 Johnson was worried about the inroads that Republican Barry Goldwater's campaign was making in what previously had been the white Democratic stronghold of the "Solid South", as well as support that George Wallace had received in the North during the Democratic primaries.Johnson could not, however, prevent the MFDP from taking its case to the Credentials Committee.There Fannie Lou Hamer testified eloquently about the beatings that she and others endured and the threats they faced for trying to register to vote.