in 1959 , she moved to Jackson , Mississippi . There , she volunteered in Head Start and supported public school desegregation . Derian helped organize the Loyalist Democrats ( not to be confused with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ) as a challenge to the state 's all-white official delegation and was elected as one of Mississippi 's delegates to the 1968 Democratic National Convention . She remained active in civil rights in the 1970s , serving as president of the Southern Regional Council and was a member of the executive committee of the American Civil Liberties Union
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Patricia M. Derian