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Speaker One : Now we'll have a talk by Bob Moses on the economic and political structure of the south. As you know [[in a whisper [what's this]
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Speaker One :... ya
{Audience member}: [[?]]
Speaker One : ..huh..
{Audience member}: [[?]]
Speaker One: ya, it's a virtue

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Speaker One: You all know Bob has been the director of the Mississippi project for the past three years and has just been the.... has just completed..the..uhh. voter registration drive, [[My]] voter registration Drive to show to this country what would happen if the thousands of Negroes who lived in the south [[?]].. distance franchise would be able to have the vote and gain their rightful political power.

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Speaker One: Bob Moses [[tapping sounds]].. is probably the most qualified person to speak on the topic, not because he has written a great deal of books on the topic, but because he experiences and has to deal with the economic and political structure of Mississipi in his everyday life. I'd now like to present to you (if he's around), Bob Moses.
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Bob Moses: The fact I haven't written any...

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