Therefore, he tried to get black Mississippians to go down to the courthouse to register to vote.
Both sides have lined up rosters of people, especially black Mississippians, to support their version.
Informants, many of them black Mississippians, reported to the commission about plans for marches and boycotts.
Much of the film is dedicated to the interaction of the white students and the black Mississippians as they learn from each other.
The Federal Government and a group of black Mississippians who brought the original lawsuit against the state have been allies in the case since 1975.
Eventually, some 85,000 black Mississippians voted in ballot boxes placed in churches, restaurants and barber shops.
Ames tried unsuccessfully to ensure equal rights for black Mississippians.
They were there to take part in Freedom Summer, a campaign to register black Mississippians to vote.
During his march, 4,000 black Mississippians registered to vote.
In this latter aim, it succeeded in registering between 2,500 and 3,000 black Mississippians to vote.