Description:
Mississippi Delta residents await their turn to start the process of
registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to
take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council
of Churches' Delta Ministry. | Text transcribed from original caption:
Mississippi Delta Negroes await their turn to start the process of
registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to
take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council
of Churches' Delta Ministry.
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--20th century., Voter registration--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Mississippi.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7163
