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King Testifying

MFDP delegates challenge Mississippi Democrats at Democratic Convention, 1964 Martin Luther King testifying before Democratic Party Credentials Committee as to why MFDP delegates should be seated at convention. 'I say to you that any party in the world should be proud to have a delegation such as this seated in their midst...For it is in these saints in ordinary walks of life that the true spirit of democracy finds its most profound and abiding expression.' Center member of Credentials Committee: Walter Mondale. He becomes chairman of Credentials subcommittee charged with handling the MFDP problem. Atlantic City, NJ 8/10/1964

1964-08-10

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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