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Civil unrest hits Negro colleges in Texas and South
UPI reports growing violence on Negro college campuses as students clash with police. Leaders like Rev Bill Lawson in Houston warn the wart may erupt into broader war, following deaths of a white officer at Texas Southern University and a Jackson State College rioting. The unrest spreads to Tennessee Louisiana South Carolina Alabama and Texas campuses, marking a shift from off campus protests to campus confrontations with administrators amid a renewed civil rights focus.
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Martin Luther King
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Houston
Texas Southern University
Louis Kube
South
Benjamin Brown
Jackson
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All Negro
Jackson State College
Tennessee
Louisiana
South Carolina
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Texas
North Carolina
Carmichael
SNGC
Nashville
Carmicahel
Willie Ricks
Cleveland Sellers
SNCC
F. D. Kirkpatrick
Franklin Alexander