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Black Militant Attacks Racist Church Plague at NCC
Detroit scene as James Forman, black militant leader, interrupts the National Council of Churches General Assembly to press for reparations and racial justice. He denounces churches and overseas missions as imperialistic while demanding asset reallocation and recall of missionaries. The gathering, amid race tensions, also considers charges about the Song My massacre and features contested leadership bids within the NCC.
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Detroit
James Format
National Council of Churches
Forman
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NCC
General Assembly
Song My
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United Na
Marke
Arthur S. Fleming
Health, Education and Welfare
Eisenhower
Leon Walls
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
R. H. Edwin Espy
Council
Calvin Marshall HI
Black Economic Development Conference
United Methodist Church
Farman
Baxton Bryant
Jonathan's Wake
Lester K. Jackson
National Baptist Conventon