Word: mississippis
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...national black strategy, regardless of who devises it. In addition, last month's state and local elections revealed that blacks do not necessarily vote as a bloc. Stokes' hand-picked successor in Cleveland was defeated, as were 233 of the 284 blacks who ran for office in Mississippi. Moreover, black voter turnout was far below expectations in many areas. Some black politicians have concluded that a national campaign is premature. They would prefer to see the funds and energy spent on grass-roots organizing -voter education and canvassing, and turning out the vote on Election...
...Kennedy also refused to come to Mississippi to help Evers. Evers spent almost two solid months campaigning for Robert Kennedy in 1968, but the most Ted Kennedy would do for Evers was to give him a fundraising party at his home in Massachusetts...
Lindsay sent a number of his advancemen to Mississippi for the two weeks before the election. Two of his workers did some advance work, but were not skillful enough to take over election day operations in a county. Another Lindsay worker went to Adams County and tried to give the impression that he knew everything there was about Mississippi politics. He made frequent references to "Big John" and infuriated the local people by talking about successful campaigns he had waged in New York City...
...John Bell Williams. He won the first primary against six white opponents but was forced to face a runoff because he had not won a majority. He lost the runnoff by a 2-1 margin to a single white opponent but proved that he was the dominant force in Mississippi black politics...
Despite the obstacles Evers faced, progress was still made. Evers got 5,191 more votes in the third Congressional District in his race for Governor than he did in the second primary in 1968. His effort marks the beginnings of a statewide black political machine in Mississippi. As he said in his letter to volunteers thanking them for their help: "What we did this fall was the start of a new era in the south. All the struggle and sacrifices of the '60's, all the pain and fear, were carried out so that today we could begin to build...