S4 E7: Freedom Summer
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A White Woman and a Black Man in a Decoy Vehicle
Mat swares was on the staff of the congress of racialu he remembers one night someone made the mistake of bringing a white volunteer to an organizing meeting. Word got out that a white woman was in the meeting with black men and a white mob, including men from the sheriff's department, gathered outside. Corps staff members decided to send out several black men in one car to draw the mob away and then sneak the white woman out in another car. Mat swarez: "They literally just pulverized him all day on the highway"
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