Mississippi Civil Rights Project
History of the 82 counties
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- Freedom VoteEventDate of Event:November 1964
Tippah County participated in the November 1964 "Freedom Vote"when state democratic party leaders refused to consider the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's inclusion in the regular election. Approximately seventy-five Tippah residents worked on the campaign.
Sources:Associated Press. "Another Negro Church Burns."Hattiesburg American. 31 October 1964.
Files of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission.
www.mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/contents/er/sovcom/McKee, Don. "Oberlin College Crowd at Ripley." Associated Press, 22 December 1964.
"The Shootings at Kent State University: Thirty Years Later." The Journal of Blacks in
Higher Education. 2000.Veazey, Walter K. "Hundreds of Miles From Home OC Students Keep Yule Promise."The
Chronicle-Telegram, 26 December 1964.