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29 Yazoo Avenue Clarksdale, Mississippi Ma U-9167 ' August 1, 1963 Council of Federated Organisations 1|29 Yazoo Avenue Clarksdale, Mississippi Ma U-9167 ' August 1, 1963 Attn: Thomas Gaither FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CLARKSDALE ARREST TOTAL MOUNTS TO EIGHTY ONE Fourteen more young antisegregation demonstrators1 were arrested here today. Today's protest was directed against segregation in general and specifically against the hiring policy of the local F. W, Woolworth store. Trials for thirty-two of the adults arrested were disposed of by an agreement between Attorney R, Jess Brown of Jackson and Clarksdale City Attorney Charles Brocato, The only case which actually came before the court today was the case of Dr. Aaron Henry, State President of the NAACP, Henry was found guilty of "parading without a permit" and fined $101,00 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. All of the other adults who were also found guilty entered pleas of Nolo Contendre, AH of the cases will be appealed to the County Court, Cases involving juveniles are to be heard at a later date by a juvenile Judge. All of the persons arrested with the exception of a few juveniles are being detained in the Clarksdale City Jail, There have been no Bonds posted to date. Acting on information received from some of the juveniles arrested protests have been lodged with the United States Department of Justice re­ garding the treatment of female prisoners. The female prisoner are being kept in a cell approximately 9X9 with little or no ventilation. Further reports are that food has been denied the prisoners because they have persisted with singing Freedom songs. Protests about these conditions have been made from all the major Civil Rights Organizations, Further demonstrations are being planned for tomorrow. p- Council of Federated Organizations U29 Yazoo Avenue Clarksdale, Mississippi Main b-916? Attn:' Thomas Gaither & Charles Evers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FIVE CLARKSDALE SIT-INNERS ARRESTED Five Clarksdale Negroes were arrested here today in one of the few sit-ins to be staged in this Delta town. These arrests brought the total number arrested within the last three days to eighty-six. All persons previously arrested are being detained in the City Jail with the exception of some Juveniles who have been released in the custody of their parents. Persons arrested today were charged with trespassing and fine was set at $201,00, Confirmed reports of cruel and inhuman treatment to female prisoners are being continually made despite protests to the local FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice, Female prisoners were observed today cutting grass with sling blades in the Cutrer Hill Area of town. One of the female prisoners, Mrs, Odessa Brooks of 6o6Ashton alledgedly suffered a heat stroke this morning. When Mrs, Bassook's husband attempted to visit his wife he was told by Police Chief Ben Collins "can't you keep that Bitch from up here marching". Further protests have been lodged with the Justice Department regarding these incidents of police harrassment. The treat­ ment of male prisoners has generally been fair with the exception of poor food and a few incidents of policemen hitting and kicking Negro demonstrators. The male prisoners are working on the city garbage trucks. A mass meeting is scheduled tonight, Charles Evers, State NAACP Field Secre­ tary will be the main speaker. Further protests are being planned. Bombing at the VTCKS3UBG FREEDOM HOUSE At about 3=00 a.m. Sunday October 4 the COPO office,library and Freedom school was largely destroyed by what is believed to have been a dynamite tomb. The comb had been placed on the south side of the building, about halfway back, under the rear portion of the library. None of the fourteen people in the buildin gat the time of the blasi was seriously injured, though several members of Mrs. Bessie Brown's family, which occupied part of the first floor, were slightly hurt. Mrs. Brown herself received minor cuts and scratches. Her daughter, Sandra, was similarly cut, and Hank, her two month old grandson, was bruised. The other five children, ranging in age from three to elever. suffered from shoak. Upstairs, the six C0F0 workers were unhurt, "Then the blast occurrec" Henry Coleman, a local volunteer, was standing in the office, anothei Vicksburg volunteer, J.C Hayes, was talking with Elaine Singer, C0F0 worker from Brdicott, N,Y„ in the north-front room. Meanwhile, in the south—front bedroom, Henry Hunter, a local boy participating in SNCC'e work-study program, was lying in bed, having a conversation with Bryar Dunlap, COPO volunteer from Leonia, IT. J. Standing in the hall betweer the two rooms was Emily Gordon, COPO worker of Ann Arbor, Michigan. A loud, prolonged explosion and flash of light was followed by the sounds of the house failing in toward the rear. Clouds of dust and acrid smoke filled the house. The first sounds &n the silence were the cries of the awakened Brown children. In the darkness which followed the explosion, £.C., Bryan and Emily helped clear debris from the first-floor hall and, with Mrs. Brown, took the six frightened younger children out to the front porch. In the rain and the rising wind which swept Vicksburg in advance of hur­ ricane Hilda, the survivors took shelter on the porch under an unharm­ ed portion of the roof, and searched the wreckage for clothing. Jacki Mrs. Brown's youngest (2 year-old) daughter had been buried up to the neck in debris, after having been thrown from her bed by the ooncussio of the blast. She had to be dug out. The Brown living quarters were filled with overturned furniture and broken glass. Total damage has been estimated at 110,000. The rear part of the house (back porch, kitchen,.toilets, library) was completely demolish­ ed... and the blast tore away nearly all the library ceiling, blowing out more than half of the floor of the room in which Henry and 3rya.n had been standing. HenrySs bed was tilted through the hole,balanced on several broken floor planks. Pieces of the wreckage were blown backwards in a radius of about 60 feet, A metal folding chair was found on Grove Street 50 feet away Only two rooms in the house escaped damage—•- the office and the • north-front room. Jn.e files were undamaged, but one desk and work area were blown through the floor. About 9,000 volumes in the Freedom library were buried by the blast. Mosjr were rained on for sevseral hours; many were broken up and soiled by dust from the explosion, thrown around and stepped on by officials investigating the site. The P.Be I. have done a thorough job of looking around, local police , though, are more concerned with controlling our actions. They have tried repeatedly to evict us from our only office space. Freedom Freedom Freedom, Freidom Freedom "WELL....... THEY FINALLY GOT US" The bomb we had bean expecting all summer has finally got planted. And it worked. Sort of. The reason we say'sort of; is because the bomb did not work 100^. Prom the position of the bomb (in the middle og the house) we know that it was placed there, expressly for the purpose of KILLING EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE. The bomb was not thrown. It was planted. They didn8t try to burn the place drwn, they intended to blew the entire insides out of the house. Including the fourteen people that were in it. Since then, the police have orsered us out of our office, the only part of the building still safe to work in, and the Buildin^ Inspector, knowing we have nowhere else to set up an office, has forbidden us to use the office after dark. Despite all this, we are going to rebuild as soon as possible. Right now, we have to find a new office; settle old utility bills; get a car that works. Our immediate need: 1.500, 0ur long-term rebuilding estimate: $10,000. As yet this is only an estimate, but., as we find out the specific COH&S, the figure certainly won't get any smaller. Start now. How much can you give? And remember — we will need skills (especially in building and decorating) in our rebuilding program, not just money. ViGdcsburg COPO 1016 Hossley St. Vicksburg, Mississippi Ia.m enclosing a check for | , to help with the immediate needs of the Vicksburg Project. I can raise $ for the rebuilding of the Vicksburg Freedom House. $_ of which I can send before Nov­ ember 1. MEMO TO COFO STAFF AND VOLUNTEER WORKERS FROM: COFO LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE The attached order of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is of vital importance in the fight to obtain effective Federal protection for the exercise of constitutional liberties in the State of Mississippi, Earlier this summer an important Federal lawsuit was in­ stituted on behalf of COFO, the Negro citizens of Mississippi and all Americans actively involved in the efforts to enforce the Constitution in Mississippi. This Federal action charged that a conspiracy exists between certain defendants including the Sheriffs and Deputy Sherriffs of the State, the State Highway Patrol and other police officers, such groups as the Ku Klux Klan, the Citizens Councils and the ^Association for the Preservation of the White Race, and individual white Mississipians, to encourage and use acts of terror and violence in an attempt to intimidate and deter those Negro and white citizens who insist on exercising their constitutional rights in this State, The complaint asked for a Federal injunction against this conspiracy and, pursuant to a Federal statute, for the appointment of emergency United States Commissioners with full power of arrest to be stationed in every county of Mississippi.
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