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SUNFLOWER COUNTY - ACTIVITY REPORT, Monday, Jan. 12, 1965 Six voter registration workers went to Morrhead today to canvass. Our*» purpose was to get people to go to the sourthouse tomorrow in Indianola, with the long range goal of setting up a project in Moorhead. We had been to Morrhead before, but never to get people to register. 325 people cast "freedom votes" here during the "freedom election," During the summer we passed out leaflets urging people ot come to Indianola to meetings, telling the importance of voting and urged the signing of freedom registration forms. We were in town for two hours today. Ten people promised to come to the courthouse in Indianola tomorrow. Once k dy told me she was plain scared and that's all. Another lady wanted to know tifeat we would do if she couldn't find work as a result of registering. I told her of the food and clothing campaign. One lady told a feraacBe worker she was afraid her husband would lose his job. One local girl is working on voter registration. The ten people will be picked up by us in the morning at 9 a.m. At approximately 1 p.m. tonorrow we will canvass again for voter registration. There is a precinct meeting tonight in Indianola. This precinct has been going for about four weeks. - JANUAFY 12, 1965: None of the ten people we expected to come to the courthouse from Moorhead were prepared to bo when I came to pick them up this morning. They weee all scared. Each had an excuse. One lady's husband told her not to go. One lady was sick, another had to work. A white man in town told an old woman at the "freedom day" not to be involved anymore. This same woman decided not to go to the courthouse this morning. She had been frightened. Her friend who was going with her decided not to go. One lady failed to answer the door. Two COFO workers were left in town in the morning to get people to go to the courthouse this afternoon. Two people were carried to the courthouse this afternoon. Two people were carride to the oourthouse this afternoon. Five of us canvassed until k p.m. Six peole are supposed to go to Indianola tomorrow. I will pick them up at 9 a.m. They are all women except one. Two of the women are in their early 30*s. The others are older. There is potential leadership in the two younger. One, Queen Ester Harris, participated in the Greenwood demonstration this summer. She had been attending mass meetings in Itta Bena. The other is anxious and very literate. She will wpobably teach Voter Registration and literacy in a couple of weeks. Mrs. Harris had a house, xdiich she rents from a Negro woman?? it can be used for V.R. meetings. She is looking for a place for some worker to stay (probably me). If she can't find some other place, someone can stay at her place. We jblan a meeting of some 15 - 20 people for Monday. I'm supposed to pick up people tomorrow morning and afternoon to go to the courthouse. - JANUARY 13, 1955 At • p.m. thr«re people were ready to go to the courthouse to register. At 1 p.m. one other lady went. She is ready to get more involved in the movement. Three people canvassed the town the rest of the afternoon. An elderly couple and a mman will go to the couthhouse on Friday afternoon. As We canvassed this afternoon we found that people wanted to lave a meeting. When they learn there is a test to take, they would like to talk to other people about it and go over the test in a group. This gives a little more confidence. We hope to have a meeting this Monday might. - JANUARY 111, 1965 . COFO meeting in Jackson. I have former] no definite opinion of the meeting. - JANUARY 15, 1965 Two people from Morrhead went to Indianola to register. One, Mrs. Terry, could be a good contact if she had to be. Her daughter is active and wants to be more active. 9ie (the mother) is ove*»-protective and holds her back a little. I wouldn't depend on this contact right now. An older man, Mr, Drain, went to register also. He had been a year before we came to town. Very literate. There was a precinct meeting in Indianola and a mass meiing in Ruleville.
Object Description
Title | King--Sunflower County activity report, Monday, Jan. 12, 1965 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 10) |
Author/Creator | King, Mary E., 1940- |
Folder Description | This is an unattributed one-page report on voter registration efforts in Sunflower County in January 1965. |
State | Mississippi; |
Place | Sunflower County; Moorhead; Indianola; Greenwood; Itta Bena; Jackson; Ruleville; |
Subject | voter registration; unemployment; voting; food drives; clothing and dress; poor; Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); literacy tests (election law); demonstrations ; |
Personal Name | Harris, Queen Ester; ; ; |
Event Date | 1965-01; |
Year | 1965; |
Month | January; |
Language | English |
Source | Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 10; WIHVK1420-A |
Format | reports and surveys; |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
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Page Text | SUNFLOWER COUNTY - ACTIVITY REPORT, Monday, Jan. 12, 1965 Six voter registration workers went to Morrhead today to canvass. Our*» purpose was to get people to go to the sourthouse tomorrow in Indianola, with the long range goal of setting up a project in Moorhead. We had been to Morrhead before, but never to get people to register. 325 people cast "freedom votes" here during the "freedom election" During the summer we passed out leaflets urging people ot come to Indianola to meetings, telling the importance of voting and urged the signing of freedom registration forms. We were in town for two hours today. Ten people promised to come to the courthouse in Indianola tomorrow. Once k dy told me she was plain scared and that's all. Another lady wanted to know tifeat we would do if she couldn't find work as a result of registering. I told her of the food and clothing campaign. One lady told a feraacBe worker she was afraid her husband would lose his job. One local girl is working on voter registration. The ten people will be picked up by us in the morning at 9 a.m. At approximately 1 p.m. tonorrow we will canvass again for voter registration. There is a precinct meeting tonight in Indianola. This precinct has been going for about four weeks. - JANUAFY 12, 1965: None of the ten people we expected to come to the courthouse from Moorhead were prepared to bo when I came to pick them up this morning. They weee all scared. Each had an excuse. One lady's husband told her not to go. One lady was sick, another had to work. A white man in town told an old woman at the "freedom day" not to be involved anymore. This same woman decided not to go to the courthouse this morning. She had been frightened. Her friend who was going with her decided not to go. One lady failed to answer the door. Two COFO workers were left in town in the morning to get people to go to the courthouse this afternoon. Two people were carried to the courthouse this afternoon. Two people were carride to the oourthouse this afternoon. Five of us canvassed until k p.m. Six peole are supposed to go to Indianola tomorrow. I will pick them up at 9 a.m. They are all women except one. Two of the women are in their early 30*s. The others are older. There is potential leadership in the two younger. One, Queen Ester Harris, participated in the Greenwood demonstration this summer. She had been attending mass meetings in Itta Bena. The other is anxious and very literate. She will wpobably teach Voter Registration and literacy in a couple of weeks. Mrs. Harris had a house, xdiich she rents from a Negro woman?? it can be used for V.R. meetings. She is looking for a place for some worker to stay (probably me). If she can't find some other place, someone can stay at her place. We jblan a meeting of some 15 - 20 people for Monday. I'm supposed to pick up people tomorrow morning and afternoon to go to the courthouse. - JANUARY 13, 1955 At • p.m. thr«re people were ready to go to the courthouse to register. At 1 p.m. one other lady went. She is ready to get more involved in the movement. Three people canvassed the town the rest of the afternoon. An elderly couple and a mman will go to the couthhouse on Friday afternoon. As We canvassed this afternoon we found that people wanted to lave a meeting. When they learn there is a test to take, they would like to talk to other people about it and go over the test in a group. This gives a little more confidence. We hope to have a meeting this Monday might. - JANUARY 111, 1965 . COFO meeting in Jackson. I have former] no definite opinion of the meeting. - JANUARY 15, 1965 Two people from Morrhead went to Indianola to register. One, Mrs. Terry, could be a good contact if she had to be. Her daughter is active and wants to be more active. 9ie (the mother) is ove*»-protective and holds her back a little. I wouldn't depend on this contact right now. An older man, Mr, Drain, went to register also. He had been a year before we came to town. Very literate. There was a precinct meeting in Indianola and a mass meiing in Ruleville. |
Language | English |
Source | Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 10 |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
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