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' CITY OF ATLANTA~ ~ ~ ~ DEPARTMENT OF POLICE ATLANTA, GA. 9-1 8-67 Mass Meeting : Mt. Moriah Baptist Church We atte n ded a ma s s me e ting at t he Mt. Moriah Ba p tist Chu r ch , corne r of As h b y and Fair St. a t 8PM t h i s d a t e. The follo wing was s tat e d b y Rev Boone as being nec es s a r y for the Bo a rd of Edu c a tion : 1 . That the r e i s not enou gh Ne g ro me mber s in the Te chnic a l Schools 2 . Th a t there a r e n ot enou gh t ext b oo k s J. That schedule s must b e r e a d y b y t h e f i r s t day of sch o ol and 3 and t ha t n ot t o o many b e enrol l e d 4. That a r e-s tudy of a l l te x t bo oks b e mad e , wi t h n o pr oper respect on rac e . 5. That n o ru l e be i ss.ed d e ny i ng freed om of speech 6. That a Negr o Pr i n c ipal b e p u t i nto the s ch ool and n ot onl y in Ne g ro s c hoo l s 7. That by Jan 1 , 1968, a Negro superintendant is placed in c harge of the scho ols 8. That departments be directed by Negroes 9. That children be removed from the double sessions Rev. Boone spoke on the lack of decent housing , in the Negro sections, poverty and the fa :ili.Jre on the part of power s truct u re. A Mrs . Dorothy Bolton came forward, speaking for the parents bring ing back to mind that in 1964, the first march to Central Hi gh School. She spoke on how the parents must join to ge ther in order to take a stand for their children. She further stated that she herself had g one down to Dr. Letson's off ice and tri e d to ap p eal to him but that he only put her off saying that she had to wait until he had time to se e her. Mr. Thomas Harper , representing Youth Town, spoke on how his organization was designed to keep teens in line, meaning that they were trying to keep them from be coming juvenile delinquentsa He too talk ed ofthe double sessions in the schools and on how he thought the Ne gr oes were being cheated out of an education. Thr e e points that were brought out were as follows: Slums must go Dro Letson must go Double sessions in the schools must go Mro Hosea Williams came to th~ platform at this time speaking on the subj e ct of proving ones manhood. He stated that this could.onlyfbehnroven. when wen come together in an organ1~ea as 10n oe1ng on thB one blagk ~c ~ra 0 �CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF POLICE ATLANTA, GA. 9-18-67 Dr. Martin Luther King s p oke l a st stat ing that we are eithe r to g ether or divided but that there was no division in NAACP. He stated that dop e victi ms and alcoholics are only caused b y the lack of unemployment. He stated that Atlanta bo a st of having jobs for eve ryone but that wa en the Ne g ro p eop le g o down to the city h a ll a n n e x , they ar e turned away wi t h the p retense of not b e ing we ll en ou g h q u a lif ie d . He ende d by saying that the job of t h e Neg ro de manded tni ty and that we might b e separated among ourselves but tog et h er a g a ins t the whi t e pe ople. At t his t i me it was st a t ed that e a c h p e r son p r es e nt would ma rc h wit h the l eade r s do wn t o the Wa shing ton Hi g h School . Dr. King a dvi se d the g r ou p to h ave n ume r ou s demonstrations, non- violen t l y. He reminde d them of t he de st ru ction of t h e pr evious r io ts and i ndi c a t ed b y h i s spe ec h t hat we di d n ot nae d a r e o cc ur ance. Oth er g ues t s were a s f o l l ows : Dr. M. L. King Jr . A. M. Davis Ral ph Ab ernat hy Sa m Wi lli ams J oseph Boone Ho sea Williams Leroy J ohnson Julian Bond Respectful l y ~~ Sgt. L. Goss Det J P Arnol d Mrs. Lind a Tucker P.S. Dr. King stated that h e h a d planned to makea :. speech., and had a l ready written it out at this time, b ut that since e v eryb ody e lse had made such goo d remarks he would not speak , but that he would bring out points on thei r remarks. These are listed above. �CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF POLICE ATLANTA, GA. 9-18-67 I n Re g ard s to the Mas s Mee tin g: T oni ght upon co mp l e ti on of t h e meet i ng a t t h e Mt. Moriah Baptist Chur ch, Ho s e a Willi ams asked t he enti re gr oup to a c c ompany him i n a ma r ch t o Was h i ngt on Hi gh Sc h o ol . He came to t he outside at the front step s and aga i n app e a l ed to t he gr ou p to march with him. He succeeded in ge t t ing appr ox i mat e l y 300. They mar c he d n orth on Ashby Street t o Hunter St. Du r i ng t h e ma rch , app r oxi mat e l y on e hal f of these pe ople dr opped ou t a long t h e wa y. The remain der c ont i n ued t o the fr ont s t ep s of Wash i ngton Hi gh Scho ol , wh ere they sang tw o songs . Hosea Wi l l iams greeted the group. He tol d them that we mu s t demonstrate unt i l s uper i n t endent Le t son knows th a t we are not p l ay ing. We should turn thi s ci ty upside down, I mean we sho uld fil l al l the jails with adults and not send our c hildren. He stated we must show the p ower struct u re of the school and of the pol ic e de partment t hat we mean bus i ness. He further stat ed t hat Chie f J enkins had sent his good guys out to be with them toni ght, h e kne w that there wouldn't be any trouble. This group remained on the steps of Washington Hi gh Sc hoo l f or about 30 minutes. They then dispersed and went in different direct ionso This g roup at the ch urch consisted of app roxima t ely eleven hundred. Respectfully 75-~ Sgt. L. Goss De t . JP Arnold lt �