who should make them...
...call for "people's conferences." If the local people are to begin making decisions, then the first decision they should make is what sort of summer project, if any, they want. Therefore SNCC will assume the responsibility of organizing conferences of local leaders in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, to be held during the next two months...
...reply to the question of voter registration, SNCC declared: "The congressional challenge is the most important political event in 1965." By emphasizing the need for new, federally controlled elections in Mississippi, SNCC admitted that only the national government is powerful enough to solve the voting problem. Between now and July, SNCC plans to mobilize national support for ousting Mississippi's five regular congressmen, and to send 2,000 students to Washington in late June to lobby for the challenge...