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Freedom Vote in Mississippi

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

Suffrage
Voting--Mississippi
Voting rights

Mississippi
Mississippi Freedom Project
African Americans -- Segregation
Suffrage -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Description

A voter marks the ballot of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)’s Freedom Vote, a mock election, held to protest mass disenfranchisement of black citizens in Mississippi.

Creator

Thompson, Ken

Source

Large black and white photograph (8x10). Title: 13171-1-1. Washington University Libraries, Film & Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.

Date

1963

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Thompson, Ken. Copyright Claimant.

Relation

http://mavisweb.wulib.wustl.edu:81/mavisDetail/TitleWork/key/13171

Format

image/jpeg

Language

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Mavis Item Id: 60162

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photo

Physical Dimensions

11.25 x 17.5 in.

Citation

Thompson, Ken, “Freedom Vote in Mississippi,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 20, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/8336.