Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote
Forrest County, Mississippi, became a focal point of the civil rights movement when, in 1961, the United States Justice Department filed a lawsuit against its voting registrar Theron Lynd. While thirty percent of the county's residents were black, only twelve black persons were on its voting rolls. United States v. Lynd was the first trial that resulted in the conviction of a southern registrar for contempt of court. The case served as a model for other challenges to voter discrimination in...
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The personal account of a community and a lawyer united to battle one of the most recalcitrant bastions of resistance to civil rights
PrefacePrologue In the Office of Registrar Luther Cox 3"How Many Bubbles in a Bar of Soap?"1 Race-Haunted Mississippi 62 A Civil Rights Division in Justice 193 Civil Rights and the 1960 Campaign 304 Theron Lynd and the End of an Era 365 Preparing for Trial 396 The New Judge in the Southern District of Mississippi 537 The First Witness, Jesse Stegall 638 For the Defendants 779 The Burgers of Hattiesburg M.M. Roberts Roberts, M. M. 8610 The Other Young Turks M.M. Roberts Roberts, M. M. 9411 Eloise Hopson Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 109"I'd Like to See Them Make Me Change Anything I Want to Say" Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck12 Hercules and Its Inside Agitator, Huck Dunagin Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 11613 Huck's Men Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 130The Black Workers at Hercules Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck14 B.F. Bourn, Storekeeper and Freedom Fighter Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 15415 The Reverends James C. Chandler and Wayne Kelly Pittman Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 15716 The Reverend Wendell Phillips Taylor Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 16717 The Leader, Vernon Dahmer Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 17618 The White Witnesses and the Women Who Registered Them Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 17919 "Negro or White Didn't Have a Thing in the World to Do with It" Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 190Theron Lynd Takes the Stand Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck20 Ike's Fifth Circuit Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 199Getting On with the Job at Hand Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck21 After the Trial Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 21322 Mississippi Today Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 231Epilogue Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 234Acknowledgments Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 236Notes Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 238Bibliography Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 260Index Chuck Lewis Lewis, Chuck 265
