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Relates a situation during the James Meredith Mississippi March in June 1966. Significance of the support shown by the state police to the demonstrators; Warning issued to the participants by Leon Hall, a staff worker for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and captain of the line marshals at the march; Tactic implemented in the demonstration.

Presents information on voting rights of the African Americans. View that the voting rights bill is a fair attempt to let Southern African Americans participate in the democratic process; Opinion that the existence of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) is unsettling to conservative civil rights groups; Role of MFDP in encouraging rural Mississippians to participate in the civil rights movement.

Focuses on the notoriety of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party during the Democratic National Convention. Party's campaign for President Lyndon B. Johnson. Plan of the group to stage political rallies for nearly every community in Mississippi; Positions held by party leader Aaron Henry; Fear of civil rights observers that violence may be more widespread in Mississippi; Subscription of the party to both the platform and the "liberal philosophy" of the Democratic Party as epitomized by the late John F. Kennedy.