[6] His time at the Illinois Central Railroad was filled with many dangerous situations, which led him to seek out a safer job at the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal organization that offered insurance to its members.
Binford was so successful at this job that he was organizing Woodmen units throughout Mississippi, which caught the attention of Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society.
Later cuts to or bans were ordered by the censor board to numerous films with African-American stars or topics, including Imitation of Life, Sensations of 1945, and Brewster's Millions (1945).
"[5] Boxoffice magazine noted in an editorial that Binford's opinion of The Southerner contrasted with that of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which endorsed the film as portraying "'the courage, stout-heartedness and love of our land which is an outstanding characteristic of the south.
[19] For example, his review of Son of Sinbad drove people to travel to different cities to see the film because he stated it included “one of the vilest dances I ever saw” and noted “The dancer was almost naked, wearing only a G-string and a filmy sort of apron".
Circuit Judge Bailey Brown, in a case involving proposed cuts to the Italian mondo film Women of the World (1963), declared the city ordinances under which the board operated to be unconstitutional.
[20][21] Nowadays, Memphis will play some of the banned films on the big screen to recognize the impact Binford’s censorship had on the local art and community .