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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1967
Page
2
About 2,000 heavily armed National Guard and state police supervised parallel Black and White rallies on the Louisiana state capitol steps. No serious incidents occurred as Black Power advocates and activists urged change and a counter group organized a white rally. Governor praised law enforcement amid the tense demonstrations.
Michigan Governor George W. Romney cut a Mackinac Island vacation short to visit Flint Mayor Floyd J. McCree in a hospital. Romney urged Flint Negroes to back law and order while supporting McCree’s bid and an open occupancy law, then returned to Mackinac Island.
Fowler of the National Knights of the KKK claimed Negro marchers were Communist inspired while urging Christian unity to stop a supposed Communist growth. Capitol grounds appeared primed for a second demonstration after Young's rally but did not form. Billy Brooks of Baton Rouge criticized the speakers as too mild and urged Negroes to lie down on the capitol steps until Gov. McKeithen appeared to hear grievances.
New York dispatch reports H. Rap Brown, jailed on a public safety charge, issuing a call from his cell for Black people to arm themselves. Through attorney William Kunstler, Brown urged nationwide solidarity, calling himself a political prisoner and criticizing racism and oppression in America.
Portland Oregon October 4 1964 Whitney M Younger head of the National Urban League urged a domestic Marshall Plan in a keynote for the annual conference emphasizing programs for youth. He warned racism and civic inaction fuel rebellion and that the ghetto youth must be reached first.
Reported at the state capitol, a brief Ku Klux Klan rally drew fewer than 50 members and a longer Negro rally exceeded an hour. McKeithen promised to review Sunday recordings but said speakers appeared not to break laws. About 159 whites attended the Capitol speeches while state police returned to routine duties after the events. Fowler of Los Angeles accused Jews of allying with Negroes in the Black Power movement.
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