james lee pruett, jimmy pruett, came to the march with a whole contingent of people from mississippi. they get some of the biggest applause of the whole day at the march on washington. james lee pruett carried a sign with them, actually two sides. they were homemade signs, and one of them said, don't prosecute people for trying to sign up to vote. the other side said, a free vote for everybody in mississippi by 1964. for this effort, hampering his own sign, he was approached a security official who said you're not allowed to have your own sign. the march on washington committee have specifically set standards for how the site would come out. in fact, the united auto workers paid some sites, they had to make, and it was a group of people, the big ten, the organizers had to approve every single sign that was carried along the march from the washington monument to the lincoln memorial. and so there was reason for a security guard approached jimmy pruett and say, sorry, you can't carry that sign. jamie lee pruett was probably a little bit scared. he was probably a little bit intimidated.

jimmie lee pruett was probably a little bit scary. he was probably a little bit intimidated. he was probably a little bit surprised and so he frozen the moment. and finally someone caught out saint jimmy, showing the know. it's a jimmy or out of this pocket unfolded it and gave it to the security officer. and this is what the security officer read. back in may, jimmy pruett was arrested for taking part in demonstrations. he was convicted and sentenced to four months in prison plus a $400 fine for marching. he eventually ended up after a few days at the notorious prison just outside jackson mississippi one person in prison, for those of you who know the psychohistory was one of the most inhumane places to be held. he was held for a total of 52 days. he was stripped make it for 47 of the days. his body was covered with grease for much of the time. his prisoners told him that it was poison and it would kill him. he was giving to poultry meals a day and then the ration was cut in half. he was held in a six by nine-foot cell, with 13 other people. at one point he was in solitary co