Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

  • Otis Brown Jr. of Indianola, Mississippi

    This is an autobiographical statement from a young Southern Black organizer on his experiences in the Civil Rights movement. Otis Brown, Jr. was one of eleven children born in Indianola, Mississippi. Brown was born August 3, 1945, and he got involved in the civil rights movement in 1965, attending and then teaching at the Freedom…

  • Fannie Lou Hamer interview

    Colin Edwards interviews Fannie Lou Hamer, candidate for Congress and member of the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, during Hamer’s visit to Berkeley in 1965. Hamer discusses how she got involved in Freedom Democratic Party politics, the planks of the Freedom Democratic Party, and the continuing fight for voting rights and human…