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Transcription: [00:30:38]
And perhaps that was the beginning of the intimidation that we have received throughout the campaign.

[00:30:44]
Because since then, men and women have been arrested, they have been cursed out, they've been beaten, they've been shot at, they've had to hide out for their lives, all because the negroes and the white people who want to be free in mississippi joined hands and said we're going to be free now.

[00:31:18]
Today, the police are trying another tactic to, disencourage us, and perhaps to hamper our campaign.

[00:31:28]
When [[Rolling Folk]] today, I'm informed the police took the ballot boxes with the votes in them.

[00:31:36]
We hope that they will enjoy what they see.

[00:31:41]
Because I can bet them right now that the votes gonna show something like a hundred to, to two or three that they're for Ed King and Aaron Henry, right their in [[Rolling Folk]].

[00:31:57]
We certainly want to express our appreciation too.

[00:32:02]
For perhaps this incident, it was in this very room on October 6th, when the council of federated organizations met here in its annual meeting.

[00:32:12]
And this particular meeting was turned into a political convention.

[00:32:17]
And nominations were made for the standard [[?]] of those who would carry the banner of the freedom movement into the campaign.

[00:32:24]
And it was at that meeting that it became my privilege, responsibility, and honor, to receive the vote of confidence of the freedom workers present, to carry the banner of freedom, I want you to know I'm grateful to you for the confidence you've placed in me, I want you to know that I will forever be grateful for this confidence, and will always do the best that I can, to be worthy of the fact that you believe in me.

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We want to express our appreciation to Robert Moses, who serves as campaign manager for this particular movement, who has given us all of the consolation and guidance that he possibly can.

Transcription Notes:
Likely that at 32:17, standard bearers is the unknown word.