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...whom were working for the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) during the Freedom Vote, were charged with serving food to McComb citizens in "Freedom House"--COFO headquarters in McComb. Bail on the 13 was set at $100 each...
...Freedom Vote, sponsored by COFO, Mississippi Negroes will cast ballots for United States Senator, choosing between Sen. John Stennis (D-Miss.) and Aaron Henry, head of the state NAACP. 80,000 voters are expected to take part in the "election...
None of the authors had had any contact with the freedom movement until this summer, when COFO workers set up over 30 schools in Mississippi. By the end of the summer "newspapers" were being written and read in communities all over the state...
Despite such apathy, however, COFO workers report that the local Negro citizens are extremely excited about the five arrests of police officers and optimistic about their chances of conviction. Many of them do not exactly understand the charges against the five officers--they think the men have been charged with murder--but are simply elated over the fact that something has been done...
...Negro man told COFO workers, "I really think they'll be convicted." Then pausing he continued, "But if they're not, I'm leaving, 'cause things will be three times as bad around here...