HW 50529 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FROM : TO : TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : COMMENTS . Date: 12/08/04 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104-10063-10376 JFK 80TO1357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI FBI, DIRECTOR PRESIDENT; SEC STATE; CIA; ETC. SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES. 03/17/1969 . 11. MARYLAND PAPER SECRET 1B POSTPONED IN FULL 07/15/93 JFK10 : F2 : 1993.07.15.06:42:00:250140 : FBI DENIED IN FULL - 2/16/94; ARRB DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97. TWO COPIES. THE PIES - THE SIX PAGE VERSION CONTAINS TWO COPIES OF THE FIRST PAGE. THE FIVE PAGE C (R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10063-10376 DoclId: 32346975 Page 1
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| CLASSIFIED MESSAGE i SECRET : IN PU srce 2 rr “NEGRO YOUTH WHO HAD BEEN INJURED IN A FIGHT TO A HOSPITAL. THE DISTURBANCE DEVELOPED WHEN THE INJURED YOUTH BECAME END PAGE ONE | "PAGE Tyo CONFIDENTIAL . an ot PELLIGERENT AND ATTACKED THREE POLICE OFFICERS. THE, CROWD - THEN BECAME UsRULY AND ONE OFFICER WAS STRUCK BY A BRICK. — , . ADDITICNAL Law ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND THE a GROUP WAS DISPERSED. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE; HOWEVER, A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF THE INJURED YOUTH. | A SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WITH WHOM THERE HAS BEEN INSUFFICIENT CONTACT TO ESTABLISH RELIABILITY ADVISED THAT “A GROUP IM WASHINGTON, D. C., IS ATTEMPTING TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR FOUR RALLIES ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TO MOURN THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PROCLAMATIONS ARE TO BE PRESENTED DECLARING THAT DAY A DAY OF MOURNING IN WASHINGTON, D. C. STORES WILL BE ASKED TO REMAIN CLOSED | AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY. THE SOURCE THOUGHT VIOLENCE COULD $ . RESULT IF THESE PEQUESTS ARE REJECTED BUT KNEW OF NO THREATS = _ . i oR PLANS IN THIS REGARD. ANOTHER SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WHO “Sc HaS FURNISHED PELIOPLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISED THAT |. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: “INTEND-TO MEET IN WASHINGTON, D. Ce, ON MARCH NINETEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TO PLAN FOR COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING. END PAGE THO pe 4 | SECRET | ? ' ‘ . SE A » . (HW 50529 Docld:32346926 Page 4 rete ena teens GE te
_ GLASSIF IED MESSAGE C - fs SECRET : wl PAGE = 7 PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL ON MAPCH FOURTEEN, wINETEEN SIXTY NINE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOLS CONTINUED TO BE THE SCENES OF DEMONSTRATIONS ANP INCIDENTS OF VIOLEXCE. ON FRIDAY MORNING MEMBERS OF THE ~ . BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP KNOWN AS US WERE REPORTED TO BE HARD TNG . OUT LEAFLETS IN THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL URGING A STUDENT VALYQOUT. TWO HUNDRED MILITANTS PICKETED CARVER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE MILITANTS TOOK OVER THE SCHOOL FOR  APPPOXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND PLACED THEIR OWN TEACHERS IN CLASS~ ROOMS. THE MILITANTS VACATED THE CLASSROOMS WHEN POLICE ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. THE GROUP THEN MET IN A BAPTIST | CHURCH. LATER THAT MORNING A MEMBER OF THE EXTREMIST BLACK - PANTHER PARTY WAS SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHURCH. HE. waS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION WITH TWO BULLET WOUNDS, THE POLICE HAVE TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED HIS ASSAILANT AS A MEMBER OF US. a AT ABOUT TWO THIRTY AM, MARCH FIFTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TWO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS FIRED NUMEROUS SHOTS INTO THE LOS ANGELES APARTMENT OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF US. NO | “INJURIES RESULTED $ HOWEVER, POLICE COMMENTED THE ACTION MAY HAVE SEEN TAKEN BY BLACK PANTHER PARTY MEMBERS IN RETALIATION FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SHOOTING. END PAGE THREE HW 50529 Docld: 32346928 Page 5 -
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ea i HW 50529 Docld: 32346976 Page 9 “CLASSIFIED MESSAGE. (SECRET: Nn Pt PAGE __<— “2 ‘ Lo. : “NEGRO YOUTH WHO HAD BEEN INJURED IN A FIGHT TO A HOSPITAL. THE DISTURBANCE DEVELOPED WHEN THE INJURED YOUTH BECAME END PAGE ONE PAGE Two > CONFIDENTIAL PELLIGERENT AND ATTACKED THREE POLICE OFFICERS. THE.CROWD _ TREN BECAME UxRULY AND ONE OFFICER WAS STRUCK BY A BRICK. | ADDITIOCNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND THE GROUP Was DISPERSED. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE; HOWEVER, A WARRANT VAS ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF THE INJURED YOUTH. A SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WITH WHOM THERE HAS BEEN INSUFFICIENT CONTACT TO ESTABLISH RELIABILITY ADVISED THAT A GROUP IN WASHINGTON, Ge Cw, IS ATTEMPTING TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR FOUR RALLIES ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TC MOURN THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PROCLAMATIONS ARE TO BE PRESENTED DECLARING THAT DAY A DAY OF MOURNING: IN ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. STORES WILL BE ASKED TO REMAIN CLOSED AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY. THE SOURCE THOUGHT VIOLENCE COULD. RESULT IF THESE REQUESTS ARE REJECTED BUT KNEW OF NO THREATS  —.. . OR PLANS IN THIS REGARD. ANOTHER SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIAFLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISED THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: “INTEND- TO MEET IN WASHINGTON, D. Co, ON MARCH NINETEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TO PLAN FOR COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES ON THE ' ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING. END PAGE THO t
HW 50529 Bocld: 323469276 Page 10° " CLASSIFIED MESSAGE . WOUNDS. THE POLICE HAVE TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED HIS ASSAILANT INJURIES RESULTED $ HOWEVER, POL ICE COMMENTED THE ACTION MAY FOR THE ABOVE -MENT IONED SHOOT ING. A SECRET | wl PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL ‘ON MAPCH FOURTEEN, wINETEEN SIXTY NINE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOLS CONTINYED TO BE THE SCENES OF DEMONSTRATIONS AND INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE. ON FRIDAY MORNING MEMBERS OF THE ~ BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP KNOWN AS US WERE REPORTED TO BE HARDING « QUT LEAFLETS IN THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL URGING A STUDENT WALKQOUT. TWO HUNDRED MILITANTS PICKETED ‘CARVER “JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE MILITANTS TOOK OVER THE SCHOOL FOR ~ APPPOXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND PLACED THEIR OWN TEACHERS IN CLASS~ - ROOMS. THE MILITANTS VACATED THE CLASSRCOMS WHEN POLICE — ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. THE GROUP THEN MET IN A BAPTIST. ~ CHURCH. LATER THAT MORN ING A MEMBER OF THE EXTREMIST BLACK ~ PANTHER PARTY WAS SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHURCH. HE woS TAVEN TO A HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION WITH TWO BULLET AS A MEMBER OF US. | AT ABOUT TWO THIRTY AM, MARCH FIFTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TO UNXNOUN INDIVIDUALS FIRED NUMEROUS SHOTS INTO THE LOS ANGELES APARTMENT OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF US. NO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY BLACK PANTHER PARTY MEMBERS IN RETALIATION END. PAGE THREE
a “CLASSIFIED MESSAGE’ j SECRET SECRET 3 } IN P 2 PAGE wT? race [ a - ( PARE FOUR CONFIDENTIAL POLICE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ADVISED THAT BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENT GFOUPS CONTINUED TO DEMONSTRATE ON MARCH FOURTEEN, MINETEEN SIXTY NINE, AT COLLINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE SITUATION LESCRIRED AS TENSE Bur THERE WERE NO FURTHER INCIDENTS OF c ~ Le VIOLENCE. . . AT MALVERNE HIGH SCHOOL , MALVERNE, NEW YORK, ABOUT TWO HUNDSED NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED IN THE SCHOOL CORRIDORS ON MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE GROUP WAS DISPERSED. NO.ARPESTS OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. - IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, POLICE REPORT THAT VANDALS CAUSED ASOUT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE LOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL OFFICES WERE DAMAGED BY A FIRE. SET BY THE VANDALS. "WE ARE AGAINST BUSING” WAS WRITTEN ON THE WALLS OF THE SCHOOL. NEGRO CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY BEING RUSED TO THE SCHOOL. ow THE NIGHT OF MARCH THIRTEEN-FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, A TOTAL OF SEVEN RIFLE SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE RECTORY OF ST. _BEWED CT DE ‘MOOR: CHURCH AT. IND IANOLA y MISSISSIPPI. END PAGE FOUR
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i IN (? LUD pee a ‘ ; e , : ca . ; “NEGRO YOUTE WHO THE DISTURBANCE END PAGE ONE eee HOD BEEN INJURED IN A FIGHT TO A HOSPITAL. DEVELOPED WHEN THE INJURED YOUTH BECAME PAGE Two CONFIDENTIAL PELLIGEPENT AND ATTACKED THREE POLICE OFFICERS. THE, CROWD THEN BECAME UwRULY AND ONE OFFICER WAS STRUCK BY A BRICK. — , ADDITICNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND THE GROUP was DISPERSED. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE$ HOWEVER, A “WaRRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF THE INJURED YOUTH. e A SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WITH WHOM THERE HAS BEEN INSUFFICIENT CONTACT TO ESTABLISH RELIABILITY ADVISED THAT A GROUP IN WASHINGTON, De. Ce, IS ATTEMPTING TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR FOUR RALLIES ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TO MOURN THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PROCLAMATIONS ARE TO BE PRESENTED DECLARING THAT DAY A DAY OF MOURNING IN WASHINGTON, D. Ce. STORES WILL BE ASKED TO REMAIN CLOSED | AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY. THE SOURCE THOUGHT VIOLENCE COULD RESULT IF THESE PEQUE STS ARE REJECTED BUT KNEW OF NO THREATS - - OR PLANS IN THIS REGARD. ANOTHER SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE - REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISED THAT SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: = “INTEND-TO MEET IN WASHINGTON, D. Ceo, ON MARCH NINETEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TO PLAN FOR COMMENORAT ION ACTIVITIES ON THE " ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING. END PACE Two » » HW 50529 DBocld:3234692785 Page Fite eee cee - . . Mo ete enemas ot 14
_ SLASSIFIED MESSAGE ae - Zc SECRET :. woe” pege Se PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL ON MAPCK FOURTEEN, wINETEEN SIXTY NINE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOLS CONTINUED TO BE THE SCENES OF DEMONSTRATIONS ANP INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE. ON FRIDAY MORNING MEMBERS OF THE ~ BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP KNOWN AS US WERE REPORTED TO BE HAxDING OUT LEAFLETS IM THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL URG ING | A STUDENT WALK GOUT. TwO HUNDRED MILITANTS PICKETED ‘CARVER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE MILITANTS TOOK OVER THE SCHOOL FOR ~ APPPOX IMATELY ONE HOUR AND PLACED THEIR OWN TEACHERS IN CLASS= - ROOMS. THE MILITANTS VACATED THE CLASSRCOMS WHEN POLICE ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. THE GROUP THEN MET IN A BAPTIST . CHURCH. LATER THAT MORNING A MEMBER OF THE EXTREMIST BLACK - PANTHER PARTY WAS SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHURCH. HEL was TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION WITH TWO BULLET WOUNDS. THE POLICE HAVE TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED HIS ASSAILANT AS A MEMBEP OF US. a AT ABOUT TWO THIRTY AM, MARCH FIFTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, TWO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS FIRED NUMEROUS SHOTS INTO THE LOS ANGELES APARTMENT OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF US. NO INJURIES RESULTED; HOWEVER, POLICE COMMENTED THE ACTION MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY BLACK PANTHER PARTY MEMBERS IN RETALIATION FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SHOOTING. oe ; END PAGE THREE _ ‘HW 50529 Docld:32346928 Page 19
- " CLASSIFIED MESSAGE: PAGE FOUR CONFIDENTIAL POL ICE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ADVISED THAT BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENT GFOUPS CONTINUED TO DEMONSTRATE ON MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIATY NINE, AT" COLLINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE SITUATION . wos DESCRIZED AS TENSE But THERE WERE NO FURTHER INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE. . AT MALVERWE HIGH SCHOOL, MALVERWE, NEW YORK, ABOUT Two HUNDRED NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED IN THE SCHOOL. CORRIDORS ON MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE GROUP WAS DISPERSED. NO ARRESTS OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. - IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, POLICE REPORT THAT VANDALS CAUSED APOUT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE LOCK | ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL OFFICES WERE DAMAGED BY. A FIRE. SET BY THE.VANDALS. "WE ARE AGAINST BUSING" WAS WRITTEN ON “UTHE- WALLS OF THE SCHOOL. NEGRO CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY BEING | BUSED TO THE SCHOOL. — ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH THIRTEEN FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY MINE, A TOTAL OF SEVEN RIFLE SHOTS WERE: FIRED INTO THE RECTORY OF STs BENEDICT DE MOOR CHURCH AT IND IANOLA , MISSISSIPPI. END PAGE FOUR . HW 50529 DBocld:323469276 Page 20
| aSieriewen (sete | LAS once Se | FIVE CONFIDENTIAL tr- PAG - THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CHURCH, ITS RECTORY, AND ITS | RECREATION CENTER ARE LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE NEGRO COMMUNITY. ON THE EVENING OF MARCH THIRTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, 4 MEETING OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE WAS HELD ‘IN THE RECREATION CENTER BUILDING. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE HAS FOR THE PAST YEAR LED A BOYCOTT AGAINST WHITE MERCHANTS IN INDIAWOLA. POLICE ‘BELIEVE THAT ONLY NEGROES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ABOVE SHOOTING AS NO WHITE TRAFFIC PASSES THROUGH THE AREA DURING. THE © | NIGHTT INE HOURS. NEGROES REPORTEDLY TOOK PART IN STUDENT AGITATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON MARCH’ “FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, aT : CHICAGO STATE COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOISs NORTH CAROL INA “ AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE ‘UNIVERSITY,. GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA; DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINAS AND - SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. ‘GP-1 | END eee ran Te wie ae arate eR Nantes Ar et | SECR RET | HW 50529 DBocld:323469276 Page ?1