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Slain Negro Student Shocked North Carolina Campus
The Greensboro campus of North Carolina A&T State University faced fresh violence as a 20-year-old Negro freshman Willie Ernest Grimes was killed by small arms fire amid sniper attacks and police Guardsmen clashes. Curfews and mass arrests followed, with demonstrations extending to Berkeley and Seattle areas as Black Students Union actions intensified.
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United Press International
Greensboro
N.C
North National Guardsmen
Carolina Agt University
Willie Ernest Grimes
North Carolina
H. W. Scott
Pea
Nca&t
L. C. Dowdy
Jack Blum
Berkeley
University City
Black Students Union
Seattle College
BSU
Ohio
Central State University
Statehouse
Columbus
Capitol Steps
New York
City College of New York
Indiana
Purdue University
Tippecanoe County
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue Memorial Union