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  • and Dallas. . ' ~ .' ·:. " ., The Food Stamp· Program is a new program operating to date in two counties -• . Jefferson and Walker. The Federal contribution through June 1965 in the · . two counties was $3,694,265. Lauderdale County was approved fo
  • · the court order d banning the new Selma march Y ca11e on yesterday issued by Federal nbly to pass District Judge Frank l\I. John· lcmnlng the son, who has consistently up· Solm11. held desegrei::ilion Jaws. ·y, president Desplte the colIDt ordc1•, Union 0
  • SELECTEDRACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES FIVE PERSONSARRESTED,NEWHAVEN, CONNECTICUT,IN PLOT TO BOMBPUBLIC BUILDINGS Since November, 1967, the New Haven, Connecticut, Police Department had under investigation a report that members of the Hill Parents
  • • a.re aot to be diatrlbuted out•td■ you 1111•ncr,. UN.iTED STATES DEPARTMENT ()F J"'.;iflCE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 1 1 1 Copy~: Reportof: Date, - OSI, GAFB - NIC, New Yor~, N. Y. • 108th MIG, Albany, N. Y. - u. s. Secret Service
  • at which various aspects of the Alabama boycott were discussed. For good measure, I am also sending you a brief report on the meeting held in Birmingham last Friday, convened by the Alabama members of our National Citizens Committee. This is the meeting
  • Coordinating Committee, a militant black nationalist organization, stated, ''New Orleans was ready to go:•and that''Baton Rouge, particularly Southern University there, was hot." Brown stated that only time was necessary to mobilize forces and has requested his
  • was a Negro. Picketing the construction site of a new city conven­ tion hall, to protest lack of Negro membership in building ' - trades unions, produ_c ed no results. When the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who had led the Negroes in the Birmingham march
  • for progress in the whole field of race relations. B: Those were perhaps crucial years of the civil rights struggle in the South, the freedom rides and James Meredith at the University of Mississippi, Birmingham. T: Did you participate in any of those? Yes
  • . )l.Yl''t \~ -~ e turning point was reached in the summer of 1963. ~ ~ -Yl·~-(, ("(,") The most massive demonstrations the South had seen .,_'-' 4 . ~ Cur~ . ""' - l.e - , ~t~le;('I-began in Birmingham, Alabama. The white response was a series
  • the document. (Cl Closed In accordance with ntstrtctiona contained in the donor'• dead of gift. 11/1/2007 --UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In &ply, PleaaeReferSO FU.No. Newark, New Jersey August 31, 1967 NATIOrTAL
  • , is also in charge of the Temple Luncheonette on South McDowell Street (new address Belmont and Davidson Streets, supra), Charlotte, which is owned by the mosque. In addition to this cafe, the mosque rents farm land near Mint Hill, North Carolina
  • . As to Tweed and Segal, they have worked extremely hard without compensation to make this Committee successful. This letter would constitute the only recognition of their efforts. The letter to Seymour and Marshall is important as it might give a new direction
  • eport that another bomb had been found in a Birmingham school. A demolition team was sent to take care of it. There is no further information on this at pr esent . [8 of 8] ­ . 3/22/65 FOR THE RECORD : The attached press release constitutes the only
  • FOR A MASS CI VIL RI GHTS DEMONSTRAT I ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON I N LAFAYETTE SQUARE JUST ACROSS PENNSYLVANI A VE. FROM THE WHI TE HOUSE . WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY REEDY HELD UP HI S USUAL MI DDAY NEWS BR I EF I NG UNTIL THE CI VIL RI GHTS CO NFERENCES WERE
  • will do so. .... S.., U.S. Sllfli•t,s BtmJs R11,tJMly tm tb, Pdpoll SMmt,s Pl1111 I 75 NEW BRUNSWICK All during the weekend that violence sputtered, · flared, subsided, then flared again in Plainfield, in New Brunswick, less than 10 miles away
  • ) Oklahoaa (RM) 1- NISO, New Orleans, Louisiana (RM) GERALDLEWISGEARY OfflCII: Dallas, Texas 1/31/68 FlelclOffice FIieNo., 100-11486 Titles BLACKNATIONALISTIIOVEIIENT DALLASDIVISIOH Chaiacten INTERN.AL SECURITY- BLACKN.ATIONALIS~ 2- Copyto, 2- Repo
  • programs -- overcoming poverty, opening up new opportunity, and making the American system of freedom work. • ·, .• Lady Bird joins me in very warm regards. ·'· Mrs. Virginia Durr 17 Molton Street Building Montgomery 4, Alabama ... l" I ···i
  • , THROUGH AUGUST31, 1964, AND YOUTHDISTURBANCES SEPTEMBER 4, 1964 1 THROUGH SEPTEUBER7, 1964 STA'£E OF NEW YORK New York City July 17 2 1964, through July 31, 1964 • Following the shooting of fifteen-year-old James :>owell, a Negro, in New York City
  • 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
  • map across the room. Curvin 10 & 11 p. 40 - Last paragraph. The carloads of police officers were not reinforcements; they were officers reporting in for a new shift. Melchior 8 p. 41 - First full paragraph. The molotov cocktails were thrown just
  • ) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA FORM 7122 (7·721 Re-Pr int From Da y tona Beach News Journal 4
  • . To New Grace Hosp._ Shot in front of 19218 Livernois. JOHNSONis a private guard. 1:26 AM 7/25 (Prsnr) ??/N. Shot r,un pellets upper portion of RONALDPOWh""LL, To DGF (CB). Refused to halt body & face, also rt hip. at Lycaste .& Goethe on orders
  • of: WILLIAMC. KASH Date: New York, New York Offke1 AUG3 1 1967 Fleld Office FIie I: 100-138651 Title: WILLIAMLEO EP.rON, JR. Character: INTERNALSECURITY-PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY Bureau File l:100-432251 Subject resides at Apartment ~, 1470 Amsterdam
  • ; approximately twenty-five white persons were present during this meeting. Howard Spencer, Leader of the Political Action Committee at Tougaloo introduced the principal speaker, one Paul Boutelle from Harlem, New York, who is seeking the office of Vice President
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
  • RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; OPPOSITION TO RFK FROM REFORM MOVEMENT; WHITE BACKLASH AND LABOR OPPOSITION TO LBJ, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNSKILLED WORKERS; INFORMAL POLL OF NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS; REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON CALIFORNIA LABOR DEFECTIONS
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT WAGNER ABOUT NYC RIOTS, SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE DURING MLK VISIT TO GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEW YORK NEWS STORY BY JACK MALLON ON COMMUNIST, RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SUPPORT
  • DELAWARE CAMPAIGN; POSSIBLE APPEARANCE THERE BY LBJ; NEW REPUBLICAN ALLEGATIONS ABOUT WALTER JENKINS, BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBILITY THAT WALTER JENKINS WAS FRAMED; NEW YORK LABOR COMMITTEE FOR GOLDWATER; NEED FOR INCREASED LABOR INVOLVEMENT AT CAMPAIGN
  • "NYC"; LBJ PUTS RFK ON HOLD DURING CONVERSATION TO CHECK ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP TO NEW YORK
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT CARRYING THEM; RFK ASKS LBJ TO HAVE MOTORCADE THROUGH LONG ISLAND ON UPCOMING TRIP TO NEW YORK; LBJ'S DELAWARE TRIP; EFFORTS TO DEFEAT JOHN WILLIAMS; NEGRO VOTE
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
  • LBJ SUGGESTS LANGUAGE FOR LABOR DEPT PRESS BRIEFING TOMORROW ON DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; LBJ SAYS TO BALANCE THIS NEWS BY STRESSING CONTINUING HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT FOR NEGROES, YOUTH, WOMEN AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO CREATE JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
  • LBJ TELLS CLARK HE IS NOW ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL; REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD RE TO FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OR TO DISTRICT COURT; APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY TRAVIA TO NEW YORK JUDGESHIP; RFK'S VIEWS ON TRAVIA AND ON HANDLING NEW YORK PATRONAGE
  • DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINEES; LBJ SUGGESTS HHH CONSIDER JOSEPH ALIOTO IN ORDER TO CARRY CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CITIES, ITALIAN VOTE; DALEY RECOMMENDS SARGENT SHRIVER; SELECTION OF NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO REPLACE JOHN BAILEY
  • content• are not to be dlatrtbuted outatd~ your aqency. QOllPIBlll4'IA'1 UN ------------:o STATES DEPARTMENT - OF JI 'ICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy loa l - Secret Service, New York City (.RM) 3 - 108th MI Group, New York City (RM
  • REEDY SAYS HE TALKED TO FRANK CORMIER WHO IS CORRECTING AP PRESS STORY ABOUT ASSIGNMENT OF NEW PERMANENT FBI UNIT IN MISSISSIPPI
  • no information as to the existence of a. Black Liberation Front organ­ ization in the New York area.. New York confidential sources advised in February, 1966,. that they could furnish no information reflecting the existence of an organization known as the Black
  • ALBERT GIVES NEW HEAD COUNT OF DEMOCRATIC SIGNATURES FOR HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION, DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO GET REPUBLICAN SUPPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETINGS WITH LABOR, BUSINESS, WOMEN ON ISSUE, RELAYS LABOR'S HEAD COUNT
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, DOD BUDGET; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CLOSING NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK; UPCOMING MEETING ON DOD BUDGET; OPPOSITION TO CANCELLATION OF DYNASOAR