EPISODE · May 22, 2017 · 7 MIN
MSM 527 Ernestine Evans Scott, Pt. 2 - When COFO came to Town
from Mississippi Moments Podcast
The Council of Federated Organizations or COFO, was organized in 1961, to promote voter registration in Mississippi. In this episode, Benton County, Mississippi native Ernestine Scott recalls joining the group as a teenager. She also remembers one civil rights worker arrested for attending a basketball game. Prior to the Voting Rights Act, election officials used reading comprehension tests to prevent blacks from registering to vote. Ernestine Scott describes how they worked to prepare for the test.
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