Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-08-28
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pack go back to Canada"
Leroy LAzenberrys feelings by many
of St Paus Negro community just seemed like things
were pling UP.
why and how this happened is something tried to out
Anthony and Central and In the soaring
August the peOpemany whom
know-and asked them This is what found
Il had been sitting week In narrow long city
which i've Of estimated sOOO Negroes Tiger
the ambition TO fnd any sales ideas
police coming Into the Questioning
people asking msolved
district had diea;
another was going 10
Negroes the suggngs took
But they live near it.
he police came In" one man said ~nd they tled TO mako
everybody get and AwAy front
qneSOnedS They don't step and Up
say, evening.
stand why don't the Sidewalks Isn't the sidewalk
Pubic' Fellow across the street was sitting on his front steps
Policeman and told him back inside hot We
just wanted off"
hot they sizzling
community wreers their
houses friends into freeway
they in nat vast weedchOked long
cleared from Western to Rice And they couldn't understand why
nothing They tOd-Or they Understood
low hOusnglke Minneapolis has nOw-and CCagOS South
going provide nothing happned
and houses being down and that meant doubling
Said Len Carter president chapter hopping
the offices of Dining Union Local 61s That meant
dwellings bugng with IL and IA people While population
growing being squeezed little day Some of
people other districts And
compressed by giant press certainly
violence in any form to settle problems"
you couldn't a
play off clustered
many darkness
night looking
with broken windows seeing the police wen there ltl
chip the shoulder against enemy.
Don't police" said They're doing job.
They're and an bad And they're trying
do job"
food Thursday night ruined dream. Ant
negbors Rogers Murray
high Central Oxford
moved four months He knew low ground He'd %
lot elsewhere the city Real estate talked Of
They sd Stay with people In neghbOrhOOd
You'll be happier"
So Charley did He had to pay 5000 doctor bin because of
kept building swept through
his poured tons of mud into that beautiful basement
twisted the furnace, shattered appliances.
Charley digging mud talked
hive days They'd ripped get
Charley pays the
Insurance, although he tried to get It
guess anybody watching
hovng out home that would look good the finest neigh
borhoOds city He's symbol of what's wrong in the Negro
hunity.
So we come Friday night Police
Negro and white They didn't know she the Negro
wife.
Avenue happened One
policeman said te white what doing
questions The police questioned him. He protested
physically Somebody threw something crowd joined
What developed has been called riot Those Negroes with
talked refer to II "atercatiOn" "street fight"
ct q riot" says Anderson
retired Union depot redcap.
But = city'S said
like q caused by something
people believe lack housing
Is at the root Of that
They approve Negroes community violating
laws They anxious rid the prostitutes gamb
s hOOdums hangOuts
community They realize there
few asked why after the 1858 raid afterhours bot
clubs permitted quickly And
ing today.
I'm tell that Negro heayed sigh of relief Monday
when turned white blame
beaingS" said John added
troubles is that seeOtyped by white people
Uncle Rus characters AndersOn
AndersOns had And q majority
mIddIetyP folks"
asked the $64 question everywhere-
win last Friday nights incident be repeated?"
got Yes" and mo" and silence also got this
did You squeeze q balloon until
pOp?"