Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Protest, 1964

Demonstrators in support of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sit in protest outside of the convention hall at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Caption on photo reads: (AC20) ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 24 -- ALL-NIGHT VIGIL UNDERWAY ON BOARDWALK -- Demonstrators supporting the Freedom Democratic party delegation from Mississippi to the Democratic convention in Atlantic City are seated on the boardwalk outside Convention Hall today in what their spokesmen called an all-night vigil. Some 70 persons took their places just after midnight. The convention credentials committee is to decide today whether to seat the predominantly-Negro Freedom group or an all-white delegation.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection