SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES.
Agency: CIA
Originator: FBI
From: FBI, DIRECTOR
To: PRESIDENT; SEC STATE; CIA; ETC.
Document date: 03/17/1969
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BELLIGERENT AND ATIACKED THREE POLICE OFFICERS. THE, CROWD

THEN BECAME UNPULY 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.

A SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WITH WHOM THERE HAS BEEN

INSUFFICIENT CONTACT TO ESTABLISH RELIABILITY ADVISED THAT

A GROUP IN WASHINGTON, D. CO, IS ATTEMPTING IO FORMULATE

PLANS FOP 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. CO SIORES 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

OR PLANS IN THIS REGARD. ANOTHER SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WHO

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• REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

'INTEND-TO MEET IN WASHINGION, D. C., ON MARCH NINETEEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, TO PLAN FOR COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES ON THE

ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING.

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ON MARCH FOURTEEN, MINETEEM SIXTY MINE, LOS ANGELES,

CALIFOPNIA, SCHOOLS CONTINUED TO BE THE SCENES OF DEMONSIRATIONS

AND INCIDENIS OF VIOLENCE. ON FRIDAY MORNING MEMBERS OF THE • •

ELACK EXTREMIST GROUP KNCWN AS US WERE REPORTED TO BE HANDING :

OUT LEAFLETS IN IHE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL URGING

A STUDENT WALYBOUT. IWO HUNDRED MILITANTS PICKETED CARVER

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE MILITANIS TOOK OVER THE SCHOOL FOR

APPPOXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND PLACED THEIR OWN TEACHERS IN CLASS-

ROOMS. THE MILITANIS VACATED THE CLASSROMS WHEN POLICE

ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. THE GROUP THEN MET IN A BAPTIST

CHURCH. LATER THAT MORNING A MEMBER OF THE EXTREMIST BLACK

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WOUNDS. THE POLICE

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AT ABOUT IWO THIRTY AM, MARCH FIFTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY

NINE, TWO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS FIRED NIMEROUS SHOTS INTO THE

LOS ANGELES APARTMENI 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.

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POLICE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ADVISED THAI BOTH NEGRO AND

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NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, AT COLLINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE SITUATION

WAS DESCRIZED AS TENSE BUT THERE WERE NO FURTHER INCIDENTS OF

VIOLENCE.

AT MALVERNE HIGH SCHOOL, MALVERNE, 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

ABOUT 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

BUSED IO THE SCHOOL.

ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH THIRTEEN-FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY

NINE, A TOTAL OF SEVEN RIFLE SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE RECTORY

05 ST. BENEDICT DE MOOR CHURCH AT INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI.

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THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CHURCH, IIS RECTORY, AND IIS

RECREATION CENTER ARE LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE NEGRO

COMMUNITY. ON THE EVENING OF MARCH THIRTEEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, A MEETING OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENI OF COLORED PEOPLE WAS HELD

IN THE REPEATION CENTER BUILDING. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE HAS FOR THE PAST YEAR

LED A BOYCOIT AGAINST WHITE MERCHANTS IN INDIAOLA. POLICE

SELIEVE THAT ONLY NEGROES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ABOVE SHOOTING

AS NO WHITE TRAFFIC PASSES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE

NIGHTT IME HOURS.

NEGROES REPORTEDLY TOOK PART IN STUDENT AGITATIONAL

ACTIVITIES ON MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, AT

CHICAGO STATE COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NORTH CAROLINA.

AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO,

NOPTH CAROLINA; DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA; AND

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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17 MA: 69 IN 1 5 9 43

ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE,

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PELLIGERENT AND ATTACKED THREE POLICE OFFICERS. THE, CPOWD

THEN BECAME UNPILY AND ONE OFFICER WAS STRUCK BY A BRICK.

ADDITIONAL LAW ENFOPCEMENT OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND THE

GROUP WAS DISPEPSED. 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

INSUFFICIENI CONTACT TO ESTABLISH RELIABILITY ADVISED THAT

A GROUP IN WASHINGTON, D. CO, IS ATTEMPTING IO 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 LEASI PART OF THE DAY. THE SOURCE THOUGHT VIOLENCE COULD .

RESULT IF THESE REQUESTS ARE REJECIED BUT KNEW OF NO THREATS

OF PLANS IN THIS REGARD. ANOTHER SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WHO

HAS FURNISHED RELIAELE INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISED IHAT :

• REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

• INTEND- TO MEET IN WASHINGION, D. C., ON MARCH NINETEEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, TO PLAN FOR COYMEMORATION ACTIVITIES ON THE

ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING.

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ELACK EXTREMIST GROUP KNOW! AS US WEPE REPORTED TO BE HANDING :

OUT LEAFLETS IN THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL URGING

A STUDENT WALKOUT. TWO HUNDRED MILITANIS PICKETED CARVER

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE MILITANTS TOOK OVER THE SCHOOL FOR

APPPOXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND PLACED TREIR 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 :

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WOUNDS. THE POLICE

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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 PARIY MEMBERS IN RETALIATION

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AT MALVERNE HIGH SCHOOL, MALVERNE, NEW YORK, ABOUT TWO

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CORRIDORS ON MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE GROUP

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NINE, A TOTAL OF SEVEN RIFLE SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE RECTORY

OF ST. BENEDICI DE MOOR CHURCH AT. INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI.

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THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CHURCH, IIS RECIORY, AND IIS

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SELIEVE THAT ONLY NEGROES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ABOVE SHOOTING

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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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TITLE : SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES.

DATE

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SUBJECTS : MARYLAND

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PELLIGERENT AND ATTACKED THREE POLICE OFFICERS. THE, CP.OWD

THEN BECAME UNPULY AND ONE OFFICER WAS STRUCK BY A BRICK.

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WAS ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF THE INJURED YOUTH.

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AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY. THE SOURCE THOUGHT VIOLENCE COULD

RESULT IF THESE PEQUESTS ARE REJECTED BUT KNEW OF NO THREATS

OR PLANS IN THIS REGARD. ANOTHER SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WHO

HAS FURNISHED RELIAELE INFORMATION IN THE

PAST ADVISED THAT

• REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

•INTEND- TO MEET IN WASHINGION, D. CO, ON MARCH NINETEEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, TO PLAN FOR COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES ON THE

ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING.

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OM MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY MINE, LOS ANGELES,

CALIFOPNIA, SCHOOLS CONIINUED TO BE THE SCENES OF DEMONSTRATIONS

AND INCIDENIS OF VIOLENCE. ON FRIDAY MORNING MEMBERS OF THE •

ELACK EXTREMIST GROUP KNCUN AS US WERE REPORTED TO BE HANDING:

OUT LEAFLETS IN THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL URGING

A STUDENT WALYBOUT. IWO 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 CLASSROMS WHEN POLICE

ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED. THE GROUP THEN MET IN A BAPTIST

CHURCH. LATER THAI 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 MEMBEP OF US.

AT ABOUT TWO THIRTY AM, MARCH FIFTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY

NINE, TWO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS FIRED NUMEROUS SHOTS INTO THE

LOS ANGELES APARIMENT 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.

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POLICE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ADVISED THAT BOTH NEGRO AND

WHITE STUDENT GOUPS CONTINIED TO DEMONSIRATE ON MARCH FOURTEEN,

NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, AT COLLINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE SITUATION

WAS DESCRIZED AS TENSE BUT THERE WERE NO FURTHER INCIDENTS OF

VIOLENCE.

AT MALVERNE HIGH SCHOOL, MALVERNE, 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 THAI VANDALS CAUSED

ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE IO 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

BUSED TO THE SCHOOL•

ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH THIRTEEN-FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY

NINE, A TOTAL OF SEVEN RIFLE SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE RECTORY

OF ST. BENEDICT DE MOOR CHURCH AT INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI.

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THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CHURCH, ITS RECIORY, AND ITS

RECREATION CENTER ARE LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE NEGRO

COMMUNITY. ON THE EVENING OF MARCH THIRTEEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, A MEETING OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE WAS HELD

IN THE REPEATION CENTER BUILDING. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE HAS FOR THE PAST YEAR

LED A BOYCOIT AGAINST WHITE MERCHANIS IN INDIANOLA. POLICE

SELIEVE THAT ONLY NEGROES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ABOVE SHOOTING

•AS NO WHITE TRAFFIC PASSES. IHROUGH THE AREA

DURING THE

•NIGHTT IME HOURS•

NEGROES REPORTEDLY TOOK PART IN STUDENT AGIIATIONAL

ACTIVITIES ON MARCH

FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, AT

CHICAGO STATE COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NORTH CAROLINA.

AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO,

NOPTH CAROLINA; DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA; AND

• SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE,

ABOUT SEVENTY FIVE NEGRO YOUTHS. CREATED A DISTURBANCE IN

HAGER STOWN, MAPYLAND, WHEN POLICE ATTEMPTED TO TRANSPORT A

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NEGRO YOUTH WHO HAD BEEN INJURED IN A FIGHT TO A HOSPITAL.

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PELLIGERENT AND ATTACKED THREE POLICE OFFICERS. THE, CROWD

THEN BECAME UNPULY AND ONE OFFICER WAS STRUCK BY A BRICK.

ADDITIONAL LAW ENFOPCEMENT OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND THE

GROUP WAS DISPEPSED. 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 IN WASHINGION, D. CO, IS ATTEMPTING TO FORMULATE

PLANS FOR FOUR RALLIES ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXIY NINE,

TO MOURN THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PROCLAMATIONS

ARE TO BE PRESENTED DECLARING THAT DAY A DAY OF MOURNING IN

WASHINGION, D. C. STORES WILL BE ASKED IO REMAIN CLOSED

AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY. THE SOURCE THOUGHT VIOLENCE COULD

RESULT IF THESE PEQUESTS ARE REJECTED BUT KNEW OF NO THREATS

OP. PLANS IN THIS REGARD. ANOTHER SOURCE OF THIS BUREAU WHO

HAS FURNISHED PELIAFLE INFORMATION IN THE

PAST ADVISED THAT

• REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

•INTEND- TO MEET IN WASHINGION, D. C., ON MARCH NINETEEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, TO PLAN FOR COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES ON THE

ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING.

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ON MARCH FOURTEEN, MINETEEN SIXTY MINE, LOS ANGELES,

CALIFORNIA, SCHOOLS CONTINUED IN BE THE SCENES OF DEMONSTRATIONS

AND INCIDENIS OF VIOLENCE. ON FRIDAY MORMING MEMBERS OF THE •

ELACK EXIREMIST GROUP KNOWN AS US WEPE REPORTED TO BE HANDING :

OUT LEAFLETS IN THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL URGING

A STUDENT WALKBOUT. IWO HUNDRED MILITANTS PICKETED CARVER

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE MILITANTS IOOK 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 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 TENIATIVELY IDENTIFIED HIS ASSAILANT

AS A MEMBER OF US.

AT ABOUT IWO THIRTY AM, MARCH FIFTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY

NINE, TWO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS FIRED NUMEROUS SHOIS INTO THE

LOS ANGELES APARIMENT 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.

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POLICE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ADVISED THAT BOTH NEGRO AND

WHITE STUDENT COUPS CONTINUED TO DEMONSIRATE ON MARCH FOURTEEN,

NINETEEN SIXIY NINE, AT COLLINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE SITUATION

LiSS CESCEIRED AS TENSE BUT THERE WERE NO FURTHER INCIDENIS OF

VIOLENCE.

AT MALVERNE HIGH SCHOOL, MALVERNE, 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 ARPESIS OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. •

IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, POLICE REPORT THAT VANDALS CAUSED

ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE IO 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

BUSED TO THE SCHOOL.

ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH THIRTEEN-FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY

NINE, A TOTAL OF SEVEN RIFLE SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE RECTORY

OF ST. BENEDICI DE MOOR CHURCH AT INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI.

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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, A MEETING OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE WAS HELD

IN THE REPEATION CENTER BUILDING. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE HAS FOR THE PAST YEAR

LED A BOYCOIT AGAINST WHITE MERCHANTS IN INDIANOLA. POLICE

SELIEVE THAT ONLY NEGROES WERE INVOLVED IN THE ABOVE SHOOTING

AS NO WHITE TRAFFIC PASSES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE

NIGHTTIME HOURS.

NEGROES REPORTEDLY TOOK PART IN STUDENT AGIIATIONAL

ACTIVITIES ON MARCH'

FOURTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, AT

: CHICAGO STATE COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NORTH CAROLINA

AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO,

NOPTH CAROLINA; DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA; AND

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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