MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY RALLY

Fannie Lou Hamer (left) and other activists rally at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, supporting the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in its challenge to the all-white delegation sent by the regular state party. Next to Hamer are civil rights lawyer Eleanor Holmes Norton and Ella Baker (far right), who helped organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In the straw hat is SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael. © George Ballis/Take Stock/The Image Works.