. >> and niles county played a particular role in the voting rights struggle, because you've got selma to the west, montgomery to the east, lyons county became the county where if you were a snic, you didn't want to be out after dark. lyons county became a place you could seek shelter in the community. can you tell a little about that, the role that lans county played in voting rights and others? >> there were several who owned their own farms, and they could afford to participate in civil rights actively without having a lot of repercussion. they lost businesses and all of that, but because they all owned homes, they could help out in the movement more. there was a man named john jackson who owned property, and he knew that if these young men kept moving, they were going to get killed. he let these snic workers live in their house. it is called the freedom house now, and it is still standing. that was one of the way that the lowndes county people helped to protect the snic workers coming in. >> we just saw up on the screen the cover for dr. jeffrey's book and the sort of sandwich boar