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1t brought the arrest of 55-75
persons on disorderly conduct
charges, and the capitalization Of
at least one-a white youth.
Police To Use Dogs
So lively was the fracas that
police had to use dogs to dispense
both sides, which had converged
upon Roses Five and Dime store
in the Mid-City shopping center.
In the arrests, police confiscated,
among other things, a 20 calibre
pistol from a white student, sticks,
chains, knives and razors.
A similar fight occurred in High
Point, N. c., but on a small scale.
A group OF Negro sitdowners,
leaving the downtown r. w. Wool
worth store, were tsset by a group
Of whites. The brief furry was
halted by police who arrested one
Of the white participants and two
Negroes
Another nare-up occurred in the
suburban College Villege Shopping
center earlier, in which white
youths threw taunts and snowballs
at the sitdowners. Police made no
arrests during the demonstration.
and the management in self-de-
Tense had to close down the store,
to get rid Of both groups.
Fight Follow Kings Tour
In Durham, N. c., scuffle be-
tween store employees and police,
on one hand, with press photo
graphers on the other, broke out
after the Rev AGastAn LAlthsr King
Jr., accompanied by the Rev, Ralph
Alternately had made a tour OF
the F. w. woolworth store.
The two ministers were posing
for pictures when an assistant
manager broke into the group and
demanded they leave. A store en-
ploye made a rush for the photo
graphers and television camera
men. In the ensuing melee. the
Revs. King and Alternately depart
ed.
Police, arriving on the scene,
tussled with photographers, and
took the camera Of c. c. Burnley,
q Negro lensman on an assignment
for the Carolina Times. However,
upon advice Of a Negro attorney,
that his film could not be confis-
Gated until q warrant was issued,
Burthey's camera was returned
and he was invited TO leave the
premises.
Earlier. DR.. King had told 100
students from colleges In North
and South Carolina and Virginia,
that Negroes must be willing to
IN up the jails Of the South to
gain their rights. Maybe II win
take this willingness to stay In jail
to arouse the DOING conscience Of
our nation"
Continue Picl1ettng In Manhattan
In New York, the sympathy
picleting Of stores Of the WOOL
worth and 8. H Kress chains.
sponsored by CORE continued.
while in Rock Hin, 8. c., support
for the Negroes protest at lunch
counter bias came from q group
Of whites known as the white
Citizens," who distributed printed
slips urging patrons not to make
purchases at any Of the stores UNI
til the segregation policy was
dropped.
While the protest was halted at
Raleigh, N. c., Cameron Village
shopping center, pending court ac-
ton in the case Of 43 students ar
rested, the movement was con-
tinued at the four downtown stores.
At Nashville, McClelIans Five and
10 Cent Store shut down following
an interracial sitdown Of $50 stu
dents.
One of the more astute observa-
tons to be made Of this sitdown
movement came from Harold G.
Fleming, executive director, South
ern Regional council, an interrac-
ial group Of Southern leaders head
quartered in Atlanta, whose aim
Is the Improvement Of race rela-
tons.
Fleming said: The lunch coun-
ter 'sit-ins' demonstrate something
that the white community has been
reluctant to face: the mounting
determination Of Negroes to be rid
Of all segregated barriers"
Let's Re JUST
AS II in echo to his statement
were some Of the sigma carried by
Negro plcketers and sit-downers
In various locations. One In Raj
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