Table of Contents
List of Photographs ix
Foreword John Dittmer xi
Reflections on the Local Movement by Lawrence Guyot xv
Preface xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
Part 1 Becoming Part of Holmes County
1 From California to Mississippi, August-September 1964 3
Their Stories: Sam and Laura Redmond
2 What We Walked Into: Early Voter Registration Efforts, Winter 1962-September 1964 23
Their Stories: Ralthus Hayes; John Daniel Wesley
3 Mileston, September-October 1964 45
Their Stories: Shadrach "Crook" Davis; Norman and Rosebud Clark
4 The Holmes County Community Center, November 1964-January 1965 67
Their Stories: Reverend Jesse James Russell
Part 2 Working with the People
5 The Congressional Challenge and Marching for Freedom, January-July 1965 81
Their Stories: Alma Mitchell Carnegie
6 School Desegregation, Head Start, and the Medical Committee, Spring 1965 to Early 1966 103
Their Stories: Kids Racing the Bug Sprayer
7 Voter Registration, December 1964-December 1965 127
Their Stories: McGee's Café
8 The Greenville Air Base Demonstration and the Community Action Program, January-December 1966 141
Their Stories: Rosie Head's Birthday Party; Reverend Joseph McChriston
Part 3 Building Political Strategies
9 Political Organizing, January-June 1966 157
Their Stories: Mr. and Mrs. Burrell Tate
10 The Meredith March, June-July 1966 173
Their Stories: Eugene Montgomery; A Group Gathers for a Countywide Meeting
11 The November 1966 Elections and Coalition Building, Fall 1966-January 1967 195
Their Stories: Rive People Comment about Henry Lorenzi
12 Reading "The Some People" Story and a Trip North, February-April 1967 211
Their Stories: Movement Visitors to the Balance Due House
Part 4 Developing the Slate of Candidates
13 Selecting the FDP Candidates from Holmes, January-June 1967 225
Their Stories: Robert G. Clark: The Day Is Coming
14 Black and White Issues with SNCC Workers, Summer 1967 239
Their Stories: Edgar Love and the Tchula Shootout; Alec Shimkin's Reflection
15 The Success of the 1967 Holmes County Elections, September-November 1967 259
Their Stories: Mary Lee Hightower; Robert G. Clark, at a Farmers Co-op Meeting; A Late-Flight Meeting with Robert G. Clark
16 Changed Lives: Celebrating the Movement and Its People 273
Afterword 275
Acknowledgments 277
Chronology of Movement Events in Holmes County and the United States 281
Index 295
