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- in America. Ch~'s death means that we must all become ChE!'s, not idolize him ... " (Suggest short description of Chambers' testimony) - 3 Essentially this is the voice of the Students for a Democratic Society {SDS) with echoes of the Progressive Labor
- Prison, New Orleans, in lieu of bond awaiting action by the United States District Court. CONPIDENI'L\l. -3- • QQHPIDHH'Hitis SELECTED RACIALDEVELOPMENTS ANDDISTIJRBANCES Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is located at Baton
Folder, "March 12-18, 1965 [Selma Situation]," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 15
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- and he wants Jim Cross to give them to the people. I will talk to Jim Cross. I would like aboard the following: (/r ' I , io t Ten copies of "My Hope For America 11 (not the expensive kind) .....- Ball point p ens Small medallions L-- Ten
- , and their actions further proved our devotion to honest and democratic elections. White asked if Ky and Thieu were taking much advantage of their incumbency. The President said they were, and there was a further problem in their use of our language in talking
- , the bloodthat was shed, the life that was los~ must strengthen our determination to bring justice to all our people . This is not just the policy of your government or your President . It is the heart and the purpose and the maning of America . ~ 3 We all
Folder, "Boutelle, Paul Benjamin," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 7
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- 1, 1967 39205 PAULBENJAMIN BOUTELLE SECURITY MA'lTERSOCIALISTWORKERS PARTY On October 5, 1967, confidential source number one advised that a meeting sponsored by the Tougaloo College Political Action Committee, Tougaloo, Mississippi, was held
- . Twofold Purpose • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • ., Action Regarded as a Marxist • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • 7
- Communist Party of America
Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3
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- · -~·- . •.:. ,' ~ . -Yi..J.r · No-vrore !;o-r~;=l~{,.& 7)0tv1ES71G • ScG·r101.J Quality of Life When America celebrated her first hundred years, the fireworks that lit the skies revealed a nation confident it had been blessed by Providence. .i I .I The great
- of the disturbances in Los Angeles. COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS Of the direct OEO programs, the Community Action Program appears most relevant. The Los Angeles Community has now resolved its problem of es tablishing a Community Action Agency that would include
- the conditions which caused the riots; Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots chaired by John McCone, report and action on report's recommendations [Report filed oversize attachment 186]; and the President's task force on the riots. Several items
- Association were planning to bomb several puhlic huildings in that city, including the police department headquarters. The Hill P~~iation ts a militant Negro action group in the predominantly Negro Hill section of New Haven. On Novemher 23, 1967, police
- , MCMILLANhad recently been active with the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS (see appendix) group in Dallas and pointing out things an individual can in passing out literature do to avoid the draft. The article described MCMILLANas "a 23 year old Negro
- anniversary of Spanish settlement of North America with its first day issue scheduled for St. Augustine. this request. No action has been taken on In addition, the Post Office has been asked to vacate the Federal Building it now occupies, and to move
- or willful disregard of the law. The President emphasized the . urgency of a comprehensive and effective attack up~n the problems of urban America. He emphasized that as far as the rioting in Los Angeles is concerned: .•• we cannot let the actions
- the conditions which caused the riots; Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots chaired by John McCone, report and action on report's recommendations [Report filed oversize attachment 186]; and the President's task force on the riots. Several items
- Bois Clubs of America (DBA) W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of Chicago (DCC) Revolutionary Action Movement 3 (SSOC). (SCEF) (RAM) -- • CE 157-5490 I. EXTREMISTBLACKNATIONALISTORGANIZATIONS 4 --GONFIBEN CE 157-5490 z NORTHCAROLINA NATIONOF ISLAM
- that it is today. The SNCC is n-:>wmotivated by a revolutionary direct-action, ant iw hite ideology that places no faith in normal democratic procedures. It.follows the Communist Party line in its criticism of United States policy in Vietnam and in its recent
- assassination -- to reassure a nervous world that "the gove nment in Washington lives", and to acquaint millions abroad with the new leader of America and the free world. Minutes after the bullets struck John Kennedy, USIA threw all its resources into this task
- . Dear Mr. President: Like everyone else, I have been horrified and profoundly disturbed by the recent events in Selma, Alabama. They have done infinite damage to the fabric of national unity and infi nite damage to the world image of America . I cannot
Folder, "Gray, Jesse Willard," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8
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- , NJ, 4730/66. Ccmmnmist attiliation ot associates and/or, contacts set torth. Evidence set forth ot JESSB GRAY's opposition to US involvement in Vietnam. Activity in behalf ot Revolutionary Action Movement, Black Panther Party and Coordinating Council
- will not 'willingly' yield to the democratic concept . of 'majority rule'." lJ)e
- . stronges:t course of action to prevc11t further cllsruptlvc rioting, Direct . contact ~·71 th ,y.o ung men · from the riot area indicated chronic 1.mcrnpJ.oym~nt and the xis tencc of be:i1Tiers to cconomlc opportunities f 01'" minorl ty youths ·a nd adu
- the conditions which caused the riots; Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots chaired by John McCone, report and action on report's recommendations [Report filed oversize attachment 186]; and the President's task force on the riots. Several items
- at Valparaiso University today. Brown is an outspoken militant who in the past has advocated the use of dynamite to bomb the Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago du in the Sun.1~r.of 1968. The Valparaiso Police Departmen and the Indiana State
- ] news re ease ~ 10 FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PUBLICITY DIVISION 1730 K STREET, N. w. FOR I MMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 31, 1965 WASHINGTON 6, D.C. FEDERAL 3-8750 B - 4003 President Johnson Warns Cabinet, Agency Heads of Their Civil
- this way: the place of Black Power in " •·slack Power in reference to whi tc America will not be lilte White Po-:.-er in. l"eference to blacl~- America nor to America as a whole. White Power - in its varied segments (for it is not whol~) -has failed us
- leadership that counseled moderation and a legalistic, non-violent approach was challenged to demonstrate how that approach had led to social and economic improvement for the Negro. In the South, non-violent action frequently engendered a violent response
- self defense wu.s to attack. Many· speakers, however, ·warned that N~groes were not yet ready to confront the 11 \•1hi te power structur~." - Even _Rap Brown warned that it would be"self genocide" to challenge whitci America to physical
- - The following are .my recommendations as. to the action you should take to put this proposal into effect: I ·. Designate .the 12 most critical pockets of poverty in which this program will be applied. I recommend that, as a first step, you designate
- the conditions which caused the riots; Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots chaired by John McCone, report and action on report's recommendations [Report filed oversize attachment 186]; and the President's task force on the riots. Several items
- as an action group, which enjoys the cooperation of both civil rigQ.ts organizations and state and local bar associations. A unanimous resolution was passed by the Mississippi State Board of Bar Commissioners last May ur ging cooperation with the Committee
- . advises just enough ·moderate violence to get twenty million niggers the hell .out of America." CONNIELYNCHthen S?Oke. In opening his remarks he greeted everyone· in the name of JESUS CHRIST. He said "We want to briefly introduce ourselves to you, well
- pursuin should put ·g: Sisk {California) (Colorado} Aspinall Hull (Missouri) !chord {Missouri) Steed (Oklahoma) {Oklahoma) Jarman Slack (West Virginia} (Wisconsin) Zablocki The other Democrats we consider hopeless. [4 of 7] Giaimo, Monagan
- often than not by some quite ordi11ary and proper action by a policeman. Thry were dclihcralc in the sense that they were dirceted, lo an extent that varied From city to city, against specific targets." J. Edgar Hoo,·cr, director or the Federal Bureau
- . :> i .·.R 9 .,.1 I 22 WA076 PD STAMFORD CONN 8 616P EST THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE IMPORTANT YOU TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN ALABAMA ONE MORE DAY OF SAVAGE TREATMENT BY LEGALIZED HATCHET MEN COULD LEAD TO OPEN WARFARE BY AROUSED NEGROES AMERICA
- with nothing. THE PRESIDENT: I have sent letters to the Speaker of the House and Congressman Ford urging action. Another letter has been prepared -- this is not public. You may be sure that this leader will do all he can to make this a reality and get
- if it were possible for Bill Moyers at a press briefing to give the views of the President on the B.ond ca:se. It would seem that the basic point to be made is how this action by the Georgia legislature stifles the precious right to dis sent
- IN SUBMISSION OF DRAFT REPLY IS ENCOUNTERED, PLEASE ·TELEPHONE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL. Date M f 181 l.964 FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ACTION: Comment _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Draft reply For your information------For necessary action
- of office he also has absolute control . Under this view, it becomes important to know the purpose of the proposed action . The evil which such action is intended to counter must be one which prevents the accomplishment of a purpose, policy, or respons i
- . AM ERICA A PROCLAMAT ION *-3/.~S WHER.EAS9 On 1'..,~ arch 17, 1965, the United States District Court m idd l e district entered an order in the case of Williams et al, Plaintiff, United States of America, P l aintiff -- Intervenor v. Wallace et al
- , defended ot- protected our rights as American citizens. We seek solutions to our problems, solutions that will preserved, defended. or protected our rights as America,n ci,tizens. We seek solut:tons to our problems., solutions tha:t will preserve our people
- cha.n1e• can be made in the Civil Right ■ Conuni■ don legi ■ lation thi• year. It i■ difficult to aecure Conareaaion&l action on any aspect of thi• problem. We have to do the best that we can with But I hope that ■ omeday we can go forward what i
Folder, "Epton, William Leo, Jr.," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8
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- ) in New York City (NYC). A euitable pretext by an SA of the FBI August 14, 1967. A characterization of the PLP appears in the appcndtx atached hereto. C. Legal Action The New York Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of the subject for advocating
- with local and national union leaders- particularly the Steelworkers. No further action is to be taken by CRS on this suggestion at this time. Time Priorities It was agreed to proceed with more specific explorations of the feasibility of meetings 1 and 2