Mississippi and the Fifteenth Amendment

Originally aired on the CBS Television Network on September 26, 1962 as episode of program CBS reports

A college student, a schoolteacher and a fellow of the National Science Foundation were all three ruled illiterate by the local circuit clerk and ineligible to vote. Filmed in 1962, this program reveals the double standards and the dangers faced by African-Americans registering to vote in Mississippi. Interviews with local officials, segregationists, lawyers, clergy and citizens on both sides of the color line expose what amounted to a tacit conspiracy to deprive certain people of their constitutional right to stand up and be counted.
 - Aug. 14, 1962 -- scene of 5 black women and Amzie Moore try to register at Indianola County Courthouse -- women enter court.
 - Interview with Amzie Moore on trying to register blacks in Ruleville
 - Interview with Mrs. Hattie Sisson -- scenes of house with shots though window
 - Interview with Mrs. Rebecca McDonald about being shot at after trying to register.
 - Interview with Ruleville mayor Charles Darrow.
 - Inerview with McComb student, Curtis Hays. Scenes of students canvassing door to door.
 - Interview with Bob Moses.
 - Interview with William J. Simmons, national head of White Citizens' Councils.
 - Interview with William L. Higgs.
 - Interview with white racist from Hattiesburg on black suffrage
 - Interview with former mayor and White Citizens' Council head, Edward J. Curry. (Verse of "Leaning on the Everelasting Arm" sung by church congregation