'' Freedom on My Mind '' combines personal interviews , rare archival film and television footage , authentic Mississippi Delta blues , and Movement gospel songs . It emphasizes the strategic brilliance of Mississippi 's young , black organizers . Barred from political participation , they created their own integrated party the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party . They recruited a thousand mostly white students from around the country to come to Mississippi , bringing the eyes and conscience of the nation with them . The students and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party organizers put together a delegation of sharecroppers , maids , and day-laborers that challenged the all-white delegates in the 1964 Democratic National Convention . The film describes how their effort to replace the state 's delegation was not accepted by the Democratic Party leadership , embittering the activists
1964 Democratic National Convention
1964 Democratic National Convention
Freedom on My Mind