Militants and Weapons Fuel Klan Probe Amid Alabama Unrest
Southern civil rights groups press federal probes into Ku Klux Klan weaponry as clashes in Decatur and Birmingham trigger renewed marches. NAACP and SCLC condemn violence, while four people are wounded in May 26 clashes and two Klansmen are convicted in Decatur.
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Black leaders urge patrols after Okolona deputy shooting
In Okolona Mississippi Alfred Skip Robinson head of the United League urged about 150 black followers to form neighborhood patrols to guard families after the shooting death of a black jail trusty by a white deputy. He warned law and order had broken down and called for patrols across black neighborhoods in Okolona and Chickasaw County. The protests also targeted police brutality and racial discrimination.
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