Racial tension flares in Mobile after murders and past lynching
In Mobile Alabama three white men were charged with the murder of Michael Donald whose body was found hanging from a tree after a weekend assault. The case echoes a 1960s mock lynching involving Glenn Diamond and recalls lingering racial bias in Mobile's all white city commission.
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Alabama
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Donald
Glenn Diamond
Diamond
Robert Gilliard
Gilliard
National Assocation For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Graddick
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Selma
U.S. Supreme Court
Blacks may give up spots on golf team
Searles Lloyd says his sons Detran Lloyd and Leslie Williams may resign from St. Frederick High School golf team to avoid violating private club rules at Moorehouse Country Club in Bastrop. Athletic director Armand Mathews confirms team pulled from multiple matches. club policy cited as guest rules with no black members. The incident highlights clashes between school sports and private club segregation.
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Detran Lloyd
Leslie Williams
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Monroe
Moorehouse Country Club
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Williams
Detran
Leslie
Armand Mathews
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Moorehouse Club
Zimmerebner
Siana High School Athletic Association
Steve Early
Caldwell Parish High School
Caldwell Country Club
Columbia
Atlanta teachers aid probe into slayings and disappearances
FBI plan directs Atlanta and DeKalb teachers to question over 100000 students amid a search for clues in 22 slayings or disappearances of black children since July 1979. A New York man is being questioned as a potential lead while dog hair links are explored.
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Frankie Edmonds
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Special Police
Chriscola
New York
Edmonds
York Daily News
The
Daily News
American Kennel Club
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