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183 “the Right Rev. Riot Inciter”: Belfrage, Freedom Summer, p. 164.
183 “Small Crowd Greets King”: Jackson Clarion-Ledger, July 22, 1964.
183 “It is a known fact”: Hattiesburg American, July 21, 1964.
183 “It is a sad commentary”: Shirley Tucker, Mississippi from Within (New York: Arco, 1965), p. 130.
184 “Latest Wave of Invaders”: Jackson Clarion-Ledger, July 22, 1964.
184 “Happily, the inclination toward violence”: Panolian, July 30, 1964.
184 “We do know that Communist influence”: New York Times, April 22, 1964.
184 “Hey, you don’t worry”: Carmichael, Ready for Revolution, p. 304.
184 “all communists speak Russian”: Panolian, July 4, 1964.
184 “mass invasion of Mississippi”: Congressional Record 110 (July 22, 1964): S 16036-37.
184 “stooges and pawns”: Jackson Clarion-Ledger, July 23, 1964.
185 “a long-time Communist legal eagle”: Congressional Record 110 (July 22, 1964): S 16040.
185 “beatnik looking crowd”: MDAH SCR ID# 2-20-2-2-2-1-1.
185 “If they ain’t calling you a Communist”: Blackwell, Barefootin’, p. 118.
185 “The history of America”: O’Brien, interview, November 12, 2007.
185 “Do you know what the Gettysburg Address means?”: O’Brien, correspondence, July 18, 1964.
186 “We can’t understand y’all”: Ibid.
186 “You haven’t a thing to worry about”: O’Brien, correspondence, July 10, 1964.
186 “the little darlings”: Ibid., July 13, 1964.
186 “Jekyll-Hyde transformations”: Ibid., July 28, 1964.
186 “my babies can’t be sold away”: O’Brien, interview, November 12, 2007.
186 “Well, you just read the book”: Ibid.
187 “Now,” she said: Ibid.
187 “Sometimes I feel I’m not doing much”: O’Brien, correspondence, July 18, 1964.
187 “the worst state in the Union”: Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1964, p. 21.
188 “And what about you, young lady?”: O’Brien, interview, November 12, 2007.
189 “Three young men came here”: New York Times, July 25, 1964.
189 “I just want to touch you”: Ibid.
189 “that there are churches”: Ibid.
189 “I know what fear is”: Belfrage, Freedom Summer, p. 169.
189 “We’ve been waiting for you”: SNCC Papers, reel 39.
189 “RE: Arguing with the Red Queen”: Ibid.
190 “Mrs. Hamer is back”: WATS Line, July 20, 1964.
190 “Listen,” the man said: O’Brien, correspondence, July 28, 1964.
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191 “How the ghosts of those three”: Martinez, Letters from Mississippi, p. 216.
191 “I believe with all my heart”: Mars, Witness in Philadelphia, p. 105.
191 “I just hope”: Ibid.
191 “If they were murdered”: Jackson Clarion-Ledger, August 4, 1964.
192 the grinding “hog”: Tucker, Mississippi from Within, p. 43.
192 “real rednecks”: Delta Democrat-Times, August 6, 1964.
192 “everyone who had been”: Cagin and Dray, We Are Not Afraid, p. 374.
192 “Nigger,” Rainey shouted: Whitehead, Attack on Terror, p. 114.
193 “the tipoff boys were waiting”: Meridian Star, August 6, 1964.
193 “a prolific letter writer”: New York Times, August 7, 1964.
193 “have the money ready”: Cartha “Deke” DeLoach, Hoover’s FBI: The Inside Story by Hoover’s Trusted Lieutenant (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1995), p. 185.
194 “I realize it may sound foolish”: New York Times, August 9, 1964.
194 “Only a fool would be happy”: Ibid.
195 “mother wit”: Blackwell, Barefootin’, p. 19.
195 “Get the white man out”: Dr. Stacy White, e-mail correspondence, May 20, 2008.
195 “Where have you people been?”: Sugarman, Stranger at the Gates, p. 173.
195 “Hello, Item Base”: Winn, interview, November 13, 2007.
195 “To be quite frank with you”: Winn, correspondence, n.d.
195 “Be very careful”: Winn, correspondence, August 18, 1964.
196 “counting them like a jail sentence”: Winn, correspondence, August 13, 1964.
196 “wasn’t going to turn the government over”: Williams, correspondence, July 13, 1964.
196 “very violent town”: Ibid.
196 “I been deputy”: Ibid.
196 “Communist!” and “Nigger lover!”: Ibid., July 28, 1964.