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The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi

Various Artists
The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi

The Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC) was an organization based in Greenwood, Mississippi that fought for voter registration rights for African-American citizens. Powered by the relentless and courageous efforts of young activists, SNCC assembled more than 80,000 Blacks to vote in the Freedom Ballot campaign of 1963. SNCC organized the campaign in order to allow African-American voters to participate in an election process from which they had long been forced out, and to allow them to support a candidate of their choice. This recording, narrated by SNCC co-founder Bob Moses, is a compilation of testimonies highlighting the struggle endured by African-Americans in SNCC during this time. Voter Cleveland Jordan explains the intent of those involved perfectly when he says, "We don’t mean to fight and we don’t mean to run. We just mean to go to the polls and get our freedom."


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Track Listing

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Bob Moses, Greenwood church parishioners
02:51
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102
Clarence Jordan, Greenwood citizens
03:57
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103
Greenwood church parishioners, Bob Moses, Willie Peacock
05:05
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104
Bob Moses, Greenwood citizen
03:07
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105
Bob Moses, Greenwood citizen
01:37
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106
Bob Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer, Greenwood church parishioners
02:45
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107
Bob Moses
03:38
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201
Greenwood church parishioners, Willie Peacock
04:43
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202
Bob Moses, Greenwood church parishioners, Greenwood citizen
05:08
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203
Dick Gregory, Medger Evers
10:00
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204
Bob Moses, Greenwood citizens, Greenwood church parishioners
03:58