Interview with James Figgs
QUESTION 17
INTERVIEWER:
The only line that I want you to say is that, I was, I was, were you eighteen years old?
JAMES FIGGS:
I was 19.
INTERVIEWER:
Nineteen. I was nineteen years old when Dr. King came and marched that day.
JAMES FIGGS:
Do you want me to say my name or just say I was 19.
INTERVIEWER:
No, just I was. So whenever you're ready.
JAMES FIGGS:
OK. I was 19 years old when Dr. King came to Marks to organize the Poor People's Campaign.
INTERVIEWER:
That's it.
INTERVIEWER:
Let's do that once more.
JAMES FIGGS:
I was 19 years old when Dr. King came to Marks, Mississippi to organize the Poor People's campaign.
