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Negroes PlanA New MarchGREENWOOD, Miss. lt;API — Vowing to make Greenwood and I/eflore County what they call “atesting ground for democracy, Negroes planned another marchon the county courthouse today in their drive to register as votersPolice, using a trained dog and aided by civilian volunteers equipped with not clubs and wearing yellow Civil Defense helmets, have twice dispersed the marchersThe Rev. D L Tucker, a Greenwood Negro minister who led Thursday’s march, claimed hewas bitten by a police dog. Police said he was faking.Polite Commissioner B A. Hammond said Tucker was ex imined and definitely was not bitten. However, Dr Mabel T Garnerof Greenwood said she treated theminister for several severe bites'* on his left ankle.All at onee a large police dog jumped out,” Tucker said Somebody yelled ’There *s that blackrigger preacher!’The dog lunged The whitesveiled ‘Kill him” The dog knocked me down and grabbedmy leg‘ A policeman said, ’Get up you K ick nigger, you’re not hurt ’• 1 tried 1 couldn’t Two of mybrothers carried me ”The policeman told him, Tucker s tid, to get a cab. The minister quoted the officer as saying I lt;m‘t hold them back much nger They want to kill you No arrests were made Thursday. The previous day. 11 marchers were jailed Six have beenconvicted in City Court of uis-orderly conduct1. a k. *
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Fri, Mar 29, 1963
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