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- Black Natlonalist Movel"l'leMt, DeRvor Division C 1 1/30/68 A~ Black Nationalist Movement, Detroit Division NLll 11'2.A:.-\3-\~l ~·SON'\I ~u t=o I). \:4) C 80 1/31/68 -14r-(t~ utt»d ~'1/J./(3 .eaa repoll Black NationalistMovement
- be a diversionary tactic. Belle Isle, the recreation area in the Detroit River that had been the scene of the 1943 riot, was sealed off. In an effort not to attract people to the scene, _some broadcasters cooperated by reporting no news of the riot. As a · result
- 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
Folder, "Epton, William Leo, Jr.," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8
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- 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
- - l August 5, 1967 NOTES OF MEETING OF PRESIDENT WITH MEL ELFIN, NEWSWEEK: JOHN STEELE OF TIME: JACK SUTHERLAND OF U.S. NEWS, JULY 28, 1967 The President had a general discussion with these three magazine writers on the Detroit riot and civil
- to be desegregated with all deliberate speed. On December 1, 1955, a Negro seamstress named Rosa Parks was arrested when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a M~ntgomery, Alabama, bus. When the news spread through the community, a young Negro minister
- . Preliminary inquiries in Milwaukee and Detroit met with little response. This was thought to be unusual in view of the fact that these cities would be likely to have had large representations at such a meeting. It appears that the meeting was scrubbed because
- Date: Returned to Mr. George Trask December 4, 1967 on December 4, 1967 the following: 1. FBI Report on Detroit, Detroit, Re: Rioting, July 23, 1967 Michigan, dated July Michigan, Beginning (CONFIDENTIAL) 24, 1967 2. FBI Report on Detroit
- in the aOllmlWlity which does IQOst of the riotinq. Again, experience in such cities aa New York and St. Louis suggest ■ that theae step• are bot.b feasible and important. But the experience of Detroit •uggesta that these efforts by themaelves, without effort
Folder, "Gray, Jesse Willard," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8
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- 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
- . Rap Brown, National Chairman of the.Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, who is in prison in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the letter Brown said that for every Orangeburg there would be ten Detroits. He urged revenge for the shedding of Negro blood
- 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
- 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
- and to visit skill centers and adult training centers. His views would interest me greatly and would bear on my final judgments of the progress being made in our negro districts. The violence -of Detroit seems to indicate a new phase of the negro problem
- , 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
- • 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
- Shop. To DGH (CB). 1:25 PM 7/24 (Looter) ROBERT BEAL, 49/N/M of.8857 Treadwell, a looter, shot_by Detroit Police Patr. ERNEST GILBERT, #2 Task Force, at the Oakland Auto Parts, 9325 Oakland. Homicide File #71! Assigned to - Bowron. Report on Case
- See all scanned items from file unit "Investigations - Detroit - General"
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Detroit Police Department
- , 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
- ) Hungate (Missouri) Thompson (New Jersey) Delaney (New York) Edmondson (Oklahoma) Duncan (Oregon) - next week St Germain (Rhode Is land) Hicks (Washington) Young (Texas} Thomas (Texas) Roncalio (Wyoming) - next week De La Garza (Texas) Purcell (Texas
- may wish to discuss this matter in my absence. The following cities may conceivably be selected as the pllot city: St. Louis, . Providence, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, °Los Angeles, Chicago, and Cleveland. . : ,. ' .,. '' ! • I '. l ". I
- of such a proposed boycott. I A boycott of a specific product with well documented instances of discrimination presents a different 1I After the memorandum to the Wall Street Underwriters, Abraham Bea:rn.e, the Comptroller of New York City, indicated that the City
- 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
Folder, "March 12-18, 1965 [Selma Situation]," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 15
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- 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
- 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
- , 1964 . 'SUl~JARY_ANALYSI~ OF THE RACIAL : DISTURBANCES ANDRIOTING DURING : THE PERIOD FROMJULY 17, 1964, THROUGH AUGUST31, 1964, AND YOUTHDISTURBANCES SEPTEMBER 4, 1964 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 7, 1964 STATEOF NEWYORK New York City ~uly 17, 1964, through
- ] 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
- ]; Neighborhood Centers; Mexican American race relations; accomplishments of the Johnson Administration in civil rights; Negro appointees; reports on civil disturbances; some material on the Detroit riots in 1967 [see also HU 2/ST 22]; Negro statistical
- 'i $I ·~1 ~ ');f/~iJJ 1LSK300 309P EST UAR 9 6, N VUA040 POU PD VU NEW YORK NY 9 137P EST PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON WHITE HOUSE WASHIC URGE IMMEDIATE FEDERAL ACTION TO PROTEST LIVES AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN ALABAMA MRS JAMES FARMER 165
- d e d - - b y a b o u t 5:30. And L u c i w as le av in g f o r New Y o r k a l m o s t w i t h t e a r s i n h e r e y e s a s s h e s a i d g o o d b y e to l i t t l e L y n . I w e n t to m y r o o m f o r d e s k w o r k a n d t e l e p h o n
- company; tea for ladies of the Texas delegation; Lyn Nugent makes appearance; LBJ stops in to say hello; Luci leaves for New York; Johnsons visit with the Abe Fortases & Oveta Culp Hobby; Detroit riots; Lady Bird reflections on leaving White House, Vietnam
- several years in the U.S. Attorne y's office, and I must say it was a thorough ly enjoyab le experie nce--the work there. But my boss there, who was David Acheson , United States Attorne y, was appointe d to a new position in the Treasury departm ent which
- . 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
Folder, "Boutelle, Paul Benjamin," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 7
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- ; 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
- A Dedicated Communist One of the individuals, for example, who have greatly :facilitated King's rise to prominence in rec.ent years is Stanl.ey David Levison. Ostensibly only a New York City attorney and successful businessman who has been helping King, he
Folder, "Ex SP 2-3/1965/HU 2-7/Pro/K [SPECIAL MESSAGE / 1965 / VOTING RIGHTS]," WHCF SP, Box 68
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- .•.Siste r Mary Joseph .....;~ '-·"
- DISCUSSION OF RIOTS IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; LBJ OFFERS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE; HUGHES REPORTS HE IS SEEKING INDICTMENTS OF VIOLATERS OF THE LAW; LBJ ASKS FOR FULL REPORT ON SITUATION
- 1964 Sat urday, July 25~ Was an easy and pleasant day. About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press conference. Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3
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- take. One thing _we have had going for us in our second century is · abundance. Nothing in the world's experience has matched Ainerica 1 s r .• . growth since the Civil War. Between. Appomatox and 1900, we hewed out of the wilderness enough new
- must review and reevaluate what we've done and what we're doing. In specific areas we must set new goals, new objectives, and new standards. Not merely what we can do to try to keep things quiet, but what we must do to make things better. Now how much
- is that it is 6n its way to becoming [9 of 26] - 6 - a paper of major national influence. Certainly, its new crew, headed by the young Chandler, is genuinely con cerned about exercising ' leadership to straighten out the sorry state of affairs politically
- ork. And then at noon I flew to New Y o rk with W arrie Lynn, L iz and B e s s , We went to the C a rlis l e ^to that b eau tifu l s u ite w h e r e I a lw ay s fe e l that I ’m in trudin g on the a p a rtm e n t of the fa ir y p rin c e s s , Je a n K
- New York
- Lady Bird's desk work; Lady Bird to New York; Lynda Johnson returns from 5-state trip with LBJ; Lady Bird to Metropolitan Opera; lunch; performance of "Il Trovatore"; LBJ speech in Atlanta about race barriers
- New York
- · 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