Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote

Klappentext In 1961! Forrest County! Mississippi! became a focal point of the civil rights movement when the United States Justice Department filed a lawsuit against its voting registrar Theron Lynd. While 30 percent of the county's residents were black! only twelve black persons were on its voting rolls. Count Them One by One is a comprehensive account of the groundbreaking case written by one of the Justice Department's trial attorneys.

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In 1961, Forrest County, Mississippi, became a focal point of the civil rights movement when the United States Justice Department filed a lawsuit against its voting registrar Theron Lynd. While 30 percent of the county's residents were black, only twelve black persons were on its voting rolls. Count Them One by One is a comprehensive account of the groundbreaking case written by one of the Justice Department's trial attorneys.