“Now look at Lafayette there,” Bevel would say; “he’s from Florida and so he can go home any time he wants if it doesn’t work out. All he has to do is get on a bus to Tampa. But you’re from Mississippi. They know you here. They’re going to come after you. If you come with us, your mother and father might lose their jobs. So you better know what you’re getting into.” Then he would tell them to sleep on it and come back in the morning.
