NAACP probes genocide claim in Mississippi
NAACP investigators label Mississippi a plan of genocide aimed at erasing Black voting power. They report Delta starvation and unemployment as deliberate tools, urging emergency poverty classifications and immediate federal aid to provide health and welfare services.
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Boston
UPI
National Association For the Advincement of Colored People
Tigre
Mississippi
NAACP
Alex Waites
New York City
Waites
Rollie Eubanks
Javits and Freeman clash over feeding Mississippi hunger
Washington hearings on hunger pit Sen. Javits and Secretary Freeman against bureaucratic delay as they spar over food stamps and relief in Mississippi. Kennedy calls for a Public Health Service inquiry while Freeman defends reforms and cites New York hunger in several counties.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
Mississippi
Orville L. Freeman
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
Joseph
Clark
Pennsylvania
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Dm.y
Greeman
Javits
New York Republican
Kennedy
Public Health Service
Freeman
New York
Demo Leaders Reject Quota Seating Plan
Democratic leaders rejected a quota system to seat southern Negro delegates at the 1968 national convention. The special equal rights committee headed by Gov. Richard J. Hughes said all state delegations must be broadly representative of party membership, addressing 1964 concerns over Alabama and Mississippi.
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Washington
UPT
Democratic Party
Special Equal Rights Committee
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Alabama
Mississippi
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