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SNCC Voter Registration Workers Terrorized in McComb Mississippi

SNCC workers registering voters in McComb, Mississippi faced systematic terror in 1961: Herbert Lee was murdered, SNCC worker Bob Moses was beaten on courthouse steps, a Burgland High School student Curtis Hayes was beaten, and Marion Barry and other workers were imprisoned. Local law enforcement facilitated or ignored all attacks.

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  1. August 1961
    SNCC Voter Registration Workers Terrorized in McComb Mississippi

    SNCC workers registering voters in McComb, Mississippi faced systematic terror in 1961: Herbert Lee was murdered, SNCC worker Bob Moses was beaten on courthouse steps, a Burgland High School student Curtis Hayes was beaten, and Marion Barry and other workers were imprisoned. Local law enforcement facilitated or ignored all attacks.

  2. August 1961
    SNCC Voter Registration Workers Terrorized in McComb Mississippi

    SNCC workers registering voters in McComb, Mississippi faced systematic terror in 1961: Herbert Lee was murdered, Bob Moses was beaten on courthouse steps, and multiple workers were imprisoned. Local law enforcement facilitated or ignored all attacks on the registration campaign.