Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City

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The 1964 Democratic National Convention coronated President Lyndon Johnson as the party's candidate for the forthcoming presidential election, but was notorious for shunning the request of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party for redress of grievances. Framed by Fannie Lou Hamer's searing testimony of the racism she had experienced at the hands of the Mississippi Democratic Party.

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Event date:

24 Aug 1964 to 27 Aug 1964