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September 26,. 1966

ALABA}ffis Atty. Jellirtek reported that :Charlie Shutes had a hear~n g in Opelika, Ala.· for f ailure t o rep·..)rt for · draft~ His trial:is set for Oet~ Uth, ·bail is ~ 1,~00. He ... • has been returned to .Atlanta ·to fWsh his sentence for participating in anti-Craft. · dem :) nstrati ~· ns here. • . " Gloria House reported that there have been numerous sho?tings in Alabama, - pro bab~ as a result of effort geared t oward c oming November elections. Candi dates are being contested as to their qualifications, and both black candidates f er state re present ~­ tive have been disqualified. There are nine other black candidates f or county offices .. There is an anti-panther party-movement within the black·middle-class community; this fact.:f,cn wants ·wilson Baker for sheriff, and ·is being-·led by Rev. Reese. Generally, Selma l~~gro es are f or Bcl.ker and the rural black people are pushing the BUick Panther. Jim Clark is running as a .write-in candidate. · · - ··LCDC seems t o be semi-outlaweo in Dallas County. Juuge refuses t o see them, tf1e~ ~ ·

are out-of-state lawyers with rio license to practice.· . I : . v I , I Sept eJ'!1 be r · 30; '1966 ~ .. .· i: ...... - I .. I PINE. BllJFF, ARKANSASt :v1nee O'Connor rep8rted the f oliowillg: T .E •. Patterls.on (fanner l Exe cutive· Director· of Arkansas Teachers Assn.-Negro group)_: gained a seat o~ . Little I' Rock Schc('.l Board. He is extremely competent, moderate, of center wing in Civil Ril?t ~ . ( movement. The fact that he was elected in Little Rock 'with 23% Negro population) is a good indication of the work <:!nd effort that was put iilto his campaign; h owever, the white v ote was split over 3 candidates. It was a landslide victory in Negro c~unit~. ann whites were generally unaware of Negro activity to elect him. · · In Piil·a BlUff .krea-. ·S··NeE_{rO cRndidates,· were elec-ted to school board positions, 3 were · from· _Jeffer_sQTI ·County. . 0' Cannon had met twice with el~tion c ommisioner, and Negro pnllwatcher s were ·at all p?lls to wateh· the c ountil}g .of ballots, a~th uu gh none were employed as clerks or juclges. In ··oases where Neero candi dates l ost, it seemed . to be a problem of not ~o rking hard ·\:mnu~ and no.t being orfani~ed...... ·; · On Sept. ·24; · 1966 there- were shocrtings m. Wabbase}ta.-as .a r esult o.f the .N~gro CCllllllUnity beginnin'g· t cJ or ganize around the is~UeS that affect .them • 1 ln the Week .. . preceedi.hg shooting, ··there· w~re 3 commuhl. ty meetings, our . ot•t which . carne decisi on to ,j run Necr 9 ·candidates ·f or City C-:>uncil. The .. nomes G>f .3 of the people. inyolvetl in meet­ ings w~re shot into, no one hurt.· There seems to be gocd potentia l f or this group t o · devel0p into strong community orp.anization which will engage in pol~tic a l actinn. In the ~uture, Vince would like to see all of community groups -in c ~unty tie up. In Eudora, ·Ark., Mrs. Habel·Allen (Negro can0idate) defeated white man (Charles Hall) f or Eudora School Board positi ont · t own is So% Negro·· with small margin of Negro childr .. en in maj•Jrity-. Her electi':'n was result· 'Of concerted campaign by Negro_es of Eudora. ·•

NESBIT, MISs. Ransome .Moore · reported the following& : On. Sunday, Sept. 24, 1966 while he was in MemJ:Xlis, - Tenn. ~ Gr e ytl.)und Bu-s Station, he was arrested f er "Disturbing the Peace." Incident evolved out of him simply having a ·Black Power button on, which · attracted the a~tenti on of s ome bL~ck y0uths who questioned him about meanillg of but­ ton. Ransome began· talking.. a1x'ut concept of Black Power while groups. of .· boys li stene~ . intently; at this time,· a" worker at bus station dashed insid~, 15 ~inutes l _ater 2 cop.:;_;_· carne up, arrested Ransome, ; ·jailed him ··f or 1 hour_. He was ba;tled out, 4au court hear-. ing in l1emphis on Wed~ · Sept. 21.1 ! found .guilty· of "Disturbing· Peace" and fined ~16 .00 • . .. In Nesbit (Bisota County) Miss. he is beginning t o work on A~CS elections, a Rev. . c Dalford is running for School Board there. 2

Sept. 30, 1966 (continued)

r PHILf, DELPHI A ~ PENN. SNCC Johnny Wilson r eported the f ollowine : Atty. Cecil B.. Hoore ( (NAACP Pres.) has t aken the case of Billy Paul Williams (see Sepecial Phila. Report). SNCC held a r ally Wed. nieht, Sept. 28, 1966, attempted t o mobilize support and ge ·~ f orce t o a ttend hearing f or Billy Paul on Thurs de~ y morning, bept. 29. On Thurs. m ~::rn. the c ourt-room was full, Cecil Hoore made mockery of police, judge, a nd whole juciicia l system. All charges were dropped except interfering with officer, bail was l owered to ~300.00. . Philly SNCC is n(•W in process of f orming Legal Defense Fund f or Poor People, and first meeting has been held • . Also f orming core of black lawyers t o work with Le gal Defense Fund, want to develop programs whert:l these lawyers can be militant, defend militant blacks, a~d still ·survive.

October 3, 1966

GREEN COUNTY, ALABAMA Ral[.h Brown reported the f ollowing: There have been t-ent burnings there, the first· cme occurred about three or f our weeks ago. The second t ent. was burned Friday; Sept. 30, it belonge<.l . t o Z.1r~ Manse Bell and f amily, no one was hurt~ but the ~ll family l ost all cf their possessions. A young· 18 year ol d boy (Willie Jame Cooper) wa s killed: last Monday (Sept~ · 26)' in FoJ.kland, Greene County. It is be- : lieved that he was killed becau~e some Ne groes had run a few white men out of there · about a week before that,~ ~d this was probably a retaliatory ~ct. His body had been c. laid on road and was s o badly mutilated that cause of deatq coutd 1_1 nt be determined. Tents are n r>w pitched at Falkland, Ala. on highway: there are 4.families, t otaling 23 people (16 children) !bn 2 tents. There is no well, nor inside t oilets, etc. The · ·· · Green County Freedom Organization is runping candidates for sheriff, tax assesor, and the school board of Green County• ( October 6, 1966

NESBIT, "HISS. Rvnsome l-1oore rtported the f ollowing: On Monday, Oct. 3, Mr. Charles Murdock (Negr o) pulled in car up in front of J c-n.es Store, and as he went l.n, Mrs. J cne. called him a black M•. .f~ Hurdock then spoke to Hr.- J ones about incident, telling him to instruct his wife not to hurl r acial epithets at him. An arBUJ!lent deve l oped bet Hee: Murdock and J ones, mecmwJlile l1rs. J ones called cops. Murdock returned t o his homA, · and · cops went there, beean to argue with Hurdock and proceeded t o beat him. After t he cops put Murdock into police car, l-1rs. l-lurdock questioned them as t o why they were t aking him, ~at charg~ s were. etc. One of cops hit Mrs. Murdock, she hit him back, and both Mr. and }1rs. Murdock were ..t aken t o jail, arrested ·and ch~ g ed_ - ~with the f ollo;.li.ng : "disturbing p~a ce, 11 11 disor deT,·ly \:'6ndu:;t n ·ttresisting arr~ st 'n•; and' H~triking office:r-. 11 Bond was set 1£t ~BOO.OQ ! of Mrs. i-lurd c;> ck · arid . ~1200.()(} rdr· ~. }iurdock; the··commun.i+.y raised bai~ money ann ·kcJt them out; ·" r · -.._ · . · Bob Lewell · (~hite "FDP .worker) ·was arrested in Bisota City, as he was standing in fr ~mt . of store talking ·t .o group of Negroes. _The .cops carne . by, arre::>tf:d him f or "disturbi!l pE:ace, 11 and "inciting t o riot," since they se~iu 3 or more people were . gathe:req, he is no~·· ou~ q! ·jail. .· · . . · · Rans~e l-loore is 'only SNCC worker in ·Nesbit area, working nnder difficult condi.:. tions • . Former SNCC workers are going ~hr pugh community (Nesbit, Bisota Cty., and . Marshall Cty!l') making ~1 isparagine r E?marks ·about SNcc: · ·

JACKSON FDP: GPester Taylor .. r eporlecl ,the followings There will be public protest meeting Sat·.; Oct. ~ .. 1966 for CDGH ·(see fo~lowing report) ; there is a N~w York Corp­ porati'on sti-ll supporting CDCM, . so· \her~ .is ·: a chanc'e it may still be able to survivG, without federPl support. ··i FDP is without. funds ancl .unable. to function properly. . . . • . . . . 1.·· ' . . •. . L.. .;. • - L .

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SITU.ATtON IN MISSISSIPPT CONC F.miiNG CDGH .At-m NEw "MJ;SS . ACTION FOR PP.OGRES~ ...... October 8, 1966 ,. Ther• i s a current drive on to kill the CDGM, and t o r epluce it with. t.lt ~:: ·newly · f nnned }_li ssi s ;:; i!n i Actit•n f 0r Prr-rr e ss,. This move has D.l.J}'r t:ntly beE:: n r·r wmized by Sen st·ennis of ltiss~-j the: · whit £~ }!iss. p nwer structure, with tl.H~ .'backipp of Fede:-·.r.l Gov't • . The'H.A.P. wets charted on 'August .13,, 1966 in. one dny. There hacl be en di sr,ns­ sions with the· OEO which initiated ·the_ setting up of thi.s group. Aaron - HeHry was asked f or a list· of nillnes of· N.egroes ;in the state t ·o be placed on new board (to give appe:.rance o.f ·"intefr ation".) · t o supplan~ CDGM. There. are 12 people on board , wi. th no I poor people at .all: .some of b oard members include Aaron Henry, Owen Cooper (Pres~ of Miss. Chemic: 1 Corp.), Hodding C ctr~er, LeRoy Percy (rich p)..antatj_on owne r) • ctnd I other· rich whites~ with-few handpicked Negro bourgeosie. · Funds of CDQ1 wer e cut off, and s ome .. 2.,400 workers· 'in 28-: ·counties. w.ill nqw be ·unemployed. The OEO has made j f ormal dharges ag~inst CDGM, claiming that there is {i) mismanagement, .(2) that CDGM is ·a ·f:r-ont f or Black Power; (3) nep o ti~m .within CD.GM,, ·and (4) that pro'gz:am is not desig~ed . for children but f or adults. There have qeen investign.tions of CDGM by at l east. 6'' governmental agencies, pmong them Stennis~ 'the O.f.fice.· of Inspecti0n· of OEO, and Gov 1 t . Accounting Office. Also students from Howa r d and Y a l~ wer e sent into the offic~ · o f . QEO · t o · dig up dirt on CDGM, one of them ·was .Marvin Robinson.· Dean Rerguson of Howa rd ·Law SCheol issued statement s aying that his l aw students were misused. These law students· pos ed : as civil rights workers. 'The Boatd of · Inquiry of the ·CitizeJ Crusade :Agn.inst Poverty· is l ooking . into the .charg~s ag~inst CDGH; and there wasa schedu:iec:l c onfrontation · between Shriver · · ~nd the'. Bd. :of Inquiry on Friday, Oct. 6, 196: The Bd/ o.f. Inquiry made a s.tatement -saying in effect· that HEADST ARl' has been quoted by Shrtver, u r r ather that nDGM has been. ~ ot~d as model HEADSTllRT progrnm, that it had maae mistakes, . but, these mistakes were inevitable given the . l eve ).. 'or s ophistica­ tion of the people working in progr e~m. Reuther made a ..s~ a~ement Oct~. T; attacking Shriver. THE RE/1L ISSUES IN THE CURRENT MOVE TO KILl: QDG'1 ARE THE FOLLOwmG: (l) CAN K THERE . BE INDEPENDENT POVERTY PROGRJl.l-1 IN }USS. OUTSIDE OF EASTLAND ' AND STENHI~ 1 i' : . , : CON'l'ROt?· ·(2) T_HERE IS 'h1'Tr11· PI' .NOT ONLY TO.. REBUilD DEMOC RATIC PARrY IN MI~S , BUT RE ~ I . INSTATE QIJ) LINE "DEMOCRATS, BUSlNESEm:N, PLANTERS, ...AND NEwSPAPER ' EDITOR.S---COUPLED . WITli A FEw NEGROES . TO GIVE .IT Affi OF 11 INTEGR.ATION, 11 '(3) THE BOARD OF M.A.P. I~ REALLY CONTROL LED BY OWEN COOPER OF MISS . CHEHICAL CORP.; LEROY· PERCY ( PLANThT ION OWNER) , AND : HOIDING ·CARTER· III. THESE. THREE PEOPLE CitN AID AT· THIER !DISCRETION ANY NEW . \ : . . MEMBERS TO THE BOARD, (4) GIVEN :·THE CURRENT POLITICi•L TREN.D.:i IN THE ~OUTH , N.t.GROEb . WILL ,NOT SERVE ON lliE BO~. RD AFTER SIX MONT.HS, J\ND (5) OUT~ IDE OF FEDERAL PROGRAHS, ._. THE FE'AL. QUESTION- Ib WHETHER OR NOT INDEPENDENT POLITICAL ACTION wiLL EVER BE POS:-5IDL • .· IN-'ntE STATE s :rncE THE :REQU&>T oF mE BOARD IS FOR PROG!Wlli IN ~IXTY couNT I&> To BE . EX':j:'ENpED. TO · a~. - THIS WILL BUILD A TREHENDOUS PATRONAGE BAbE .FOI£ THE DEMOCRATIC PARrY 'AND FICliT ANY INDEPENDENT . POLITICi1 L ACTION. ' . •.: ...... ,, . . ·-.. - ' . :. ~PORT F'E.OM PHILADELPHIA bNCC OFFICE CONCERNING PRESENT DISTURBANCES 'IN THAT CITY · · · ' • • • · · r'.· ·' ·. · : ... . •. r :. " '/ . OotobeiT ·.5-B, 1966 . . ; . ·: . ·. .:t .. .· . . · '.I . . •.· { . ; :I . • . .. . . · Beginning ~\mday, Oct. 2, .:whites living in Kensington area o.f Philadelphia begar: t rioting and tearing up neighborhood .befause a Negro family (1-J,r. and }1rs . Le on wright) :;. . had, moved in l!.t 2474 Cor al St. ·. This area is ·ad jae.ent t o North Phila. b l ack ghetto. I 9hhe rs of "White Pqwer" flooded the a ir as p00r whites thraw .tra sh ca ns and ·other tf debris ir:J.t·o h ome of Wright family. No Negro cops were allowed in a rea , on Oct. 5 l ·ahout 19 whites were arrested ·for "disorderly .conduct11 as 500 whites r oamed the area.. I Althou gh the riot w_as then out : o.f control, n o t ear. gCls or billy clubs were used, and . whites were handled with. "kid gloves." Po~ce Commisio.ne r Rizzo is calling the riot a 11 demonatraticm." Negro girls ·in· Kepsignton ·High School {a ll girls school) . have been ma liciously· R'ttacked by -whites in neighborhood,· .and · chased d own the streets by

r.·. white cops. This is· the seconrl time 1;qa-t; . this. tY,P~· of. tning· ha.s h appened to ·Negro 1 girls at this particular school. ~ ., . ·.-. · .. .::. _ , · · · · . : · , ·: .:. -' . ' · . -.. ·.: ;. •. : . ·: ' . :· :-:: ..• ·. ' The white rinters have been eetting restless, staT"t.ed throwi ng bricks anJ bot t-:tes at cops, shouti ng anti-Negro slo r~ns at white fops, s ome brir.ks thrown throurh autos, this has all been played down in press. On Oct. 5, P.hila. SNCC office issued the following press releAse: : ... ~··

The Fhiladelphia Ch?.pter of SNCC deplores . the·· ~id · giove · treatme:nt of :the. white hoodlums in the· Kensington area• . Although· several policemen have been injured in the rioting, bricks, bottleSj 'cher~ bombs, and molotoV cocktails have been thrown at p0licemen, Deputy Commisianer F. Rizzo insists ·ori. calling these riots "demonstrations." We. wonder. how the ~'lila. Police Dept~ ·.can only manage to find 15 pc licemen to euar0 ti,le .home . of Mr. and Mrs~ - Leon Wright, .the Negro family who just moved into Ken~ing'\:on . We wonder how ·· the police dE:fpt_•· · can only manage to find policemE:(n to , pat~ol the 1\ens"i.ngton· area which h!tis ,_ 110 ' been beseiged since the week--end. by thous~s of angry whites. ~ , We 'W onder i£· .. · Dep1ty Police Commisioner F;o Rizzo ~s .s.c> short of manpower in thi1:1 situation.:_t · .. rtlen in all the demonstrations held •by N,egroes at Girard· College and City Hall; r . ! he setmed to need as many policemen as pickets. · · · .. , Fhiladelphi~ SNCC. demunds that at least l,ooo· addit:l:-bnal policemen, black and white-not just white) ·be · sent into the area to protect the live:s and property of Negro citizens in =and around the area from. the destruction at the hancis of white racists. we· a,lso demand · the immediate ~ ~bilizatioil ~ of the . National ~ard unless ·the Phila. Police Dept •. ~rid the City. of Fh~la. moves quickly. Negroes in thia city well realize that crys of law. and ·order by police in our neighborhoos have simply been an excuse to t~rr ~ rize the Negro ghettoes. We do not condone police brutality _in any instance, but if police

I feel that force and arrests---are necessary on· South St. and Ri~ge Ave. in the ~ I black community, then we feel they shou-ld take .the same type•:·bf ·action in the . white stre~ts of Kensington. :~ ·. . . ·... . · : • · :-··: t · ~ J i The Black Community demand.s immediatt'l ..: a-Gti.on. · ·.. : ·:·. ·· , .

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On Oct. _. 6, 19661 Barry Dawson report~d the foll~wing from th~ Phila. SNCC Office:. The NAACP is · trying to take over .the cRse of Hr. · and Hrs. · Leon ~~right. . Presently, Mrs: Wright is at house with 3 brothers, 3 children, . husband, and several black people who are concerned over situati0n.- On Sunday, )1onday and Tuesday, (Oct. 2, 3, and 4,) the police barricades were 3 to 4 blacks from wright home. On Wed., when Bar~ Dawson arrived on scene, barricades had been moved t o corner of street where home is l ocated, within throwing distance of Wright home. Early wed., the Ku Klux Klan was there with signs saying "BURN, lUGGERS BURN." The Kian says they will be ·at GirRrd College_...... :. . DemonstrRtion on _Sat., Oct. 8 1 · to ..c0\mter:-dem oi:1s~rate . Klan groups. fran Bnlti,m~~IE' ·: ... Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Arkansas ~; ~e to converge on_ ~ scene--rph~s ~pd ~ · all. Now, Negro cops have been moved into area· in f'ront of' Wright house. There i:3 a rumor spreading that 11 ~omebo dy will get blown away tonight.11 Barry ·Dawson will be at Wright house tonight·, probably remain. there for awhile.

On Oct. 8, 1966, Johnny wilson reported the following frem the Phila. SNCC Office; Last night, Oct. 7, 36 more whites w~::re arrested on Kensington ~t., cops prevented gangs of whites from gathering. Whites arrested were charged with "disorderly conduct· and "trying. ·to conceal deadly weapons." At the Wright· hqme, groups: of ·interested . Negroes came and' went all night, many autos bearing thein ..had NAAC'P, CORE and SN.CC . stickers on them. The police bar:ricades w6~re removed, an~ carloads of whites · d~ove by. About 100 whites went to a commpnity meetipg held at white high school to dis~us~ _the situation and what to do about Wright fam~ being in neighborho0d. SNCC . tr~ed :to . organize white students at Temple UniversitY to deal with ' problem of white racism by urging them t?march fran Temple ~niversi\~ - throu~ ;.the K~nsington·~ area in protest of . events happen1ng there. Johnny W~lson spoke there ·on ~ed.·and ae~sed that c o~rse of '· action, told white students .they had ~0 ~eal with their own problems; however:; . other.. groups advised them it we~s unsafe::tC?. pr?ceed with s~ch .' a _marc~j- ~hat they , w~~lctn': t have adequate police protectio111 and students renErged on · plan~ - t SNCe . sent' a ~~ te~_rgz:-am. to Gov. Stratton condemning the action of l ocal and state govt •• .in hrutdlil_lg-. p.f"!riots,. _ • !.' .• # . 5 and also sent Wire to Hayor Tate.,

SNCC \ol ()rker J ohnny Wilson s poke at a rnJ~ hal r:l .<~t. r.:lr"'r ' l r. ,... ,, Pe~='- ,,, (). . ~. • r. . r ally ntt.endecl by 2 to 3 thousand people. Other s ptakers i ncJ11ded 1-1in •.1 .., 1· ~.;ud ;ll\ X of Rlila . Huslim Mosque and Atty. Ce cil B. Moore. The audience r Aspntlf1erl uvnn Jl•r·1mi nc1Y in f av nr of SNCC 1 s · position and c oncept of Black Power, and s ome funds wen:: co )) ~ct.ec for Jhi1a. SNCC office. About 87 people were signed up for: Fhiladelphia Fretclom Organization . (BlAck .. Panther. Party), and t ons of high school students j oined the Black Student Union of High Schools, a militant young group of blacks who organiztd and carried . out a qemonstr~tion at their school (~imon Gratts H.S.) within one _week. Much of activity in N. Phila. is result of Tony Robinson of Phila . SNCC stnff. Things are going we ll there as far as activity and or g~ nizatinn go, J ohnny Wilson c ontinues t o work on Llc1qpendent Defc::lnse Fund .for SNCC.

OCTOBER 101 1966 . . . ATUI.NT.A, GEORGIA ••• •• Workers from the SNCC ...Atl.anta Project filed ·suit on Oct. 10 in U.S. Disttict Court, Northern District of Georgia , Atlanta Divisinn "TO END CRUEL AND UNUSU.AL PUNISHMENT IN THE ATLANTA PRISONS .AND . JAILSu against Mayor Ivan .Al~en and tI Ral}:h Hulsey, Prison .Adm:i.nist.rator. Attorney for the pla~tiffs (SNCC ATLANTA' PROJEC is Howard Hoare of Atlanta, Ga. A description of the inhuman c6nditi ons existing in · · Atlan~~ prisons, taken from this 1~-su~t f ollows:

1. &11 work"assignments at the 6ail and prison are determined by the r a cial pr ej­ udices of the defendant Ivan Allen and Hulsey; the dirtiest and most danger ous j ot and assignments are ~eserved solely: for the inmates who are Negroes and black.

2. Only Negro females are assigned . ~o and. requirep t o s erve as w aitress e~ in t he dinihg halls, and in this role they are required to. s erve the· 'white gu~c.ls · f ood ar thereby be subjected to insults and indignities. When, as in the case of t he named plaintiff, Hi·ss Elora Goodloe, refused to per,form ,this task f or the mite guards on or about the 6th of October, 1966, she. was placed iri s olitary c onfine­ ment,· the "box. 11 ·.· 3. Solitary confinement, or the 11 box 11 ·as 'the guards call it, consists of bei ng placed in a windowless box seven feet l ong, sevt~ feet bigh ~d f our f eet Ride . Sleep occurs only when .. c omplete exhaustion sets in and the prisone r can n o .l on ger prevent himself fr om ~ sprawling on the cement floor covered wjth the v omit and oth human waste allowed to accumulnte in the box week after week. The h apl ess i~~abi tant of the 11 box11 · is forc~d to l oose all s ense of ..til'll: e . and .night and day under th: .. ·constant glare of the single .Ught bulb, the only s ource 0f light, which is light­ ed all day and all night. ·Food is withheld. at the whim of the guard. ·when f ood is given it c onsists only of water and a few slices of bread. Saic.l punishment!·.is I not reasonably related to the permissable ends of confinement and imprisonment an( l: is imposed ·without a ·.hearing. .- · II 4. Sleeping, eating, religious worship, visitors and visiting arrangements are a I I · · done on a _racial basis_:_wf.th strict segregation of the -Negrp pris one~s in the poo. est ' arrangem~~s and faci~t~e~~ I: . .. ·s. White m~n with exagger?ted hatred of· black people (a~ shown by their ? onduct and the r acial epithets ancl 'c oncepts -frequently mouthed) are assigned guard-j obs in the pris o n~~ · Thes~:/g u!3-rd~ ~ are ·permitted, aided,-· and encouraged t o express. the racial h a~:r~.d. Th~~e 1 ~ -aHts · have_· ~e · unfettered power -to -~eat prisoners, r evoke the 11 good t:unef wluch renables one• to be released from c onf:u1ement sooner, o,r plac a prisoner in the "box," solitary confinement ••••for either bad ~asons or no rensons at all. 6 ,. .. I ·l 6. That f or merely rreetl ng each other wi t.h the phrase 11 Black Power" Nerro ·. l prisoners have been put in the "box" and starved .. 0 0 J : ( 0 0 7. · The named male plaintiffs · in this suit-·(in addition to the generf!l patter n of racial per~ecution and s·e·c regation to· which all· the Negr o prisoners are macle ·tc en~ure s olely because of race·) are segregated from all other Nelrro· prisoners and .: · denied the normal c ontacts an.d Work assignments · available. to the. othe.r inmates. 0 This se~egation withi~ segregation is perpetrated s olely because of ~e p&rsonal · animosi:tY. . ~f the defendants,. arid 'those they employ, to the ·-concept bf Bla ck Power~ an9 enP,ing t?e war in Vietnam~ · The pl'aintiffs are intimately identified with bo:t;.h- ~unpopula!~ viewpo..ints. .. · ', · · ,. "· - · · . :. ·~ · . o • • : ... . , ...... ~- \ 8 • The racial prejudice of the defendants · finds 'further· expr&ssion in the f onn of denial of proper medical cares

1 • , : ' • I j . ~ 1 t , ! . · A. Dwight Williams, plaintiff, though ·suffering from a severe leg injury ! I . inflicted ·at . the time of his ·· arres~is merely , giv~n . · pills, . .. . ' • I • • • • t •l L , I0 ', · :.B.· Johnny Wilson:,: plaintiff, .. tno~ ·gh : suff~ri~g · f;~.· a~ute · attacks of diz.zjtness .. an~ . ~consciousness-~is ' merely given. pills believed . to . ~ aspirins. •• 1 • • • .' • · - • • , • , J , : • • • r . • • • . i. C. Donalct Howard, plaintif~, prese~t~ suffe .~ing·: fro~ ·~.;t·r~ lyzing p~ i.~s im'd othEh symptq'f!ls . which sug'gest. a hernia-is merely given pills believed to be aspirins. ' ·t. ,! • • • • , ' • ,\ ' • • •'I ,: ~ ,I ' o ' ' : ' • ,f. • • • : . ., .. ~ ...... '. . The'· plilitiffs are 'askirig that the court tak~C the !'ollo.;;i,ng. course' of . .a :ct:i ~ n:

. ·. ·1. Grant · t.he·'. ·plaintiffs a temporary re::;training order agD inst the acts and omissioJ . of the defendants set forth· in' this· :complaint. :. . • · ' 1 .2 • . Grant the: plaintiff's a· preli.minary:injunction enjoimng the defenqants, ~h e ir agents, subordinates, associates and those acting in concert with them from perpe­ trating further acts of cruel and unusual punishment in the City .Pris·on.s . ~d Jails, an~ tha_t afte~ a hearing .a. permanent . injunti o~ be grantee. I I •. ; J. ·Jiender . ~ · .Ci.eclarat~ry juct·gment stating that the acts, customs, and pract~ces· ,, within 'tf)e pz:isons and jails of the City ·of .Atlanta ·.of racial ~e gregati on are. vialati~e of the 14th Amendment of the United Sta~s · cons~itution. . .,. . .· ~ : r .. · : ·· h.• · In the .alternative orde~ the immediatE:! relea~e of the .plaintiffs from the ·: 7't ,-- #' ~ · A~lanta prison if the. deftndan~s ·do not•forthwithiend the blatant r acial segrega- tion 'and .cruel and ' Unusua~ puniShment ·befng imposed in these institutions . at ·this •• t•l.me. . : .. ·. . . ' .; 0 1 ' . ~ \: i O •

0 5. Grant such other and fnrt.hor .l'e] i.ef 11~ to t.h~ PC \J.l,"'~o mny se~~ just and l awful.

• • •: ;:. • I ~ '-•' • : • '• ~ ' • • I - • • • ' • ... ·. · 'l1ie depl0i~ nhl:e.. nnd ..fi\fli, liJ :U:l · cona[t.{ous. rc,;r ·ne!,r~i:>oif: ouro .Uobi· (')f.ficrs 'und 2 sisters in the Atl;mtn .Stoflkmift must be brou(11t to an end. • .. SNCC 'lle