We Didnt Come All This Way For

I Was Treated Much Better In Africa Than I Was Treated In America. And You See, Often I Get Letters Like This: "go Back To Africa."

I Am Determined To Get Every Negro In The State Of Mississippi Registered.

My Parents Tried So Hard To Do What They Could To Keep Us In School, But School Didn't Last But Four Months Out Of The Year And Most Of The Time We Didn't Have Clothes To Wear.

Actually, Some Of The Things I Experienced As A Child Still Linger On; What The White Man Has Done To The Black People In The South!

The Only Thing We Took Out Was The Constitution Of The State Of Mississippi And The Interpretation Of The Constitution. We Had 63,000 People Registered On The Freedom Registration Form. And We Tried From Every Level To Go Into The Regular Democratic Party Medium. We Tried From The Precinct Level. The 16th Of June When They Were Holding Precinct Meetings All Across The State, I Was There And There Was Eight Of Us There To Attend The Meeting, And They Had The Door Locked At 10 O'clock In The Morning. This Is What's Happening In The State Of Mississippi.