atch ie ▁County ▁Cour th ouse , ▁in ▁Sum ner , ▁Mississippi . ▁During ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁interview — made ▁public ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 — Car ol yn ▁Bry ant ▁dis closed ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁fabric ated ▁her ▁testim ony ▁of ▁Till ' s ▁actions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁the ▁county ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁black s ▁of ▁legal ▁voting ▁age , ▁but ▁fewer ▁than ▁ 2 7 0 ▁were ▁registered ▁because ▁of ▁disc rim ination ▁and ▁supp ression ▁by ▁whites . ▁Black s ▁had ▁been ▁essentially ▁dis f ranch ised ▁since ▁implementation ▁of ▁Mississippi ' s ▁new ▁constitution ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁establish ing ▁poll ▁tax es , ▁liter acy ▁tests ▁and ▁other ▁registration ▁bar riers . ▁Meanwhile , ▁ 9 5 % ▁of ▁el ig ible ▁white ▁vot ers ▁were ▁registered . ▁ ▁The ▁Student ▁Non vi ol ent ▁Co ordin ating ▁Committee ▁had ▁moved ▁its ▁headquarters ▁to ▁Green wood ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁and ▁by ▁late ▁March ▁of ▁that ▁year , ▁eight ▁SN CC ▁members ▁were ▁arrested ▁while ▁trying ▁to ▁register ▁vot ers . ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁Department ▁of ▁Justice ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Division ▁file d ▁suit ▁against ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Green wood ▁and ▁Le fl ore ▁County ▁to ▁obtain ▁their ▁release . ▁ ▁The ▁pet ition ▁was ▁denied ▁by ▁a ▁local ▁court , ▁but ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Green wood ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁volunt ary ▁agreement