SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES.
Agency: CIA
Originator: FBI
From: FBI, DIRECTOR
To: PRESIDENT; SEC STATE; CIA; ETC.
Document date: 02/28/1969
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES.

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TO: DIRECTOR, CIA BOI

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TO: HEADQUARTERS, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, ATTENIION: PID

TO: ATIORNEY GENERAL (BY MESSENGER)

FROM: DIRECIOR, FBI

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT.

CONFIDENTIAL

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SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES

KING'S ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMORATED: A CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE

INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN

• CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANTA,

GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY TWENTYTIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE.

..AT THE MEETING, IT

WAS DECIDED THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF

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PAGE TWO CONFIDENIIAL

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JRO,. ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT,

WOULD BE COMMEMORATED DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL FOUR-TWELVE,

NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON.

APRIL FOUR: CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL; CHAIN FOOD

STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS; AND COMMEMORATIVE VIGIL AT

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, TO CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL SEVEN.)

APRIL FIVE: "NATIONAL TAG DAY" IO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX: "BLACK

EASTER," INCLUDING A PAGEANT AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH

KING WILL BE SYMBOLICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. APRIL SEVEN7

¡TWELVE: "DAYS OF CONFRONTATION" IN THIRTY OR MORE CITIES.

PLACES FOR CONFRONTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED.. THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS TO

CONTINUE ITS EFFORIS TO HAVE KING'S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY

FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

LEAFLET DISTRIBUTED IN GHEITOS: A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT OF

THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST

ADVISED THAT LEAFLEIS WERE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS

GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY

THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

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WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION" AND WERE FOR THE

PURPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN THE GHETTO AREAS.

THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS

US, _ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMISI GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS

OF US WHO KILLED TWO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF •

CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN,

NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURE.

HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULIS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES

WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY

CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORIRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS,

INDIANA. THE GROUP DISTURBED CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE

ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING.

ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS

BECAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENI WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT WITH

THE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT.

A MELEE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS DEVELOPED

FEBRUARY IWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, IN THE CAFETERIA AT

THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. THE STUDENTS

BEGAN FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO

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WERE NOT STUDENTS, ENTERED THE CAFETERIA AND ASSAULTED TWO

WHITE GIRLS. BOTH GIRLS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT

WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE GIRL SUFFERED A SCALP INJURY AND A

CONCUSSION AND THE OTHER A BROKEN NOSE. THIRTY LOCAL POLICE

OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND RESTORED ORDER.

SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE

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TO: HEADQUARTERS, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, ATTENTION: PID

TO: ATTORNEY GENERAL (BY MESSENGER)

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CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

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INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANTA,

GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY TWENTYTFIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE.

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SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES

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PAGE TWO CONFIDENTIAL

MARIIN LUTHER KING, JR.,. ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHI,

WOULD BE COMMEMORATED DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL FOUR-IWELVE,

NINETEEN SIXIY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON.

APRIL FOUR: CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL; CHAIN FOOD

STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS; AND COMMEMORATIVE VIGIL AT

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, (TO CONTINUE IHROUGH APRIL SEVEN.)

APRIL FIVE: "NATIONAL TAG DAY" IO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX: *BLACK

EASTER," INCLUDING A PAGEANI AI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH

KING WILL BE SYMBOLICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. APRIL SEVENT

TWELVE: "DAYS OF CONFRONTATION" IN THIRTY OR MORE CITIES.

PLACES FOR CONFRONIATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED.. THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS TO

CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE KING'S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY

FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

LEAFLET DISTRIBUTED IN GHETTOS: A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT OF

THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION: IN THE PAST

ADVISED. THAT LEAFLETS WERE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS

GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY

THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

END PAGE TWO •

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CONFIDENT I A

WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION" AND WERE FOR THE

PURPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN IHE GHETTO AREAS.

THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS

US, _ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS

OF US WHO KILLED TWO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN,

NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER SIRUCTURE.

HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULTS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES

WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY

CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS,

INDIANA. THE GROUP DISTURBED

CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE

ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING.

ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PASI FEW DAYS

BECAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENT WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT WITH

THE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT.

A MELEE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS DEVELOPED

FEBRUARY IWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, IN THE CAFETERIA AT

THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. THE STUDENTS

BEGAN FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO

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PAGE FOUR

CONFIDENTIAL

WHITE GIRLS. BOTH GIRLS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT

WAS DETERMINED IHAT ONE GIRL SUFFERED A SCALP INJURY AND A

CONCUSSION AND THE OTHER A BROKEN NOSE. THIRTY LOCAL POLICE

OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND RESTORED ORDER. SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE

MADE •

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Date: 12/08/04

JEK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION

FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD NUMBER

: 104-10063-10375

RECORD SERIES

: JFK

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FBI

FROM

: FBI, DIRECTOR

TO : PRESIDENT; SEC STATE; CIA; ETC.

TITLE

SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES.

DATE

02/28/1969

PAGES

SUBJECTS : DEMONSTRATIONS

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

CLASSIFICATION

RESTRICTIONS

CURRENT STATUS

POSTPONED IN FULL

DATE OF LAST REVIEW

07/15/93

COMMENTS : JFK10 : F2

IN FULL - 2/16/94; ARRB

1993.07.15.06:34:58:430140: FBI DENIED

DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97.

COPIES;

THE SECOND COPY IS MARKED "DUP OF 7161" AND

HAS TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF PAGE 1.

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104-10063-10375

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SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES

KING'S ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMORATED: A CONFIDENTIAL.

INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE

INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN

• CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANIA,

GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY IWENTYTIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE.

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CONFIDENTIAL

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SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES

KING'S ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMORATED: A CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE

INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANTA,

GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY TWENTYTFIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE.

AT THE MEETING, IT WAS DECIDED THAI THE ASSASSINATION OF

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TO: HEADQUARIERS, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, ATTENIION: PID

TO: ATIORNEY GENERAL (BY MESSENGER)

FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT.

CONFIDENTIAL

28F869 N037366

SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES

KING'S ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMORATED: A CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE

INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN

: CHRIST IAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANTA,

CEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY IWENTYTFIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE.

AT THE MEETING, IT

WAS DECIDED THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF

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PAGE TWO CONFIDENIIAL

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JRO.. ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT,

: WOULD BE COMMEMORATED DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL FOUR-TWELVE,

NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON.

APRIL FOUR: CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL; CHAIN FOOD

STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS; AND COMMEMORATIVE VIGIL AT

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, (TO CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL SEVEN.)

APRIL FIVE: "NATIONAL TAG DAY" TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADEPSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX: "BLACK

EASTER," INCLUDING A PAGEANI AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH

KING WILL BE SYMBOLICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. APRIL SEVEN7

TWELVE: "DAYS OF CONFRONTATION" IN THIRTY OR MORE CITIES.

PLACES FOR CONFRONTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECIED.. THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS IO

CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE KING'S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY

FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

LEAFLET DISTRIBUTED IN GHETTOS:

A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT OF

THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION. IN THE PAST

ADVISED THAT LEAFLEIS WERE RECENTLY DISIRIBUTED IN VARIOUS

GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY

THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

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CONFIDENTIAL

WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION" AND WERE FOR THE

PUPPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN THE GHETTO AREAS.

THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS

US, _ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS

OF US WHO KILLED TWO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF •

CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN,

NINETEEN SIXTY MINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURE.

HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULIS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES

WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY

CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS,

INDIANA. THE GROUP DISTURBED CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE

ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING.

ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS

BECAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENT WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT WITH

THE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT.

A MELEE BEIWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENIS DEVELOPED

FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, IN IHE CAFETERIA AT

THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. THE STUDENTS

BEGAN FIGHTING AMONG TMEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO

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PACE FOUR

CONFIDENTIAL

WERE NOT STUDENTS, ENTERED THE CAFETERIA AND ASSAULTED TWO

WHITE GIRLS. BOTH GIRLS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT

WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE GIRL SUFFERED A SCALP INJURY AND A

CONCUSSION AND THE OTHER A BROKEN NOSE. THIRTY LOCAL POLICE

OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND RESTORED ORDER. SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE

MADE.

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CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF-THIS DOCUMENT

CONFIDENTIAL

28 FEB 69 037366-

SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES

KING'S ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMORATED: A CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE

INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN

• CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANTA,

GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY IWENTYTIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE.

AT THE MEETING, IT

WAS DECIDED THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF

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PAGE TWO CONFIDENTIAL

MARI IN LUTHER KING, JR.,. ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT,

WOULD BE COMMEMORATED DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL FOUR-TWELVE,

NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON.

APRIL FOUR: CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL; CHAIN FOOD

STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS; AND COMMEMORAT IVE VIGIL AT

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, (TO CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL SEVEN.)

APRIL FIVE: "NATIONAL IAG DAY" IO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX: "BLACK

EASTER," INCLUDING A PAGEANI AI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH

KING WILL BE SYMBOLICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. APRIL SEVEN7

TWELVE: "DAYS OF CONFRONTATION" IN IHIRTY OR MORE CITIES.

PLACES FOR CONFRONTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED. THE

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS IO

CONTINUE ITS EFFORIS TO HAVE KING'S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY

FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

LEAFLET DISTRIBUTED IN GHETTOS: A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT OF

THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST

ADVISED. THAT LEAFLETS WERE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS

GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY

THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

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WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION" AND WERE FOR THE

PURPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN THE GHETTO AREAS.

THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS

• US, _ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS

OF US WHO KILLED TWO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN,

NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURE.

HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN

SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULTS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES

WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY

CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORIRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS,

INDIANA. THE GROUP DISTURBED CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE

ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING.

ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS

BECAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENT WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT WITH

THE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT.

A MELEE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS DEVELOPED

FEBRUARY IWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXIY NINE, IN THE CAFETERIA AT

THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. THE STUDENIS

BEGAN FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO

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WERE NOT STUDENTS, ENTERED THE CAFETERIA AND ASSAULTED TWO

WHITE GIRLS. BOTH GIRLS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT

WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE GIRL SUFFERED A SCALP INJURY AND A

CONCUSSION AND THE OTHER A BROKEN NOSE. THIRTY LOCAL POLICE

OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND RESTORED ORDER. SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE

MADE.

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