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Frame 01: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Date: 1964
Description: This filmstrip frame shows an outline of the state of Mississippi and the words: "Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party". The Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
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Frame 12: Combine Harvesting in Field

Date: 1964
Description: A John Deere harvesting combine in a field.
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Frame 17: Young Man Speaking of Freedom

Date: 1964
Description: A man gestures with both hands, lit from above.
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Frame 14: Sick Man with Crutch

Date: 1964
Description: A man wearing overalls sits on a porch.
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Frame 15: Concerned Father Holding Child

Date: 1964
Description: A man holds a young girl in his arms.
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Frame 18: Young People Discussing

Date: 1964
Description: A group of people fill out papers.
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Frame 61: Victoria Gray

Date: 1964
Description: A close-up photograph of Victoria Gray, congressional candidate of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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Frame 76: Woman Holding Papers

Date: 1964
Description: A seated woman holds civil rights literature.
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Frame 09: Child with Book

Date: 1964
Description: A toddler sits on the ground and laughs while paging through a book.
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Frame 11: Man and Woman Picking Cotton

Date: 1964
Description: A man and a woman pick cotton by hand.
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Frame 28: Kids Drawing Together

Date: 1964
Description: Two children color together in a coloring book during Freedom Summer.
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Frame 35: Woman Reading FDP (Freedom Democratic Party) Pamphlet

Date: 1964
Description: A woman stands and reads. Two children are nearby.
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Frame 04: Many People Singing with Crossed Hands

Date: 1964
Description: An integrated group sing-along at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) function.
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Frame 08: Man Thinking

Date: 1964
Description: An unidentified man with grey hair sits at a table with his hand on his forehead.
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Frame 22: Local Man Speaking at Meeting

Date: 1964
Description: A man stands amid a group of seated men and women at a mass meeting.
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Frame 23: Local Man Speaking at Meeting

Date: 1964
Description: A man stands with his arm raised and his finger pointed upward at a mass meeting.
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Frame 30: Man Learning to Read and Write

Date: 1964
Description: A man is seated at a desk, writing and smoking a cigarette.
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Frame 31: Kids Dancing in Circle

Date: 1964
Description: Children play a game outdoors as a part of a Freedom School activity.
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Frame 34: Woman Signing Up - Freedom Registration

Date: 1964
Description: A woman in the foreground writes on a pad while a young woman looks on from a doorway.
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Frame 60: Mrs. Hamer, Troubled

Date: 1964
Description: A close-up of Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidate and noted civil rights leader.

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