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Violence rocks Wilmington as guards seal black district
In Wilmington North Carolina a three block black district including Gregory Congregational Church was cordoned off after weekend racial violence left two dead. National guardsmen troopers and police pursued order as a curfew was imposed. authorities cited sniper fire and a fatal shooting of Harvey Edward Cumber along with a black youth Carbatt killed earlier. The unrest centers on black schooling demands a Martin Luther King Jr day and black studies program amid ongoing boycotts and protests.
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Welmington
N.C
UPI
Gregory Congregational Church
Nun Street
Wilmington
Highway Patrol
H. E. Williamson
Bob Scott
Harvey Edward Cumber
Aid Carbatt
Corbet
Tater
Luther Stomartic
North Carolina
Good Neighbor Council
Martin Luther Jr