MFDP

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
 * Formed in 1964, dissolved in 1968.
 * Organised by Whites and African-Americans to challenge the all-white Mississippi Democratic party’s legitimacy, during the DNC 1964.
 * Founders were Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, and Robert Parris Moses from Mississippi.
 * Fought for desegregation and the rights of African Americans in Mississippi.