FEATURING: Bob Moses and S CC workers Fannie Lou Hamer and Greenwood citizens Mass meetings, hymns, prayers Freedom ongs Medgar Evers Dick Gregory FOLKW.A YS R ECORDS Album No. FD 559.3 "Wby do tbe:y bAte ua so bad, t.D1 ve'n· bite» workin' 1 @ IQ65 by FolKways Records ~ nd Service Gorp. f'or UIIL all .of our l.ivea1 '1'b.oy go OA r141:o' in 165 W, 46th St. N.Y. C. USA the tine ears. vhUe our ch.1l.d.1"*11 a,o1n 1 to ecbool barefoot am DeTer get. DO ~bile on4 ve 're aot able to pay tor one. Why do they try to Ju.st k.eep u.o dOWDf wc•rc AO'b YaDiJb' ~ o~ 4ovn DI:N1 o.Dil ve•re r.e&ay to t'ight." "Amell. • "

2B- "nlie 1a Cl..s.nnce Jordan. I 've been 1D the STORY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI county about forty years. When I eame bare: 100st ot tlrl.s land vaa iD voodo. I VO>kod by tile iJay ~or sixty cents a aq on up rz- to il-25 : saved Reco~d. an4 ProdUC-ed ror s .N .c .c. b7 G\Q' Caravan Vith. a c:roaa-cut N:v - cutt.ing -tl.op , ~· thea up Vitb muJ.~a, work at J11ght, raised ay ehildren, onl.y sav 18.11. llvt! on a -Sunda.y zrnin•. In tbe 'be4

SIDE ONE vbeD I lett in the ~~~::~rnii1 t 1 ecme 1D late ill tbe evenin' iD the bed. •OtilJ" oix: bite a day. *dt! tablelaDd, ~one place thirty yee.ra, made i t t A • 'T'b:s.a Ll.ttJ.• Liaht M lU.Do" - - aong all tile ....,.. froa 35 to 4o bole o ~ cotton, piclr;e4 Gv'r:r ona or •u. Didn't set too mch OUt ot it. "rb1a little lisbt _at llil>e, Been a regiet.cred voter about twentt yeo.ra-t &D4 I z•m g01o1 to let it sh1De, oh-­ tl11nk. tbot I ba.ve t.bio r13bt to belp JCf peop.lu This l:1t'tl$ ~i&ht Ot .S.., to register and vote. I ~ that Ood choac »q I'a go1D' to let. i.t eb1ne, color. I 'm DOt tbe cause. tbl.t I 'm black~ God. !l'bi.e llttle l.1~ ar aiDa, choose this col..or and be made &l.l nation.$. Wo a.-ro I'• go1u1 to let 1t ehille, brotJ:lua, I dou1 t · care bov Y9U tr.eet 1t_, but ve Lot 1t shine, ob--- are all brothers. We're di.:ttere:nt colore but '410 1 ro 1 a.U. hUmEUh Ve re DOt IDOD.key. We're h\lam1 ve•n I •ve got tile li&J>~. ot heedooa, oot t'eelill8'• ,just l!R ~u got., am I tbi.nk 1-t'e I'm. go1n' t.o let it abiDe, W!/ery cS&y, time tor ou;r vb1te brother to rea.llze tbe.t. ADd I,.,.. got tile lisbt ot tree4om, eo ve•re juat tirecl ot i.t aDd va "'V&.Dt to be .tree. I •a go1n • to le:t 1t abiDe •• •• '' We ·IIIOde all the wl>ite people ill W.o Delta ricb. 1 tt -you trlll t got DO acme,. you bave bad it1 &n4 My oame· 1e Bo~ N;)Ma aDd I first C&lllll to ~ae1.8s1pp1 ought. to haft: it·. AD4 eo ve ju.st· • a n to· regi:eter 1 1n tbe .euaaer ot l96o 1 ao4 l l>Gsa.n wo.rk1ag vitb. the and vote 1 we do.a •t aan to f'ie;;bt and w don -t ....a voter Reg1atrat.1on ProJeeu 1n M1a.e1al1pp1 1D tbe to =· We juet - to ·so to tbe polls - get .,_.. o:t 1961. .,. carrled out proJect• in tile our ~. I l>ave ·tit'teen ~b.ll.dreD and I eout.lnnJet corner or M1ae1.u1pp1 that year &Di the ltno'w: I'e oot goiu' to ll'Ye long, at -tb!! •ge of oext aua..:t ve JD:7Yed up to tbct ])e.lta area, where sixt)" 1 but I 'm fiebtin& ~or a::;y gra.nd~ll eo there wu a higbar conc.entrat.10n of: Negroea. We they won 1t b!Jve to so tbrough v:lth Vbat I '• 8)in' besao proJect• in six or JW>l'O ,De.l.t& town., ipcl.ud­ ·t~l1 Viti>. I - lOU·" l.ng Greenvood, M1aaJ.as1pp1.

3A .. Mass Meeting• ... Preec:ber a:od Congregation l B- Cl>urch -- ~-· and doaaresation "llbat did our I"•the~ clot ••••• "Oh Father1 ob. told, Before Idrev _,· bre&tb•••••• H l'IOY, DOW .DOV LOXdi.e 7 Oh Lord, 1 llhe-:ra vo a-t tlu'ough 4r1Jik1A tears Lor vater1 llhen w get tibroush eatin' at unve1co• table, 3B- "'rbe Greemrood Voter Regl.strati.On projeet Vitll 1 When fl get tbro\13h ahakin UIMIJ..COIIB baDda 1 erw-pt.ed into D&-tioDal. prom:lDellCo fit.a bo.at into lle·'n got t.o •et Dt&tb. e~;re, t.bree ~Jt;agee . 1!b.e f irst stage J.&ated tor a1X Don ' t l•t u.a 'be aha14 1lo d.ie1 month.s and ~ in A.ugua-t o't 1962, vben Samuel ltoek M 1 rook. ae, Lord, BJ.och vent into Crefl:nwod as a fie].d_ secretary.• He Roek • UD.Ul I won 't bave oo ca.na1 vaa joiDed later on that moiitb by Wlll:r Macock ~ r1t1 ep1r1t•• • 'Wbere I'll be a-t reet. from Cbarle&'ton, Ml.&ti.•aippi, ~ he'd been cb&Md P•-tbor I I •tHtctt. Jf::t t.D1 -to ··-·· •• out by e. l!Db e.t tbe vot~ otti.ce. 10: Greenwood. Do otb.er .btlp I JmoV•••• • Wbat d14 they do t'or tboae s1x DOlitb.et Well, tor six ..::>ntha pr~il.y" they coDI!uct.ed a veey intea.ive, very oerve.-v:rack1ng voter reg1atrat1on_CU!p&ign 1:n 1 2A .. "I m A ci~n at Creemrood. tor abo \It tUty yMre. vhiclL they contacted the J{egroea 1D ·tbe c~ty I've li-..4 1o aD! around tb1.o town - it ,... onlJ" aD! really •t tl>at tiioo ti>e 1/eg:t:<>eo in tbe commmity a aid hole. I ha'ft t i n eb.114Hn_, t.l:l.Ne IIOD& &D1 vere not. 'Vi tb thea. ~-t 1.a 1 aoet at the- Be~a tvo dau,glrt.ere. I dU IOM boDeat to God, bard, long­ were aware that tbey were in taim, ware e.'til&l'e t.tat. lite vert. aettiD,g rinse 1D the atreett a.od. bull4:1ng tbe 'Vbite paver stz"Uc.tare did no% W'Dint them ill tovn., -l.eo u4 lAy.\~~& curbo vbicb Y1ll be bere )'8&1'1 and were avare that to1: the tWe beiDa tbey vere DOt ....a. yoo.ro at'ter I '• 60'1"• lie - tllet tile pro... goina: to a.esociate wit;b -.-. fhe7 couldn't t1lld a dure are beiD& tueD DOW quolitr peop.le to to place to l1Te1 they eould.n't t1Dd a . p:Lace to aeet, regiate:r-t am. ..ote i.a 110t pl.e&dq to our vbit• ODd tar e:lx 11011tha tlley ope,..te6 p-etty ...,h on tbe ne1.gb.bO:t'B 1 bu~ tlle lav be.e been paeH4 that ve ban streets, lc:o.QcJd.ua trc:a door to door_, eoatacti.ag ri.gbta to go to the court boUM aM apPly t'or :rcgia­ people, gett!J>g o-.er tl>e tea.- vhicb io l».aio in all t.rat1on, &nd ve &re 8'1n' vitbout ,:at weapon at &ll. of tile•• towns tll&t tll&y wen! go1ne to l •ve the11. W'e 1re gol.Dg hUIIble, w•ro SOiDS Melt, ve•ro so1Dg Tba.t 1s, ..,.t ot tile people feU tlwt:t S... e.n4 111l.l;r v itl> tbe spirit to treat botl> ·•U.• r18ht• AD! were cOJdl\e in to work taro a 11.ttle vb1l.e 1 to stir ainae tbat 11 our &ttitu:le ~ aia, I d.oo.'t tb:1Dk the up """"' t rou\IJ.e' to ~tate' aM - to be sone. vbite peo;pl.e o~ tile city ou8hta re.u. lllllt t bat ve •re AM 'llll&t t11ey bad to colivillee tll& peo;pl.e tll&t 1 1 ct """ :tryin to get in the trc>Dt or ~. Ve ant aald.u tbey '"'re nero to ·~. .And tb1• u 'illl&t tboy cUd them k.incUy., let \18 walJt by your side." 1'roll Aueust, 196'2, untU DeCOII>ber, ~. • "I'm ~~~ .Pe&eoclt, fi.el4 """""te.xy .for tbe Student Always ror .:>Dilly 1':rCIIl tbe cbil..drea. f'Qr eoa: prOb­ lion-Violent Coord1oatepo tn.1l1n6 "" fi\'ery night, $2.50 a day. And our husbe.uda, they d0e8D.'t bave Su a.n:l I; t.her•'• oot a nieht paoea that t~y­ Jobs. 1!hey be at hoc!te: aJ.l. w:lQ.ter long, aD! ow dou't trt\11. u,,, even oov. they cl.Oo 1t lJJre th1a 11eht bills am e;a• bills is "all - ""Y t'raE $20 Samuel 'Bloch in Greenvood.. 'fbe'y' 't'e com1.11ried. now to $21 a IIIOllth. ·80• ot oar llghto s.od po be cut tbat Sara s.a goaanilaanda ot people thot they .needed. 1t lRLDt peraoD .dot1 to. l 'al.)"1ne; bu:t tb.ia 4oesra't to w.lJ< dow to the oourtbo- to regioter to 'f'Ote. knov the di;f"fere.nce. So ve've been vorkiD.g on cutting through th1JI tear, trying to t1Dd .,._thAing a tull ~ed the o't ~ 1n t.be. heart citizen. I tlW>.k that ~ w can get tho COOl)en.oo 1a bo:• Cl-tuena Couneu o:r tion of ·tbo IZIJUotero to let >a bave ·tboir chu:rcllea the Delte, Miila1ao1ll:P1 - · aaki:ng to ·~>e registered to set up aclloolo in IUld te..,h reed. & g>W.t :toeing wbeJ:l able to ~ get tho job d<>M. the has tear or o.ohamod he goes down- to tbo eoartbo>ae and they aolt bl.a Q.U6s­ tio~ and he doe•"Q' t 1l::xJtow the I!Ul8'lfler; and eTen a 3C- Congregation; greater fear or bdng asked to Yrite ..,..thoard, ehUdran, chl.l.d>'en (3:o:) aM Jd..ek 'ea about 1n their atorea., I w.nt to put 41ld huan r1ghto. tight tor •em out. we ~ tbt;t &1.1. persons Qom &D1 b&turttJ..U.. 1 bsar tllooe lll)ba bolll.1ng and eOIAing ro\Uld tho ed in the state ot M:laaUs.1~1 are eitisena, ADd ve ;equare, don't b&ve our right or c1~zm'u'b.,p, am we ~ver bave bt.d We 're ~ivil.epd, aDd ·ve-'re denied _! oatcll tPoee Freedom r1ghters but ve •re g:>ln • it. our C1vU Rigbta. aDd -tb&t1 a 1dla~ we 11BQ.t, We -want to -t ...... there. 7 tftedom of epeech1 we \MDt rreeao. ot press,. &D:l va 1 Get on board, ohll4ren, ehUd.ren (3x) va:a.t everyth.iD& ta-t t.be -mite D.n b:a&• we re en-­ titled it bee&>ae ve aze tull-fl.ecl&ed oitaens, jn&t L·et.•a ti&ht tor h~ r1gbta·." to like 1'.be)' &re1 &Eid we'-re wil.l1ng to die tw it. We're vill:i.Dg to die --that our cbil.iU'en &Dd. our eh1l.4reA 1 a eh1ldren -.y ll""t." 4 - ''n>e oosing of t,he twV ~ brouellt tho eo>Aing ot a """ plateau 1.11 tile9:pla vere ata.DU~ in. 1.1:oe in Gi'eeuwood. A fOod and ~ 4:rivo 'W.S or­ 1D front ot tbo chureh wa1tin8 for rood vhile· tboir ganized e.roun4 tbo coUllt:ry alld shipped 1Dto Greel>.· plantation ovner ""' riding by 1D the atrwt, ceJ.l1Da vooa, alld thoua&zlda of: P<>Opl& t...... t out troa tho out thei>:" 1101100 alld tel.llng them to leave alld tp bt.ek pl.o:nte.t:l.o.. alld 1D tow. to - 1.11 l1Da, to va1t to the plaa:tatiou.; am tbey w:re te' 1 :Sns tbe• t.b&t ~ tl;le cold, to get a box of'· lood1 to ta.U 1t bolae they were going 'tO· otond. tllere ·alld get tlulir food beoo to a t~ ot eight, teJ>, tftl.>e eh1l.dren 'IIIlo ee.use tlseir eb.U4re~t vcre ba.mgt:)r." vere Ute~ otax:nng. """ yo.,t ahou¥ UDaent..n tbat tile eout;y did not bave a cotton crop tbat yeer. ''"l'b.is 1a Mrl. .P'amly Lou aa-.r tl:'oa Rul.ertlle _ JUa.­ In tbe tint »lace, tae:r ba4 a b~:r crop. Tl»,­ oiaaippi. I """t oiDvD to I-la on the 3lot tumed 1.11 .,... eottoJ> alld -. 1110re ..,..., t1:an tileY ot 4ugost 1D l96e, alld atter I lad go1110 to IndJaJ>Ola bad the ;y.r betore. Bu.t tbe:re ,.. a dry eee.eoa., ve wre oto:we 't abare in tbia ·go d.ovn aDd vitbiiraY or I "'>1lJ.d bove to lean. So ve..l.th, or ~bared lou- tboy ulNoJ.l¥ <10. So i Wld him that I """ trying to regio-t:er tor oqoelt, tllat you bod a lot ot llegro tu1.l1.eo 'IIIlo ...,,. alld he oa1d tbat 1f: ·x 41.4n't go o:l.ovn aDd vithdrav I deat1tut>e, 'IIIlo vue JWJt roclt liottoa ;oa.e "" other choioe. lTul.ted Ste.tea, JI(1"Ml'ty 1D 'IIIIich tbo obi.laren ro~ I vent that P'r1d&y .Ught ODd a:pent the lliej>t vith 41.4n't bove tood, 1D 'IIIIich little bobieo 41.4n't. lira. ~ary \'UCJ<.er 1D Rule~1ll.A!, .&II! :people lmov1.ng ha,. .ult,. 1ft 1ddob tl. mot:bl!t:r• veri- not &bli to the.t r ,.. a t lua- bl::wuae, tbe)r aho.t; 1A -t.hare .~,10. aelld their kicla to acllool becawte tboy d~'t bavo t:lllls,. and I z-4 to go then to r.aJ,&ba"tebee Co~ ahoea &111 ·tbey did.D't b&Ye vinter clotho•· " &Dd.llve the;ro up tQltU J)ecellber, &IJid. I'• baCk 1D. LO\l"'t'eX' &td I'Te. quite a. rw tl:d.Dga to flO thl'Ougb, "'Wo aoeaD 1t ba1'e Ol:IOU6b ~ to 'blq" clothe I or!' but 1t0 1 lloth:l.og tha~ Yill IiJ.dMno to go to ecbool, or to talOl --· tor tbelo, alld teachero u juot ~ tirwl ar Vba-t I've 1>oen go1D1 tl>roup.

2 we j ust got to sta.m. up nov aa- liegroe• ~or ourHJ.ves SIDE TWO and for ou;r t';'eedom., a.nd _if· it don't do &e erry good 1 I do !mow the younl; people it viJ.l do $00<1, and 1t is a belp to our mt-ion "'::e1:&.use ve need peace IUld !A - Congre8"t10D: tbere•u oo othet"" way that we. oa:o ~ve it tbe.n try.ln' to live together. !ole been apu-t, but eometb.i..ag S!)t "we \!Wlt more tuth, to brine peace to this earth." Wo· DBY be able to ask you tor vbe.t ve ueed here i u t.hi.s torn wor ld1

~n, Oh Lord., -ob LOrd, Don 1 t l.OO.ve us bere In this di.Btraae vb1ch ve-•re nov e:oi..DS t.bl'ou8h1 BecaUitO w lalalt you lla.ve Bll _., Yo Beaven aDd in earth. Oh1 tbe lilJr ot the m.lley, 1 s·a ... Congregation .... ''Lot it Bhille, let it shiDO,­ i')ie bright &bd JlliOrniD 8t&J' 1 gye,roere I go; LOrd, Fairest ot ten -thOu.sand to 111 soul., ro eoln• to let H slW>e (3x) .. " For llea'oen eake1 I · can't reat.... Ob 1 m::t Fatber, You said. )IOU voUl.d COlle to our ·reeeue 7 - "The second stage l.ed rapidl.y i.otO -t.be t.hi.rd sta.se. It' ve woulcl only call 1n :taltb, The l.a.rgc numbers ot Ne~e eon,gregatl.Qg at the W-e vant JOOre i"ait.h, 111:/ Cod ••• coUllt)' <_:01l:l"tbo'uae t'righteDed_ tb.e libite people., ~ we e&ll. on tbe Jree.venl.Y Crteod, tbey biU"DOd to violenCe. On Fe)>"""J' 28th, J:!.Jma:y A J.iSbt to chino on our road ~ravel'S, .m;ysell1 &Dd RB.lldol,ph :Blackwell dl'ove to TO l.ee4 UG 011 to 1'bee • '' Greemrood -to get & · look at the project :tirat haDd and see boY it w.a S01Da· n.a.t .vetaing as ve were l.eav­ in$1 Ji:JJrJ:f::J spotted * ca:r V1th three vhite .an in it1 lB- "Firot I voulil just lll "l>d attemptell to that day. '!'he)' had parked dovn tbe street a littl.e rogiste:r, to rtt.iM your land."' {'"Don't tool us ways. we p.dled up biebi.Dd -tbem, 1t vas dark and ,. uov-1 11 ( 1&~) '~ 1 there' s a ~rot bands. 0\a' aM :a1bg ~ bad 11e;hta &t them. They Wre vbi:te Bov1 boV clo )'CYol feel, tboae tbat have gone 4ovn :o.en 1il a Vhi..te Buick. We J.ook.ed at tbelll. 'l'l::ey to register to .,te1 Do you teel you are d01n' t\U"Jled al'OU:Dd1 loolc.ed at us. We drove on to tar ofti.ce. SOJDethin • that you ab0ul4 a:ad t eel. you are _part I sot out, told SUI ond Willy that tl>ey better cloae or th1.o :!"18htT All r1gl>.t. I oee tbere aro .ore up 'before soi.Da on out to the highway 1 took a b&ek of v.e. eittin' cut in ·tbe a.ud.ionc:e that didn't r&iee ro&d out to the h1:g:bva.y., I.Dd when ve got tbere tbe •n tbeir -Mnd, eo you aee ve st1ll. have a lot ot work vcre a.ittiine aaron f"'nm -tbe bi-gha.y f'a.ci:Qg ua. t'hey to do. 'We ahoul.c1 -try to do ..o.th1n1 aboUt t.bi&. c1rovo alow:cy by .,. llD4 41dJl 't see u.e W>otU tl>ey sot We •re all. 1D. th1a et.r'U4Jgl.e.. we •re tisbtin' tor ~. 'l'beli aa ve "Wre passing, they epoted ua aDd you, toO, regu.rdl.eaa or vbet.l:lbr you'n interested, b&c.ked up, tur».ed aroUQI11 and -(olloved u out ot town. i n youreel:t or DOt. You sboldd 1ake a part 1n this, 'this t~ t hey bad. on dark gl&sses. It vat~ the G&mt join banls -vi.tb :us, 'VIILlk d.ovn to -the oourtbouae t.Dd ear. '.t1:),ey t"ollowed. us tor seven miles out ot twn l'et tilple Jmov tbat you """t to becomo r1rot and thou :!"inol.ly opened up lil a •PT"¥ ot bulleto like class eit:lzeu. You'J'Io tired ot bei.ng eecood. cl&Sa • --gl.U), Gl.e,oo """ spl.&ttuted tbat be vao hit, ol\GIPO(I dovn Into 1111 nigl:rt1 as l.O:a,g u )'0\l eto.y aecolld olaDa citi.lena )'0\1. lAp in the :front ,....t, on4 ,., went ott tho """'-• viJ.l ""~r get tile tb1tlga tllat )'OU ol>oulil ~ . Y<>U I grabbed at the vbeel and ttel'POd on tho bn.keo u ~ Den~:r get tbe things -that it clue to you. We're Rt\Dd.olph waa Y,ell1D' ' Hit the brakes, hit tbe brak.ea.• 1lltereoted In )'OU. Please don't let ua P Nortb but I plan to otay bere .llJI4 Co.m:pua 1 Mita1ss1ni VoeatioDtJ. Ooll.ogo1 whiCh waa mke M1oeiu1ppi a better place to U'ft. And aa about a r..., hlllllh"ed yaxda up the road. Prom ~:here lollS aa "" ex>~>tlnue to go uP IIOrtb am rW>o ~ :!"rom we wnt to tb:o hospital in totm aDd the doCtor ex~ the o1tuati<>n we will never aoke it on)' better- '1'<>­ Olll1lle4 J:I.Jma:y &011 ao1d tbat be bad a bullet In tbe mo:n:ov JliOl"lliJig we '110\114 like ~or all. at tb>oe tlla t bae:k or liie -a.ck lodged clo~~e to lda apino. Vo 4:14D 1 t raiee tbieir land to meet us o.t our ottioe .,1te4 at tll&t b>apital all night alld ill .tbe moru1ng about 8:30 In tba !IIOr01llg so we all ean nll< dovn to he. wae roowd to Jack.eotl1 Vbcro -they oparatod. 'l!be the eo\ZJ"tbouoe and beOODII! -t'irst. cl&ea eitiAD.cl. 1\octor sa:l4 be xeuo"fed a large oopper-.)ao). oh• •• •wl.k, -..J.k ••••" tbe third pbaao of tho ..,_ reg1st>c"at1on ·project ill GreeliiiQOd, lie e&tberere people in; inst.eG4 ot Siving &cQ" a1gl>s ot tear, to obov tl>e!o tllat tar onee tho Begro """ DOt soiul! to turn aroum on4 """ J>Ot :po.. i ble to .-t tbel!l out, Olld that u anyt.b1.Dg •• soille -to hAppen at all, tbere: 11ae goill$ to be 1Doreaeod aCt-1T1ty." juat ao bo entere.t Ilia bouse, baTing returned - at o.srr)' t.t.... by C4rs into tile oourt bouse. ~Cy$-..J.r all4 ~t trom ""* at tile ottiee. !bat !leXt .,rnina w eight ot.bers vere arre.ted, p.a,t ir:l tbe city jaU and ~tbel'Osing. for a veek. 1lb.ila we vera ill Jail ""' bee.rd tba t tbo people ,.,...... :h1.na 0114 tq1ns to pt : tl>at t.bcre ,.,.. • gl'd, reports that ,ott vo\.ll.d. ~ to ooee out ot South Atrica.1 \l'e t:nov •• J"reea.o. Fighters rep;>rta that 1Qu voUJA flla)ect to cos::e o\.lt of Ruaaie.., That ,.. ~ go to J&U, or South Vl.ct:Du. I road roporto an4 liatc"""- to the nut - ;you t'iglrl: ~or heedom news. OD te~ev111on aDd I re-.4 .am~ th1J:I.g8 tbat. t.4 Tbo LOrd vUJ. so ;rour bO.l.l¥ "" - 'We Sboll 11.1®. as )"'U va.& aggravatoc1 J.aat veek, ve VOUl.d be o.... _. lA a bl.a oirol.e, end I talked to- tl!ero. Alod I cao•t bolp but von4or ~ .-ons an4 M;p].a!.nool to - vey I thaugjlt ve neoded to can't come dmiD here. Wbetbo.r tboy nn:t to adm1:t it vall< 4oWtovn to ciQ t..o ~: to proteot to or llO't1 M1aa1ea:ipp1. 1.1 Amel'S.O&. I picDd up yow­ c1~ ball about the abootit>gs, booo- o.ey t1ao loce.l ;paper tod&T and road 1lboH :your aowrnor vbo bolda tba hi&l-•t oUico in Wo otaw •1d the UDU- can 4r1n t.rOUIIIl - -., &M -­ quoat:J¥ .-ot Jlep<>eo witl> vbite people 1.D t1>o ~ bo oa14 on t1>e trout - ot ,.our -J>IU' oar' - pol!..oe t.an to bo 'liP' lcftJ;r ilrrol'I'04. ·- it•e ~. V. ban bM:a l.1A4 on £Or eo 1 rt 6oem • t .... to De p>Oc,ible tbat UDliceo.Md .long 1t & .-de ua O"f'e.J"-Muit.t.e, 1t'• -.de u.a. OT"er­ oar• Vl tl> viii to ...., in tlle.ot can 4r1.,.. around the apol.osetie, &Dd it'• -.4& ua ~41181.... Ve baTe bem1 accu,oed ot cletn<>iotina prope~ by .., Near<> 00-~ &lld ...... v1ao eLrOWld, or the CSoga voul4 'be turned loose on him, becall#e he b.oe ao14 it you b.ovo lh/l5tb.o llllite tball." blOOd a ll4 l/l5tb lfesro bloolr., ;you are llesro. So ~ · • interior aD4 eu:porior to vbo'l lere' • a an 'll'bo eaid be vanted racial preJu.Uco an4 racial ~egre­ 20· •x nevcr tb0\18ht that Greet111C0d peoplu Wlll4 ga.ti.o.n, &D4 4i4D' t even ltlaov hov 1t vo:rkod.. Beoau.e t:reat .Hearou t..a..t been arout.d .taere, tb&t nureed had he boeo oincere lA racial :oreJu41ce an4 racial their ch1l.d.zoen, cook ror 'm ara4 ra.na. We l.aa41 oegre61't1on I han t10 bu.ineoo belA& t.hio l1a)>t. that~ 'OOUl4 Ia.,. tbo.. ~ o~ a police, that Becs.u.e it he real4' •ana 11b&t b.o _.. about .,.,. W11l4 put 4op on-.. I""" mocltocl ott.., c1&l111xing tl>en I '• ouppooecl to bo pltcl> 'blacl<, teet tile otl>or dq. I sav a terrible Wna bal>PeD· a'!t'"' sta:t bl.ac.k. len '• • .., vbo 414D't 18ft eDJ\l8ll I aav 'ea put & 40g oo a t'irrt cl&Sa elti&eD1 a ~ to - that it 7C'I - to ...... pte 4ocftt aD1 aut told h1.a he ._.. a blaek IO.D or & 80II80tle &Dl ~ 'put. • s 4Dvra, )'OU put ·- \W bltc:h..... I oe:n:r Y1ll. ~ 1t. A black .oo hollt. lie - tl>e -t - ~ putt1n' ... in tbe b&c:.k. So tbree huadrl4 )"Ml"a, been ot t. b1.tch1 a 1:11.11 ia DOt a aon of a. 'b:itch., a. ~ tor w•.,. 1o a created boina- 1n God'o ~- AM vbao vateldn' bi.Ja. lie ba.,. - aecu.M4 of larlllg the God .m4o -.a., be Med 1t waa gpod. And I d.Dn' t bigbeat. criJio rate lA AJoerte&, &D4 1 t • o eo -..1ng tb!Dk no .an QU6bt to be oo. t12 pollee rotoce un­ v ben you tunt ou tele't'1.a"1oD ald. Me t.be pnpter lou ba - God. I don't tiWik ho&tmna ousbt a-tortes, detective p.l..a_ya -· you. DeTer Me ua. This to bo &DOD;! ,..,..• lie &<>1J> ' >w tbore Vltbout a am be.a a.ccueed us ot b&Yin& tllO INIIIber one erllle poclr.Cit ~· an4 IIIQl ooJDin' out with sun- a.nd rate in ~ic:a 1 &Dell VOtlder it )Q\I''ft eftl' evel')'tJll.na, 1111 1111, Vlt21 6Uil.ll around l1lll to m... -oitT. lJo -.n 1o fittin' to don't care vbat t.be:y .:t about UJ1 but w •1D •t be notb1Jl •., no pol1oe oothiA •., 1t be • e .oot got tbe - l;tncl>od aol>oc4-. All tla Wosro ... eTor aoke4 1 BJ'CO 0~ Qo4 1D b1JD .. • . • lt read like thia1 :811 tor is to bet tair. !Ceep me a oecood cluo cltUen not 4ec•tw4., vtlat' e ever an's. aove41 be'e tobJ* U )'OU auat, buio J>l-" 'baby doo't - 110 ~ reap lt. ' Eili,J&b tol4 111>o1>, t1ae - doS that t1:rst Cl.&$8 taxes. SeD4 • to tbe wont eo.bool.e l1oloo4 ll&bar 1>lood w 'lll4 l1ek YVlD"'• file - _, ill M1aoiaaipp1 it ;rou ...t, but pleNe Ia~ vbeo I tbat etc tba 4o& OD 'lucker, -get des bit lA a &O to take -s vot-.er teat don't ;i"nt • t.be caae tellt 411't...... t tom. Oo4 - a1c tl>e doS on IWI.• ,..,.. st.... tlat llllita 'boy. (11.... tba 41rtiaot, oti.Aldeot ,job 1.D the t1al4 tr ,_ ...t, but pleue don't go Ollt an4 tall peopla I ou.:.ll.. V. vUl _,b. 2E· """ lAh o1~ ball an4 otorted- tl!e court­ ~ )'OW' c!Qp, an4 tr ;rou pt - ~ w'll bouee. lie -.lb4 &bout - blocU an4 tbo i'OJ..I.ce aroh t1>rona1> ~. an4 bri.A& Oil '10'6 tl.a&ro o.a4 - u. apin. 'ftoq lad- pollee C&l'271n8 ..,.., - 'll oarch tllronaJ> tl>oa. AM w 'll aep ..-cll1A• &ll4 .,. oa. JIO'tOl'C)"Clee, eom on tlae1r can. ~ arc.b1A' aD.4 a.rch1Zl' UDUl. ODD dA.;r )'OU. tn_ look -.rouo4 ol1a J'Ore.an aDl ta.ure~• C.i&ut W%9 ~lte41 aDd. aDl w'll all be arcb.i.n' toce'tMl'. Aeain I'd l.1ke to ve '"ll'lled baol< to w.llt to tl>e cbw'eb. Wheo '"' 110t _. it'• .., ~...,.. beina I>Aire. I """'' tall .rou bov to t1>o 'llwrcll, - pollee llbo lad toJ.l.ovooCl uo all 11\lCI> I m... :rw ..na nov a>Cll I reopec-t ;you. J\>.Ot ~ tbo ~ baol< tboo1 ""-" to arreat. tba wttaa wolbro. it liP• I v1ll be Yitb )'OU toa>uow ..,rn1or; vboo "" 'lb.Y vore tl':lina to aet tba people into caro, to ao to tile courtbooae, ..na I v1ll be vith ~· _..,r 4 )'OU need. me .... juat bol.l.er. I ' ll. be there."' 3B- Mr· IIOClslr l!nro nt1 4C- COO!gl'&SILtiont u,1 ce~ tllla illd1eateo 'llat w•re 1'00id;r tor hwedoa &Dil ""'"'" ~ to IIIU'Cll for it. I J"'t ,....t "Ain't "" daQger iJl tiM •tor, (3x) to - to you bm:'e IX>Di8bt tlie r""oo" l'a top Get OZl board1 SOt Oil bOe.rd." Aere 11!1 'becauee ~ '"Ye s;1veu-t 116 iupil'atiOD in Jfo-e:keon, .aJld ve •re Filii! to F baclr. to Ja<>k.ion, oollth ll!.aaieaippi 6lld &11 o11er Mba1adppi ODd t1gb.t. tor treed.ol:l. a.a ,.oii're 40- "Si:D.Cft I "ftDt d.ov1l to regieter 1:hare'• 'been blocd.. fi(!lm1J>6 tot it bore 1D Greenwood. All"" wnt you to houn4a iJl ~of >111 door. We be1ag --.­ do ie keep t~>iD&-vit.ll tll11 tight for --, &Dil aa vbether I wr~ at - or - tho billa so higher "" atiek toeotber hero, •• you feel the pa:ID.t ot dop &114 h1e)>er. -l')'t.b.I.Ds to pl%1> ... out 1& bei"'! dOI>e. here in o~cavoo4 1 we'll. tee.l thea J..n JaoQoa.. Vben ve I be riS)>t there "isbtiJ>s for ~ I!ZitU Oo4 - f.,U. tbea in .J&ebcm, you'll teol tbell bore, aDII. vben eACugh dODIIt." "" S'Ot t.ll1a -~. ladiea al>d. p~>u-, IOOtl>i"'! ..,. atop us. We'ra Fi"'! to v1n t.llia fial>t for treedoa. !bArilt yoU Tf!TT -ch• •

tt~h, Ji::oalt )'OUr eye• Oll ~ ure, 4A- "Pox- ua, ,tbe ewnt& in Greemrood. rep;rellented. .a ~er .Bol4 on. • • • 1n J&il., ....,or breaktbl'ough. :For the tirot t1lill ve bad hUlldrado Bad w 111)118Y' 'for to ao your b&U., ot people lined up "t tile eourtbouse 1n an effort to. Keep ;your e:re• 011 the :ti:re, resJ.oter w """-• We bad gottell paOpl.e ott t1>o planta.­ 11<>14 OJ>, ~ don'~ )'OU llol.d ou. t1oll8 - tMy'd been .trapped ill tbe tcus~>eot ""T to ecoDDm:l.a ~and tht: aorea or ~eat1on 1 &D4 got­ CI!DRUS: ten tbeat to come in am faC6 1:.b.a ~1te li&D." HOJ d Oll1 :bol.d ou1 Keep ;ygur e,..• oa. the tU.1 Bold: on, llOl4. on. 4B- "It 1o ooJDOthille tbat badn't enr h&ppeaed hero to us. we l-"ealJ.3 teele like. " ban :.o.eone th1-nk1 a.s ot Burn it, burn it, dQn't you JmoY, ua, teelin8 our care, a.od we ore v.UJ.ing to coopierate- lliooiooiwt 11 t.lle nerl to llP. Keep your eyea OD. tbe :t'trei vithuo oo -· - d.!1'fer kDov OM ti>D vhet.ller to l.et e.ey ot tbom iJl Bold on1 hol.4 on, , tbe door 1 but &tter ve ecxae out. ourselves trying to Keep 3'01U" eye a on tbe· :tire1 "ec vbat 1t vae. that u:1TC ue 1deaa about tb1e. we llold On, ~ don't you b:>l4 on."

program in Mi.'isissippi, joined toge.tber in a Council ofFcder· :ited Organizations (COF~O). Moses wroto. CHAPTER 5, "MISSISSIPPI U: GREENWOOD" "Most of,.the winler wos lean. We wCJ;c just bangi't1g on FROM SNCC TRE NEW ABOLITIONISTS in Jnc-ksou ... laying f<>tutdatiOil$, gening ready for the next drives in tbo summet:." Me..-.nwhile. Mis:;d!:sfppi continued in by HOWARD ZINN its ways. 'fo Jnckson in febn at~ty came the sto.cy tokl to SNCC pooplo _by a young Negro woman,. Bes:tlo Tume;r. 1'g<.•d nine­ teen, who livedin C L'U'k$dale: Lea.vJng MCComb ln early 1962, the w1ntet h1 MUSiSsiplll oot yet <)vc:-r, Bob Moses wrote (().the Atlanto office: About four o•clqckSu•~ny :1rtemoon, jatmllly '2l, t'wQ 1_)!)1i.oo­ ml'fl. C!Ml(l to my Mus.!. uml il.orl and .\1(t(:k)• ·with :sil\'Cr tt.>eth 'fhe·mO\•(•rJ)tnt H·om the f'tttrd tl) l hC ts tlX~n b irresistible and at the boctom, ~d ;'I til.ll $l(:r'tdcr 1>0l~nt.an. Jbcy-tukl me to the Un~ from Aooih~ ro Mt:Comb ttrk:t ... we wiU scuJifoe like hell to In May, Diane N:tsh 84}vel was tried Lu Jackson for te-ach- get 11.c; rnru))' J)(lll laa:e$' pa.1d as (»S:~blo Jn the ·nc~t l!hr ;,w:eks, -ing the ttichniqurs l'll)nviulc:nct Negro yuu n~mt Whlf.e ~M huniMg ~easoo la:ds. A'flt:r the l1uliHng •(:(nn~Jhe or to tlle k.ill iug and if We're ~ll dead, t want to be (::rt':m_:lt«) t11:1d f!1ucl;. c:h3rge was ..oontrih uting to the delinquM<'y of m.ioott" anel intO tho IK'.Xt fUU-ci-rt or SNCC staff people had rcnh..>d ~ house in saying': ··r can no longerbd t1tfl'O. with l)aul Brooks and hl~ court system of tl~$ ~it;tte. Sihre my ch1~d will~ a bL1~.(!hild, wife, Jolmes- :.~l)d l>i:lnC Nash Bevel ( newly wed), Lester Mjj-­ born in Misli:issippi, whether J-am in jail or 1)t)t he Will be born KiW\ie and Beroatd (.,foyette. w;th h;, old hi was l>e:tten hr a deputy. Out i, Mmed Sam f'.trrn. both "'ere sjugled out lor- special attcmdon. A gu:1td filock, 1-hc 5<>n of a c.:onstruCti1>n \VOtkr!r, taU. bb c.k, gaunt.. ordc:rec:l o~h~r l) ds(mCl'$ to hold Jesse £la:nis whiJu hc-wMpped .si1c.nt, who slngs in a deep voice and looks at yOu with eyes Wm with a lt..ogth of hose. At another-time, he was beaten with la.rge:a ndSad.. a Sti('k> hondcuffed and romuved to. the ('OUJity J:dl ,where ht! As Sam Bluck walked tluvugb du: Negru~.octimwfCrt.."'t:n· was pt•t lnthe: "swcatbox".on.a broad 1md wl)k-r dlct. Drown wood, knocking on doors, a -pulicc «tr followed him around w~s also beaten. After fortyda_j'li of such lrelltmeJll. th(:y were and pcopk: were afraid to tMlk to him. The Elks. Club gave him tde<).sed. a meeting plnt..ooe, ami people btgan tu .&atl1C.r there around lJr Jackson that spring, Moses, wHh au tmlllrgOO SNCC Sam. But ht~ wrote to Jbn Forman .W m id·Ju)y: "VVe Jost our staB. hagan to plan •ooter rt:glStraticm opt-~ati<»l$ for the sum· mQeting pla·ceat the Elks Club. The members did not:lppoove lll'CJ. Th~ m'orw>y thAt 'Tim Jen.kjns had.spoken about wus on its of our mooting there and stngtng Fn~,:tlom .songs. .. O ne day "Na)', t..'ontrihutad by the T$.OOnie . atKl Field fo'o'tmdatiom. three whitt: merl beat Sam: QJ)()ther'day l1e had to jump behind admloish,m .>d by tJH~ Southern Rcg'tOl~.o"ll CouuclJ tn Atlau ta, ~ tdepiW!.u.~ pole to L'Sc:ape~ .s[JCOOb)g 1ruck. through a new Votcis Education:Pcojcet. MQney was going lo Willie Pt'~a<'OC;k, ulso fr01n M i$$£s.sippl ~ dl.l1k. m uscula.~. SNCC:. 001\E, NAACP, SCLC and the Urban League. Mos.. handson\ef who joined fflook In Crecnwood. spoke uf their p1.:n.med lo sc:t up voter regilitt;)lioa prOjoot;s In ~'·~n different bard t.i.n.ae, tog~the.r: M l.~si~!iiJ>pi towns-in a ..crash program"' fottbe$\ll)lll\tr m~)l) lh~ t.esltn McKiunJe. was already worl\ing ill Laurel. &om Wo. were J1ungr.yooedt\y 1.md d.idJ\"t havu lll)y1h.lng.to tutl :anti didn't even ha\'O a pair o£ shoo b~rdly, and we went dow(!; wh~re -bewrote-tO James Fonmtn in AtLu.\lt• ~ ..J im, ll1eNegroes in L.1urcl are like- many other Cities, waiting until someone sand siiU'ted tmstiJng :.uld n felh'l\V g a.Yi' n'l6 il' pair d! A!l!O.c.'ll. Then we-had to'ride n. mule .. . . Didn~tm·en have l:raospol"tti,· else starts suuu.:thh1g. a.ud if h d•ey wHl get then ts efl'ec:th•e tiOil. But we. kc.tn begging for tral\.S}Ktrtllt'ion. C:~me up to on lhe band wagon. E''t.r)' miniSter ~em!i to l:>e uncle Tou~t~h; Memphi$ :md had to stay rive. da)'S and still d!dn't.g«" ear. ifs :1bsurd reaUy. So I an\ wor'ktog JllOstly vdth the comrnou Bt•l we're not w(•rryir, ·. \VC! ain't c·ompl:rlning. We jn~t g(l on Jayman.. , /' .And In June. Fr~i:uk SJI)itl'• a "'iry, sagik Mort:· .aod rru~e bdl aU t h~ time. We (lol\"t hnve h>rldc, we can walk. house Coll-ege stude:tJl (rom Atl:uHa1 set u~ shQp fo lt(>lly we dqll"t c:are. Springs. where tloy lh!Sl College, =-Negro schoo1, was a ldnd ofJta.\'(m, Kill 6r$t rep&tt b a ck to Atlanta giv('S an idea of how A profile o f L<:lJ:orc Comaty lS very much 3l:lfflfifc. ol tho :a SNCC 'vorket goes aboull)is business when ·he arrives in a f\lral Dct.-pSo~tth.·Theeounty in 1900 had about 50/00poople. Dt.-ep South t()\\ln: o"f ~hom approxiili•ately twv•,hird:s w~re Nt.ogro. Whit~ Qwned aJ_I(\ )14)J(} T"'o .dAy$ were S(l<:!rll JW>t lo:,IJog .llromUJ in aJI s«}li(Jtl$ of the 00 pct<:Cttt of tlH~ land 100 pctccnt Qf lhe poJitie-:IJ Co1mty ii\ lln !:!ffUrt h.> lind O.,d ju).'t wbo tht! n'l()!t h1,111\00 and ofti'<.'t~ ttr lt was very vogue and !Heottot•eJd ~11 the timo.and back home,.. but th~)' "c:rA¥)' uigg~:T... He d~n't llland •.n)· p\J~thing around, , •• 'the door·t().door committee was .stt into mQtioo on july 8 . • , . t·ook him to tht' police station, whe.m they fol-'C"Cd him to strip llimport.'ltton was l)fovickd for aUj>«'SQnsnnd werontactt'd and beat him with u bulJ whip :u he Jay naked on thl}concrete about 1000 people and got about 1.5() of them to take tho voter floor. They k,icked bim, beat bim wil'11 6~ts., a biUy dub, and :l J'CgiStratloo test•. . • It did not take tho sMrllhnd tlic JlOHcc blacll ()~ev• • , ~ 'fmre were ti ~s when mv hud dY and be contagious; pt.'Op.le began the J wa1ked as Ulan)' a:; fiJtetn miles per day. and ~.roii~:..JrfiJ•lc office a t 616 Avenu~ J in C rccn:wood, und lOg() down to the county courthouse to register. ut-.wspnpcrs now reported lor ulJlliO\St ll week. :rn~ tbirigs were good ps1•chl;)lngM:all)• The for the rommunity. but 1 don't think they did the I\~!Oef"W:1d that a vu_tcr registratiou ·eland, Vicksbutg. anclllulcviiJe. .Out it ~ th fi: city <>.f Creer! wood, .seat oi LeOo~:c County, S:~na $t!ld there were ·som~ pC(>J)le out..ddeJ 1XllJoe <."<\rS, About th~t was to become the focus of 3Uention irl Mtssissippi for twel\'e! o'c.~Jd:: gt night . . . white p<~ple riding up ~tnd do·,vn l.he nex-_ t y<.w. 1·o Greenwood came. in jo.oe, 1002. a twentY,~ the street, :::md cht~)' felt $()1nethli\g "~$ ·t,tOing to happen. 1

6 cold him tD lap (n llJIUCh w(th w, hun1 "P. cniJcd a m~mber IQOtl :md otht:r .:;upplles were needed iu Mit:sb:nppi P~Je of thf. Jn1titt Dtpanrrw:nt W.: &l'~ h«n ~m·s nmnber and began to m:pond. Two Negro stuckt'ts .-t Mic:hipn St:at~ U ni­ be h.ld toOllt io.struttiom abot.• ('".. tLns ''~ klaJ F'6&. And vcndy. h~rthoe Oonaldsoo .and Ben Taylor. drove a ttuek· Sam a !It'd back again. The poli« tad gJM• and v..ilit~pcopae lood ollood. cl.>ciUng and ~ a lho.. wod nllb to the had ('(N'l'W' Ill 1hrir c:an.. "llo'ttt *tldtog CJI'It.ddc 1M o8ice. lie Minii'Sippl Odta during Christmas week 11.ey wtfC storped was Cf'(IIIK'biod en t.ht- ofBtt. ~tug out dw- windaw. talking in Cl.tr..d>lc. •rresl..t, d.oarg«l will> the I""'"'''"" of nat· ~" d~ td)(me Jn .a ''NY husbcd ,-oQ-, dc.K"rlbl,.g po>plc dO'wrr ooetta. smd heklm jailiJJ'lder $JS.OOO bond. Thou bo•\ofl w:u: J'i!.o ~tAint \~ u), guns and chaJm. milling •to4•nd del\\•n tlwre. out· duetrotests. taJJ~ aftrr 1hoy bad ~pe.p 1 \1~1,: l11l cliO¢'; fie had to .bang up. , • , Wo dldn 't know "hat elu,•cu ,Jtt)'ti 111 j:tll they w~r<: rele:•$Cd. T11tlt catgt) wat' 1»1\'· tc; cl•1 •. Wil1te Pdcocl:. tu)(l I decl•tlllat)' "' fo ut. 1'hf!' uCR~ WI'S rmpty. the IL)()r wll!l kuo,•kN! d6wrl, 1lu~ wlcw-low and \•JI:ttnlnt . Altt'l' tha:t lvanboo J)on:• Jd~on boc'4mlt; _. one~ man t.riUl'~ (>Orl O'j')l'lrtltiQu; twe l n~ •ime:c ho drov~ tntc•L:IoMls of Wt\:S IJJ). S~u1 ~$ gl)llf!', )U w<\S (!uyut '""'' Luv1lglw. Well, the next mol'lling when ~l•ey ~.. «M! lr1 tttty tnM u_t wh~t f,;~d illppHe~tho lhnu_.;;:)nd mit~froml'oHthig:)n lc) Mis'\'I.SSippl h•ppmod h-opl~ h;Kt <:h:lrg~>d _,1, tl"' ~cL sUin. fl;~d <:u1ne 0o0 M4WJi h;a1~u- unc.kr the 00··.,-~ ouc whi~h I h.ad dhcudOO, whlcl~ ,.;h:.mblc$. 11te owof't L.ild him ho c~ouldn'l «Ay there any hdd -.omr mrat on H. The h and wa.s btttk ~JW'bt.. G""' .SoN':'On1Js Ionge•·· 1:or tile ne!lt1 two uights be &lcl>t in u 'unky:Lrd on the lnUtr, gtopfng for lh~ pota.to I had lch iu tho 1.1(YW I. I tw.:v(':t­ ,\C)Oit nf u wrccl.:('d IUJtO. 1·hon h o found n room to slot.-p in. U Miw tlw (nCf!. I didn·t look. The hnnd W~!l dlllrk, ple pldtJn& l.af!lyto·tle aOO l got up :\lld w!\.ll M (lout. Wh~t tbe (lvuty doy. They wNe, ll.t MO!ies' put it, "bree~ldng down the h~llltr\"1 ~·uu go1pg to do y,'ftets a 1n1111 lt::.JIIO t'M' "'I' Sll Jtft·ovc:r p!ycltt;tlogl(!al reehng on the part(){ the Nt.'gTOCS lh.'lt these pot-ato (ro.h a hcw.•l ol.stew? buy~ atll' ju:.t coming In ~e. they'rc: g.olng to be in htre for a short tirne, IJ)<>rtnl to the All:uol• , We: Wf'ttt to allJ)J,:~ little 1\lbty ull~ 11 w.u <.'Old, cold c'"uidc. an1J 11(M'Ile or '~' ('l'h(l Jl~rar '(i,;'t ut him.) w,. .,., d lthlj; hesklc of the fireplaoo with • Jfn~U U1n.;aunt of SII O\Wrt f'11 gh·t you till himQrt!JW 10 ~~ Otlt of hare. wc;iJI I burning r.ying to keep warm. 'l'b&) b ~d liule b."tblt$ ULOC~t ; Tf )'UI.I dim't v.'Unt to!~ n.e- t~. you b.:ttet pd th11 1 had no&hoos to put on lhflr fed In th~t (l()ld, roitlhl)u~. npund lal"~. bcca~ 111 Vc f1cr~ ••• We foondou.ttbat the~ ... h:M:Ito I til their lcidf tb:.:t S.f)(a 0.u.~ WI$ flc}: abd, that Jk. \OIC.UJd ).Nt •hie iO ftC(' fhcm That he wiiiSn t murdcfedoc the spot isaomtthingof a muncie...... he r;UniY courtbouso to try to register.. 'fbc, food drive tutnt:d out to be a eahd)-st for 1he '--oter A) llw suurn of Yottng applicut.J ill Cree~t-.'OOd tD-­ tegis"h'~Lion carnpaign in Mhsissfppi. h btoug.ht the ss-cc creu<.od ( tl">ugla in BJock'r first six tnonlhs the~. only 6'-e wotkm tnto du·ect contact :w1th lhowatt<:b o( N"g:t'OI!S, many Negrot" " 't'ft'!ncluaUy decl11.rcd by the reg,,trnr ~o have pas~ Of whom C'I1 Ul4" ((Jf'Wotrd tO lJd p Wtth the diftributJOO o( food. lbo test). the coonumi~ s<.-rcw&: tiglueut>d (m t.hc N-:gr of cnu1$ ldtlntlned In the mh.d$ of Negroes lu Mi~~bsii'Pi nqt Mbglii:slppi. ;ultl ply with agit.aHQ•l, bttt with dlr(.'(:l (lid. ·r1w more food w.u tlw Cow•·nment to k~p them g:oh1g. In (~t(')btr, U)G-2, tl.e­ dbt.rihutcd, the more peop~ beg<~.u to go down to the cnnrt­ Hoo.rd of SupervisOf'$ o( LeBo•~ Col•uly Sl•)ppPd dil\tribnting buu.~ to ruglster. e.,•efllu;,Uy. fcdc.\r:.l l)~$ure led Leflore .Stltp lu~ food. cuttUlg off 22,000 peopJ,n-rn{)"tly Ncgr()-who County to reuam.e th~ distrihntlon of $urplus food d~nckd on iL By n11d v.'inttr", conc:litkln' wtre desperate. 000 Mose. wrote. on Febru:a.ry 24. 'o d~nk the Chftgo WtiDo P~acock ~ Sam Block wrote to J•m f()fltlan in Frieod olok l11~2.•~e ina very. • •• v. d hJ,...., been (In a dc-qJ pl•teau ,.JJ w«nt«, .JhaUag ~the.­ bad UHd for f(l()c) and t'lqtbel. \,.o(llr 10t • eawo lJce thd '"'1 t-il«'b (I( the ,,iol~ o1 AuguM •nd s.-pt~hH :knd the rNJt, named .Mr. chlrt)' 'lt'\'m Ri.t ~feeb. wbo " yr~ ~d. t.'nlptkm Hut WlLII M~i1h •t ()kJ Mi». , You (l(lffll):el ~tl r wtft: tc: thlrty-tlu>ee yew old. and thl,y l!a\¥ rlr\'f"n dlildretc., ow" tc:~o~r$ 11fxmc beoltiogs. shooting, Md pco'M'hle irw)f. ,.;c,. II.Jtd a ~ngmg from $C\'Cilleen down to dg.ln moutla:s. Sm'(:p of IC"nc.t• Y'"' ~ymio by your mere phydc:~tl fJt~·nc.~ thir u u~ious d•o c•J1ildren ~ttl sd;ool ugo ;u'ld oot .- Olli.l h: ott('!flding S(..J.r.oJ f ~S~r of tlw N~> community. SOl'd<.'<)IIO:I~." et.wn M1d hiQ\vtl b(!Qauso fhey have. no money, no f(l(l(l, no clolho,s,; and no fi'Um (HIIldcc:l pine and whltc SUill't•n ~Ink hJ w1mfy kitcl1~ woocl to }(~.tc:~ v.-:tm~ by, and ll~ now w-.a11 to go l"(!gist:ff. tl~)l)~ •na-l mllty old stoves, that ma)'lltl )'lMt tiki con~ only to 11te houjO they :'lte lMng m h:u uc; p<~JX't ot notJlfng on tho boU aod bubble .and then burst out or •JKht , • . you cr~ate a woll!l noel )'1lU can iQok Ill the grourlld dorough thtdloor aac:Uf 3fl'bll ,fttllHng foree capable ol lfi(Wb~g f.Hit whefl the time you a~ not OOrd' u1 you will .step In one of tl~me boles and (()Ol(lj;. , •• Aftn- tllOft: tban s:U huudted Uncd up to rttel\'e your kg. .,_k food In Cr~wood on WedoHd•y, 20 f."~hr\ury, ai'MI Sam's FrtM~l Atbn~ the word went out to the dties of the tulliMC'(UO'Il atn$l and 'llftbod ln t>rbon on 11umday, !1 N<>dIn-Is. that Ffltnouy, a<<-r""" bbndred l""Pie-ll to

7 protett lilt hb l.rial, OvE:!r lwO hundred ;uMI fifty g:athc:r~ :tl 11 Wil_h the whole Ml$$lS$ippi Voter 1-~d~,C.'l lion PI'Qject s:taff m~.mttlllug that' same oight, 2oc:l Qt1 Tuesd~y by 10:30 A.M . clustered ln Creeny;ood now- do1.ens ·of SNCC peopl~, a few I b.ad oocmtr.d over fifty pCOJ)le. l;t':aOO:lng rn s-llent line in th(l frum COHE and ~Cl.. C--viQlen<:e contiuue;d A week Mtor tb~ tWnty t.'O\lrlho,~ : 1J.ey say ~h·er two lmndtOO .St()()(l In line shooting of Travis, a station .. wagon pu1led up near SNCC th in flll)f_est al the seat of power 1n Lhe t~ pa--r.ked car.. where Sam Dlock and three- other young ~oplo o( M_i$$iS,.ippllll'llitlcs. • . . We don't know tbis platell"u at al[ were sitting. The car windows were smashed, but no one w.ts We wt:re .reli~ve.d at tbeabsc(.ce-of Jm:lnl.';diate viol\1000 at the oourth~ but wlm '\:no\95 what'll to come-next?· injured. And o n March 24, 1963, the voter registration offico used by SNCC and tho othar ci~il rights org':lnization<> w.tS T'he evening after be wrote t.ha.tlettel', Wout 10!00 V.M ., destroyed by 6.re. All o f t1:w office cquipmont W:.LS. n•in ed~ Bob Mosesl(,lft the SNCC office 1n Cr-et uwood 1\ud got into an records were burned, a ph'one w~ ripped from tho '"all­ outomobile with two othcrm~n. beading (or Greenville. One: Greenwood polioo said thc.,'TC wa:.- no cVidonc& of atson. With Yi';)S R_andolph O lac~wdJ, .of t1tt:-VoterS Ed uc~aUOn Projc:ct in .t.htt~'.l.ltf urg(og tbem to leave, SNCC had. to look aguln for :\Ibn ~, t~U. of powerful bui1d ~.~)(! voiee, wh(l wa~ doiug a aootlier office. Two oigb.\11 ).nter• .somoon(~ Stcd:. shotgun into tour of the voter: registrati.on areas. The otber wu Jimmy ll1e bome or George Creeue, a SNCC wor-ker wh0$C fa.milj Tl'oWl<;, twenty yean old, a natiw Ml$$i:s#.ppinu and::._(O nner livt:d in Gree:owood. Tlic<.'6child,-eu slept as the.shots.torc into Freedom Rider, \vh., had come out of the Rides to join the I hi$ wt~ll 'of their bedroom. SNCC>tul£. Meanw·hile. t:n other paJts or Mlsslsstpp~ tJu-:re was more A 1002-Buickwit)., n() lr~»St'l tilgs lind t.J..Sday, March 'J:I~ 196:3, -BClb Moses, Jim l"onnim, Wlll(c:. Jimmy Tnl.\'-iS at lhe wheel, Bob Molies-n P..xt to him, Blo.c-k'well Pet1c:ock:, Fmnk Smith and six others we're :tnested 'e9( l6Wn, be. ....· as drtving.SQ M:.tnggC$ted th3t lrut)'bcl on the- oth.¢r side. T wo bullets hit Jimmy Tm.. • is. •rbe. .Buk-k W(';. (Might to go down tO ~It)' f,alll)od J?COtcn the .shc);">tfng_ sped off. -::m~ ~{oses grabbc.xl the <.·l't !l hundiad Negro men, women. and youngsters, llvc.'lississippr. wJred year-old Matthew Hugh. 8 demo.nsh'3tor. A.nQther. soarlin g Attorney G~-traJ Kc:unedy asking for '"imm<;dinto actio•) by anU grunting~ att.acked Hob Mose;s-, tt}:lttlng ot &ong gash i.n-bi$ the fecleral govcrnmcnt".to protect \'Otcr rc~!ltr.mb and civil troosers. Mar!Q.O 'Wright~ Q yoong Negm wom:m studyrng law rights workC1"S. The head of the NAACP in ~Hssissippi , A $:1,tC)Il at Ynle, wasoo the sceoo~ thnt d~y-: Henry, aJso issut:..J a .s_t:atclUI.!nt o£ prott.:s~. Jimli'onnan wrote to President .Kennedy from At.L·mtu., roqoosting prutcctlo-n. I had been with 8ob M~unec"eoiog Md d<>gtkept follow~ But, as in aU other acts of violence in ~1issi£sipp i. tho oo.t-ional l.ng us down the .street. Bob ~·saying how he w<~.ro't used to dOgt; that ha wasn't brooght -up -around and he was government- carcfuUy oon6ncd l~s work to the filing oJ oc­ dogs.· cas-ional .lawSuits, 'a11d left Ll1e polJ cc (KIW('Jr of thu st:tte o( ("e:ti.Jy ~fmkl o( them. 1'hcn t'amc tl.c mareh, and the dog:s .btn)WU1lg b:.)d tbe•polioo pushrng us' book: And there vo•as Hob. Misilislppi tQ (t$ own devlccs. 1"\'fus.fllg to 1"00\'C ~c;k:,. watldng._walking towards the dogs.. One immodl;l1e rorueque 1100 of the shoodng ws.s th~' Wiley Branton, the dvil tights )3wyer in charge of tbc Votes'$ Demonstrations (.'(l'nUnut.-d arour1d the cou.nty courthouse Educatlau Project In Ada.nt;., ~S;ked registnat.iou worlccrs·aJl for the- next Jt.·w days~ wJtb uaou~ ane1ts. 'Comedian Dick over Mi.sSI.$$1 t>p.l, frorn aU t.-i vil right$ gtW}J~. to movl into ~gqry join8d tho dcmonstrotors. MO!lc.'S, Forman, l)nd the Greenwood imruedi;;ttely. ( Br:antqn, a veryJatr:~s-kinncd Negro, otheJ'$ wE~JV found guiJty of tli$orde:rly c.ouduct and given the was, c:oiJlCicknc.aUy, a d~t~dant of lJ1e reutarkable wldta maximum $C.ntencc.. four m~mths in pr.bou aud a $200 Bne. milUonai.resbve-ClWll(!r Cmen~\·cxwi r...e.Flore, aft~r whom bCJ-th They were re)rued, jn return For a JU!tk'C Department .-agree­ the city and tbe' county were oamed, wbo built a n:t:lJlsion moo~ to postpone-its·s uit agait\St 10CQ1offi elaJs. .;tykd after the palace ofl:mpress jQ$e(>h1ue,. w:~ who sup-­ To the SNCC headquarterS In GreenwOod, through the ported the Union from hi$ pl.-ntation ill the Delta all through spring·and (~rly sm1tmer oF 1963. came a stream of reports~{ the Civil War, dylng on hiS from por<:tl with four grand ~ events- happening-.all 0\'l'-r tbe state. au explos.ivt;! tossed luto clllldren holding Union &.gs·nbove hi.ro.) FOr the n(lXt ) 'tQ.I', the window of NA.AC11 leader Aaron Hew:y's home ln CICU'ks. Leftore County was to be the poio_t of ooncet1tmtirm for till

8 """""' '""''en and ltid:ed at a jacboo lwacb counter. an prliOoet'S. *' wfutc: pruoner:s ba.'-oc been USed apullt whit~ ill NAACP olldal clubbed to the ground at a tl..-..tr..tioo in jails aU 0\ ..-the nation.) J"""-• aud, 001 June tt, Mebooe. drove to Wiuooa to - If they could .Buc the b'identt began to otppc:• r, ht.ro su..d there he.lp. One of tbwn WiLl I..awrencc Cuyot, a t.Wc:uty-t:hn:e-yeoa,.. throughout the state of MissiSSippi. thnt what Bob Most$ had old ntUivt of 1\rli.ssissippi.a gradual(! of To.1pklo College. oow ~ lied the "Mfs.sis!tippi iceberg'" Wlili beginning to crack. 11te 3 SNCC Re1d S(K;'fetru')'. o£ po""'erl'ul (ramo, (o.lt "'klu, aod a ClVJd(m(O WllS not yet in chn.ngt-:9 in tho SQOi(d .~truCtwe O( the YOk:e thoH f(Xlt$ wid• p3$$ion at cburc:h m octh1~ fn tho DulttJ. state, btu i.n t11e peOple who cmorgod slOwly. QS rooks a~ Guyot, trylug to see the prisoner$. \\'Q.s qv.u;Uoll«< by Q state ouc by Ott(! out or a reccd.iug sea. lr'OO't>er. who became eomged when Cuyot u:lu!lcxl to .say Mrs. Pannie Lou llatoor, fon y·J~t."Veu , ma1•rred, the IJlother' "'Y~.J, f;Sr,"' ~t)d ''No, t:l r." T he troopt.T $liipped Cuyot f'e{JCQtcd- o( two children, has: been all her lite A .sbarecropper to Ru&e. 1y, tb(m t-urned him over to a gl'O\Ip ol CIH.tent Couoctl man~

vlllo, Mboissippi (Suu&wcr County, wl""e James Eaatlaud br.:t1. They heal l1im u-ntil he oouldn•t lift hb: lmtl$1 hit- him has hi• plantation). I spoke to her at a Sfo/CC $(alf mediJ1g 1o again and apin i.n his face 'mtil hk e)~ " 'eft! so s-.'OOen be Cl«'oMllc, Mismsippl.lu late 19113. on a rted.., bee door. She told how she got in1o tht- fi\OVt:mtnt : vbit wbt-u .she got back to Creeuwood: "Aune lJc·.~ fll<.."C was I went to a lntrtingat this t huK'l\..IIW:I they amwu.need ubouc swollen.•.. She oouJd h.1.rely talk. S~ looked -'l we and w;u ab{t) to whi~per one word: fJ\EF.l)()M," till!! hn~rtant mass meeting. ~methfug wu wiun't UJQd to, 11r\d th(!)' 3::.Jd James .&vel would he s~-uing that night. So Mn. Hamer became :1. fl.e)d se<;rtt1uy for SNCC alter Jter l wcnl td church tltat MoudllJ nt,ht In JtuJcvillt. , , • )atrloC$ evic:Uou ft'OJn the plantation. Just AS M()S(Is and lite other­ l\cv~:~l did t:.lk that night and eVC'I')'thit~S he aaid. you know, "out,ddc:n:" h:td become Insider~. now chc lu&ld\:ts- were oo. made! &ense. AntJ alio, JUa Forman W'Jt tbtre. So wbco they ginnfng to lx_~roome otd:sid(m to the soc,cty lhc.')' 11tH.l grown up .copped talldr.~g. wdl, they want«! t·o lc1)0w, who w~dd go En. As Mn. ll:uner p\11 it: ~-o to regU'I:cr )VU see. ou tl~ partiouW Friday. and 1 Ldd IIJ) my hod. Yoo "'-t1..y ,.;.~ -id

A(tf!rhere\ictiob from the pbntilliollo ~f f$. HQ:I'rW'JCStayed Shortly alter the \Vinuoa incident, • vot..- regirtratioa with a friend in RuleW!e. Ton days t.ru. • oar drove by the ...... ,held lu a tiny church in the COitOD•gYOWmg vill:oge of Muso a.nd silcteen bullets were putnped h\to the bedroom ltta Uena. ju>t ootPde of c.-wood, was broken up by wh.cre 1he slept. She \\o"':ls out of the ho~ d~t nfgbt. Q.O(). no lfl•ob>bombf. \\-'hen forty-6ve Ncgroe.s m01.rebcd to the town OtiO was htJJ'L mar5h.'1'1 office to protest this, they w~ anesttd: the folkNtu 111ade il h••ic( stop in Winonoa, ~U$tb~ il>t>ft ;tnd $0Jnc My wife and t were in Greenwood fn Augw;t, 1963., wllt.'fl of tll.l•m wenl into the white wllitlng mom. ·rhc police came 1h()S(J Uhrcighc pt'Ople- G.nalJy were frc»t.l Or' boud. money and nrrcsled a.R of them, including Mtr. Hamer, who bad jmt •upplkxl by tLe NatiomJ Cotmcd of Churchtt, ThOll nlght 1tepped off t11e bns to see whnt waa h.l.ppening. 11ley we-re SNCC b.. dquartm bad ~.,eerie dlc Poodct, lo her tweotie<. y.. n old-....,..., 'J'<""Iod here •nUege 1u jail bad allected thdr eyes. One boy nuned otartod to to.. (..,ling Spelman.} After they got tu the jaJI 1111d were .»efXI.roted lMide. in it wftilc b• the "'hot box" :at PQrchrNn Penitentiary. or..J bad Mrt, HIUuc,:r beard AnncllescrcamJng. "I knew Anne.lk:'il voi«. stamped on it desperatety to restore t'lrcu13tloo. Medltal at­ Ar-.d 11hc w:u ptayin' f()r Cod to forgive chom •.•." tcmUon wa~ re.futr«< thern iu pr'ts~n. 11um tbeyc~tmc for Mrs:. IJ(tmer. "I v.-.scurrlttd to.-11otJ.er N ow~ J)Uper reports about dcmonstn:tton nm'!:Sted in the cell wl,cfl! there was three white men 1\00 two Ne~ prlsonCI'$. Oeup Soutb have f.lt.we:r ooli."e)'e

9 1-lt qjd t'm Mkio' ~ou to ~a,... ntJW W• ,:.Sd wrr t-":lmt' to "llij df'C'lckou t>an t~~ !ll:flt ft. T h£>ce's uo Ml\b:\ 1~ Coltcgc in Jackr;an,ther. wf: ln 60 ~(I 11 \mly th e:Q1t)gy :~ t ()'J)Cr) l n~ (or Hghtor:u.l.l': t here wa~ ;. lllti\H•tu t~k undorthcdoor-. Boston Uuh·t•r.sity. He h~d bef:n :UTf!'$tc•d lt>•u• llrncs smce 1900 hn~ y()u cG\ildn'l see )'Oltl hand ht'I C~t• >'(!\II' £~<'ft lc."-'1 )'OU g!'!t (or v~a ri Ot.u c:ivil rig lt L'i actious and wus Oil('<" b·l'f'ton 111 a jnil in d ()WU Oil )'OUI' knees, \\'btu tbcy ,&.tilt fl,ld)' II) ft:tlll )'()u lh"'Y hl•nd the tr:~~y tlu'Obgb 41 Unlo rloot whiC'I• tlk·y colo~nd MOrltgomrry. T he lh:nry-JGng p l.1tforn\ Sh'(':->'1~1 dw sobjt!C­ dlt"U >'''- t;:~n'r £:it unJcss )'0\1 grt di1\HI ~'" )ttttr \.uc·~ h)· tht! tk>n uf ()QOt" wbnes as wdl as Ne~~ to t1w t'«itica-1 a.OO t."'t e.:••lin' lu tfK. door-tbn yov Nln ..,,. hfM. m l!:at • .And t..'C'OilOm'c dtctatoohi:p th:.t h:ad so long ntu th.tt s t'l t~ ~r Mk­ t~ h..td ~ huk> round bof(' • t.br 6oor ..t.kh w.a-\ ;a WtJI­ ~•»fJ)pt. ....J.... All tlw- ci\;1 rigt~u «gouuzattoru tJ\ W Council o( Fed· t .. J~tcd Otpr_,r.llio-1-.s ~ted 1n the l_'tlM)':ttgn, ttnd Soh :\t:);l tO Speak ~~'a.S Jesse )ames Clo\·('r, o.nod~r tc:cnaJ,.'t:f. ~t w.·> of SSCC cLre<1.c:.'d d. w JtlJ b.Uot bu.n-s placed in who told of moe of lh¢(11 bemg put Ul the h()t boll' one time, ehW'<'ht., and J)lf'eling t'boes lhf'OI.•ghout 1hc '-1Atc, wh<"'l'C :md tlu rtt'(·n anotl•r:r t-ime. 3dult Neg~Of•$ C0.1ld rome aod \ ote. fu C)(.-tohc·r and Novern~ bl!r, hvndtti.Ju.ll'l ~"-~.tu.w we dtdn-t "'utt to t,«t in t.•a_n,·:&»iU't along with Cb:.ulic Cobh. P!'O()k' wtl'ft t.H.I their tht hot ho'll: 11g:~-tn. "l"beu a f~ fei~J Vlfff talkin& to each rtOtU p(ll'\.hes., OOck from dmreh. or in dk' bad. )·ard. As othtr- l ftt CJfJ1l" d~\'t' Otly u iHWOf thisngit:•tio.o , , , I lo c-:tme :\f'OIUI{I llnd it'iid. ")'uu gcm m• fi'I(W~jl yt'M1 gon:n;l :"ound tw l'e. N.lggers 'toml-d bete don't need to vote. so y<~ u ,,'IO..,.e r And lw: f'dg.htc:Mn' s head. shout\Dg' oriel him, 1"'- I'd b. ~d oo hdp.""" I •una! '""" .._ ~You and the other godd:amn ).1 ~ nlggt:rs •rovl'd here au)~l Oil, "' r~ my rnoc.ht-r didn't "'"nil Me 10 be lo ~ 1l.cn gomu gil nuthin hut a hoUet in 1he h.aidi iU.'rk ~ cl a hird"- (]lf" rr-.ali~ it woold 1M!~ foc Jw:-r • nd for 100 .• . s."he-lold 1't n gonnt1 kill you, niggerl" Another poJICP!lUn e;une OVf>l" and ~ I \,Y'i the p;uitar and .;: h tu~h. wt::}d)rni•\g back t..he P.v'<.'lllll.:)n prl$1mt'r5, !linging dro.ws ltilarfom. cartOOo.'i with (:hW'tOa.l ( hl~ gre::uCsl crenUou r rt"'''ll()l'n lOOJ)&' Vlith {U) OW•rpQWI'thlg ,;puh ()nt! Of the- 'J'8· iJ ~Supc rsntol:,• a ltul'nble-Ncgro jauJtor nl!f!l <'d 'forn who tum~ cumcd p nsOO('fS was M_other Peddo.>, (r.&gi)Q and Snl.'\ U, .sexen­ into "Stt)Jit:U nJcl: .. at will and :saves hb brcthrt-n from Mi~sis· ty-fi~ )eat!' old, ~,~.oho hadj\1st ,pent. 11"-r the rdt, twotnOULhs sippi ,.hcrl.tfs). We.t.\'er jotut..-d the SNCC .)lalf in time for the oo ttW' ("()unty prisnl1 furm for "'anting tO rc.-p'\tf't to YOC:~. Cars ..-,~·d Ofn &.llot ('Qm~gn. He '\\'{()(e rsvm MIMI.Uippi: Rlkd "'"h ~ hite nl!f'n l'l.Jillb&Pd b) Jlot•~ 1hc roac:l that passed n,. Ddt• lit.$ T'acao\ and buTeo all cb.y: It broods in t!w­ by ~~ oo ..... d~ doo.-, but t.M m•~·ehog :and dlf• ~in:in& •--ent on.. C'\mtn& an.J it nics aD ni,P i ptho f~ that the Hoh Mosoes spol«. told lht thh f-rom the State of ~l bsi ~iplll what they UoC'J'\·ed. as mus-t be (o,·cd ur hated •• , ot lltl(lt If.)· hard to imagine ho"'• humM })(lings. Anyone wh o fch the lll'ge got up to spc~ An nny n u1llic but the blu¢11 cQuM hu\'0 tnknt root in Ihe bla<'.k old m1\1\ rose on his cru:w and .t;:\id !11ow1y. thoughl£ully ~ .. AU !IQII nround me. these )'C:MS, f{Qing :•long I:H.Ihind my pkh\-'1 t 1h ougl•t someday thlu~·' would <"h!tngc. U11L I nc\·c~•· tl t l':il fiCd fll St-.: il uow..." Weaver $t\t)'(':rc slrnply otfcflng IIi pf("(:e o( s'nce RtooonstructiOn.. With Negron: prh'f'f'ltffi-by intnn..ida­ U("'..;l: ..Wt ~rt" not :aftaid... tlou rot>d rtprisal-lrom registl'riug ond VO:groes lu.d rrnrlud baDob for Otnl)· ..~ io{lo~ (o.,, times o.mocrat, and Rubell'bi!JiJl'. scgreptlonlst Rei"Jbbn), io tbc nu;nlbf.r omcu.Uy registered in the ~lttr It .s.htw.'~ Bob

10 Mos~t~ .54kl, that M~is:sippi NCg~s u;pi that could not be stifled. .Perlwp.,o; 1.004 )'QUUg>ttlrs were SUll uOt af'r~id, des-pllt) everything th:\-1 hi.lc) wm,11d be- llu:: yoor for the transformation of the st;t,te of Mis­ happelied in the last- two yeotrs, tQ :move h\to the towns and sissippi. SNCC nOW had 130 stae_: members throu9"out the \riUages and furm:Jaud of Mississippi and t-alk to people about Sooth, wHh JQ.rty of tll<:Se jilil-futrdeued you.ogstcn- roncen­ what the future might be likb. tratcd i.n M.ississfppi, sprea~ out in d.itlc:rcnt places thr<;~ughout For SNCC the McComh d~YJ of 1961 h~d OOcn 11 quick the s.tate. One of th~eplaces , h1 Forrest County, was tlH~ Little aud ugly rebulf-. 'The G(eenwood ronoentr:~tio)l of J002-l963, city of flattit:sbtug.

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ID'..ro. by Qelltri O$ ~ Text, sung; by .R,Dlf;RS .llld U.O SJ~, sp1rltuah, r:osp:.IIJwth•w $0~ 8111 B&:cyo!i 'lo'lth gllUa,r, WoJy, Wily, Pr.le't>.!l, SMl.Y AbO, P'U~Ifl SONOS 0¥ '1lf£$U'F'f1tA08'1'T&8, J~PCbTtlli,r.;l" .liUA!: bY '11le M'oottCtlittt')' C08PQI 'f'no, 1't!Q ~\0 DuU YI!C'etU, Jlappl.lw..$:1 SQn~, (:h.bbolm TnJI• Mi Cha~n, l:ltlk Xflldlt ..ttl SOl Jnlty oU-tbtrcuJtar• . Columb.1A'41 ~ujrll­ Qlliftet and Goy Cllnw.u~. This Ultle U;t!l ot ld.lnel, (lalUtpdclu, 0\'MB ~~a.l· BGys, El"ko C~J. CO't'et6• ter$, UDC!4' .sam•s weod1111!a,'Xt>e_pwon~oao l.tl~r~'J*"rct, Let 'l'be,te'!l-. Meotllll Hl!rt ToJUctll, Root.; M)' SOIJJ, Holll Oo., menl Claim, Drill Ye 'I'&.Tr W!u, Jtn"' JlUI:.9', Shoot tM 'J'be u.- ..w ~k our )IUQt~;J, T.uattou T.vra.w:at, 1-rM Let" Us Bru.. · Br~ ~ltwr, W• llf\\ Sold1ou b the S nftalo, So toot. SlllW' Ktod, Llouw ~Y. 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J:.dwtn ~iuldau, D.l.n'idof, and 10e1..nnc tll(! votees Ql Strtnc x.ow, s.Ht a.artot; 01 RlloyJ oo oer.11 MoMIJ' Jou Dr. ~ t.uthll t tct•c. RaJ~ ~cam_, GteQn..'lold S'ttls, ~" ~; tlattl• Hym• ol til. n.PibUc. Pl. J'-'Jtl• Post;y .UolWIC!.et'1 Ke-by MUter Sm.dh, PllWpo llo"rl011~ Olory: Sl4{4rn•llll 1>>: ~pb Buac:M -.:1 Mar)' McLeod J}J'. Johll R. ~m; E ftiiiS a- .fiOrtOtal 4XJ1$1'1- aftbullel T.rollb.lll Ill Mlnd; UUlU R:.ic; I"n1 NUt &lilc:b; U I' ~QMI tD the llltvgn.Uoo .sll'll"k 1.n tbe South b)' aov, .,.,..,,Mut rue; Otp.ta Orl!IMr'a swtcc. conw\tt. tm. Ralph .IUM!l'-11&-tb)'. ~'! tut5. ~ 1-tev h·l/l rpmlo"QSPI$r ,..cord ...... - ...... - ~q,96 1~11.. 3'-t·t/3 t'P"'IOilirlila1·" ''"'''' '"''''''''"" .. ,, .... f!i.!il~ f'C'JI)-~ COSH, WHAT A- WO!f-OORI' UL WOt~~ J>~S. 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