SCLC seeks Justice Department protection in Sandersville
Officials of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference request aid from the U S Justice Department to protect SCLC staff and local Black demonstrators in Sandersville Georgia after a shooting on Richard Turner front porch. Dynamite threats and repeated shootings target Turner's home and cars, sparking calls for federal intervention.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
United States Justice Department
SCLC
Sandersville
Georgia
Hosea L. Williams
Richard Turner
Turner
Williams
U.S
John Mitchell
Washington
FBI
Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Noted First Lady Brooks Receives Brazil’s Top Honor
United Nations First Lady Angie Brooks, Liberia’s Assistant Secretary of State, becomes the first African to head the UN General Assembly as President of the twenty fourth session. She is awarded Brazil’s Ordem Nacional da Cruzeiro do Sue by President Medici, presented by Brazil’s UN envoy Joso Castro at the UN Secretariat in the presence of U Thant.
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Liberia
West Africa
Angie Brooks
The
United
Angie Elizabeth Brooks
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Brazil
Joso Augusto de Araujo Castro
Bra
Zil
United Nations
Brooks
United Nations Secretariat
U Thant
Castro
Miss Brooks
Chen
Alleged Assault and Arson Link in Ochlocknee Case
A December 17 1969 report describes a white Ochlocknee woman attacked at 6 15 am with no clear assailant identified by race. Bloodhounds traced to Calvin McKinney home. he was arrested then released. No rape injuries found. investigators question if the attack was faked amid racial tension and potential arson of a Black family’s home.
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Bloodworth
Bainbridge
Calvin McKinney
Chief Bloodworth
Chief Bloodsworth
McKinney
Calvin
G.B.I
Ochlocknee
Thomasville
Meigs
Sunnyland
Thomas County
C. A. Rehberg
D.L Inman
Local Students Tour Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Museum
A group of local students visited Oak Ridge Tennessee's American Museum of Atomic Energy powered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Demonstrations covered peaceful uses of the atom in medicine industry and agriculture with lectures on radioisotopes and cancer diagnosis. A reactor model and interactive exhibits illustrate nuclear science.
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Sandra Hill
Boston
Georgia
Larry L. Williams
Pavo
Matria Davis
Thomasville
Carolyn Houston
Monticello
Florida
Erma Mitchell
Mary Mosley
Constance. Mitchell
American Museum of Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge Hall of Science
Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Laboratories
Belafonte Coretta King Lead South Meeting for Black Governor Candidate
Entertainment figures Belafonte Coretta King Julian Bond and Richard Hatcher joined 500 sponsors at Atlanta YMCA for a Song Festival Soul Food Feast backing C B King for Governor. Contributions included $3000 from sponsors with others giving 1000 and 750. the event aimed to fund a Georgia black gubernatorial campaign.
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Atlanta
Harry Belafonte
Coretta Scott King
Julian Bond
Richard Hatcher
C. B. King
YMCA
Donald Hollowell
H. D. Dodson
John Ruffin
Thomas Jackson
R. D. Martin
Carl Gordon
Henry C. Brooks
Daniel Cross
Edward Parker
P. Randolph Shy
Howard Moore
Santa Clause
Benjamin Barton
York Rite Masons
Georgia
Mayor Hatcher
Ralph David Abernathy
EBONY
Leron Bennette
Hosea Williams
John Lewis
Alderman Dodson
Ethel Mathews
Lerone Bennette
DC. Dodson
Atty
Gary
Indiana
SCLC
Andrew Young
Martin Luther King, Jr
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Justice Dept
Bloodsworth
D.L. Inman and
J.E. Mays
Oak Ridge University
Slater King
Bernard Lee
Memphis, Tenn
Lee
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