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Piggyback Voter. Allen's supporters had hoped to keep the Negro vote down by dissuading individual Negroes from turning out. The arguments were quiet but forceful. The strategy failed, however, to counter Evers' volunteer poll watchers, who were equipped with walkie-talkies and who checked off voters against...
Though the whites shied away from his victory party, Evers' first message was directed at the men he had turned out of office. "Have no fear," Evers pledged. "We're not going to allow our power to abuse you or mistreat you like you've mistreated us...
Though the Loyal Democrats of Mississippi, a coalition of blacks lead by Charles Evers and white liberals like newspaper editor Hodding Carter, is the de jure party following its victory in Chicago last month it is not the de facto party. This presents massive confusion, since the old party led...
To flaunt that attitude in Alabama is asking for trouble, so Huie takes precautions. He and his wife Ruth live in a house that is designed for self-defense. Every room has an outside exit. Spotlights have been placed on the roof, on the patio, on the lawn. Many of...
Other states go through the motions of holding state conventions to pick their national delegates, but the results can be just as rigged. In Mississippi, with a Negro population of 42%, only three of the 44 delegates selected to go to Chicago are Negroes. Civil Rights Leader Charles Evers, one...