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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
We have a few telegrams that we have received concerning our venture here. We will not be able to read them all, because they all voice the sentiment of Americans from all over this country to the philosophy that the movement here will be a success and that negroes and whites too in Hattiesburg will have the uninhibited right to become a registered voter and thus a citizen of our community.

[00:21:03]
I'd like to read, perhaps, let's say one or two. This one is from Mrs. Dorothy Height, the national president of the National Council of Negro Women.

[00:21:17]
We take pride in the leadership you are giving in the effort to uphold civil rights of citizens to register. We stand ready to be with you, and to support your every effort. Signed, Mrs. Dorothy Height.

[00:21:37]
Let's go out to that court house and get our rights tomorrow. Let us register for first class citizenship by the thousands in Hattiesburg. Freedom. Washington SNCC.

[00:21:52]
We support the people of Hattiesburg in this blessed and glorious fight for their rights. With faith in the almighty and courage in our breasts, we shall overcome tomorrow. Walter Fauntroy. Washington Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

[00:22:09]
The others are of the same general tenor. The friends of SNCC from Chicago, and from [[Edgar Chandler?]] and [[Dorothy Steil?]] in Chicago. We certainly want to express our appreciation to our friends from other parts of the country who are expressing their concern about what we are trying for.