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CONGRESSIONAL CHALLENGE HEARINGS
Thursday, Feb. 11, 1964
Cross Examination of George Raymond by the defense lawyer
for Prentiss Walker. (designated in this transcript bv the
letter "W")
9:30AM - Georr-e Raymond Jr.
The defense started cross examination by asking Georr.-e background ouestions about his home, where :e went to school and
who he worked for.
Ques: What other jobs have you eld?
Ans: I worked at -arttlme jobs during tne time I went to
school and then started working full-time for CORE
after I r-raduated from school.
(there proceeded a dincussion about the electrical shorta e
which prevented a staff co munications person from the Jnckson
COFO Office from using his tape recorde . It seems that the
outlet war-- working when he plugged in t.ie recorder but shortlv
afte>v/ard the outlet went dead. The defense lawyer contended
it was due to water damage to the Court ouse Building.)
Ques: Who is your In ediate supervisor?
Ans: Dick Jewett who is a Field Secretary for CORE
Ques: ow any workers for CORE are t ere in /Jisslssippi?
An s: 50
Question - Where do t ev work?
Ans: In the 3rd. and 4t.;. District
Ques: What is vour primary function in coming to Canton?
Ans: Voter Registration and helping the Negro people.
Ques: You sav vou are trvin^ to got all Negroes re'i-tered to
vote, but are all tne Negroes qualified?
Ans: No
Ques: Do vcu believe people who can't read or write s'-ould
be able to vote'
Ans: So ..e I do.
Ques: All Ne.-ro people?
Ans: White people too !
Object Description
| Title | CORE--Madison County Congressional Challenge hearings - partial transcripts, January-February, 1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 59) |
| Author/Creator | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District |
| Folder Description | This folder opens with a report from the Washington D.C. office on the opening round of the MFDP's congressional challenge, including a list of people from Canton to contact about testifying. There's a late January 1965 report on attempts to hold a hearing in Canton to collect depositions for the congressional challenge. Also a list of people subpoenaed to testify. A report to Friends of SNCC about the significance of the depositions and of serving subpoenas on white people who had intimidated local African Americans and kept them from registering to vote. Summaries of depositions follow about the difficulties placed in the way of African Americans' registering to vote and the consequences to them if they tried. |
| State | Mississippi; Washington, D.C.; |
| Place | Madison County; Canton; Jackson; |
| Subject | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Democratic Party (Miss.); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); courthouses; White Citizens councils; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); mass media; arrest; threats; intimidation; bombings; elections; assault and battery; Freedom Day; poll tax; United States Commission on Civil Rights; murder; police; police brutality; veterans; segregation; unemployment; Congress of Racial Equality; boycotts; United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964; jury; literacy tests (election law); |
| Personal Name | McCormack, John W., 1891-1980; Ryan, William F., 1922-1972; Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000; Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991; Green, Edith, 1910-1987; Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914-1991; Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006; DeVine, Annie; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Ashmore, Robert; Stavis, Morton; Kunstler, William M. (William Moses), 1919-1995; Kinoy, Arthur; Alexander, John C.; Brown, Mable; Byrd, Pearlean; Chinn, C. O.; Clay, Leonard; Dearon, Barbara; Hollis, Green; Jackson, Elmo, Jr.; Jones, Paul; Powell, Mennie; Smith, Robert; Watts, Ester Lee; Williams, Mattie; Washington, Benjamin J.; George, Francis D.; Singleton, Celia; Anderson, Bessie; Harper, Elijah; McCullough, Cassie; Smith, Earl; Everson, Beatrice; Catchings, Albert; Washington, Frank; Washington, Mae Frances; Rouser, Christine; Rouser, Arthur Lee, Sr.; Catchings, John; Jones, Hercules A.; Young, Jack; Campbell, L. Foote; ; Berman, Jack; ; Sandidge, Milton H.; Allen, D. M.; Allen, Frank E.; Brannon, W. B.; Cain, James; Cain, W. S.; Case, George Milton; Cauthen, Jack; Cauthen, Nathan; Connor, James T.; Cox, Robert; Evans, Earl; Hamblin, William; Raymond, George; Jalbert, George; Francher,J. R.; Goza, Robert; Hendrick, Leon F.; Henry, Edward C.; Johnson, Henry; Hughes, P. L.; Jones, Hermit; McGowan, M. M.; Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942-; Matthews, L. Stanley; Maynor, Tom; Noble, Bill; Noble, Otway; Riddell, Tom; Noble, Gus; Ross, Emmett; Thompson, Daniel C. (Daniel Calbert); Mannis, Hugh; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; Packer, Pat; ; ; ; Holley, Bruno; Goodlowe, John; ; ; Williams, Otha; McCullough, Clarence; ; Evans, Herbie; Johnson, Alex; Chance, John; Hampton, Judy; Stovall, Pinkie; Hall, Carsie A.; Esco, Eliza; Hamblin, McKinley; Nichols, Susan; Walker, Prentiss, 1917-1998; Jewett, Richard A.; Robinson, Marion; Mannes, Hugh; ; Mullins, Phil; Robertson, Mattie Williams; White, Blanca; Reid, George Washington; ; Durphy, John; Baldwin, Christine; Baldwin, Lizzie; Anderson, Bessie Mae; Chinn, C. O.; George, Francis, Mrs.; |
| Event Date | 1965; |
| Year | 1965; |
| Language | English |
| Source | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 59; WIHVC239G-A; |
| Format | memoranda; reports and surveys; transcripts; |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2014 |
| 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. |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | fsCOREMS4thR3S59 |
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| Page Text | CONGRESSIONAL CHALLENGE HEARINGS Thursday, Feb. 11, 1964 Cross Examination of George Raymond by the defense lawyer for Prentiss Walker. (designated in this transcript bv the letter "W") 9:30AM - Georr-e Raymond Jr. The defense started cross examination by asking Georr.-e background ouestions about his home, where :e went to school and who he worked for. Ques: What other jobs have you eld? Ans: I worked at -arttlme jobs during tne time I went to school and then started working full-time for CORE after I r-raduated from school. (there proceeded a dincussion about the electrical shorta e which prevented a staff co munications person from the Jnckson COFO Office from using his tape recorde . It seems that the outlet war-- working when he plugged in t.ie recorder but shortlv afte>v/ard the outlet went dead. The defense lawyer contended it was due to water damage to the Court ouse Building.) Ques: Who is your In ediate supervisor? Ans: Dick Jewett who is a Field Secretary for CORE Ques: ow any workers for CORE are t ere in /Jisslssippi? An s: 50 Question - Where do t ev work? Ans: In the 3rd. and 4t.;. District Ques: What is vour primary function in coming to Canton? Ans: Voter Registration and helping the Negro people. Ques: You sav vou are trvin^ to got all Negroes re'i-tered to vote, but are all tne Negroes qualified? Ans: No Ques: Do vcu believe people who can't read or write s'-ould be able to vote' Ans: So ..e I do. Ques: All Ne.-ro people? Ans: White people too ! |
| Language | English |
| Source | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 59 |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2014 |
| 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. |
| Digital Format | JPEG2000; |
| Digital Identifier | Micro 793 - Reel 3 00916 |