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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party/Freedom Democratic Party | |
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| Chairperson | Lawrence Guyot[1] |
| Vice Chairperson | Fannie Lou Hamer |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Dissolved | 1968 |
| Split from | Mississippi Democratic Party |
| Merged into | Mississippi Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Ideology | Civil Rights Desegregation Liberalism Social liberalism Progressivism |
| Political position | Center-left |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), also referred to simply as the Freedom Democratic Party, was an American political party that existed in the state of Mississippi from 1964 to 1968 during the Civil Rights Movement. Created as the partisan political branch of the Freedom Democratic organization (a contemporary Civil Rights activist group aligned with the national United States Democratic Party), the party was organized by African Americans and White Americans from Mississippi who were sympathetic to the Civil Rights Movement. The organization aimed to challenge the established power of the state Mississippi Democratic Party, which then opposed the Civil Rights Movement and only allowed participation by White Americans.
- ^ "MFDP Challenge to the Democratic Convention" (PDF). Civil Rights Movement History 1951-1968.