Box 19, Folder 7, Document 3

The File Book Section of the Fulton County Tax Commissioners
Office reflects that 360 Nelson Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia was as of
Jamary 26, 1966 owned by W. P. Ballard, Jr., 360 Nelson Street. Itis
described as in Land Lob 84, Land Distric t 14, and measured 50 feet by
151.5 feet by 51.8 feet by 136 feet, The building was sold on February l,
1966 to the Southern Education and Research Institute, Inc., for a sum of
$55,000, This transaction was handled by Mr. Howard Moore,
Prior to this time the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
to buy

was occupying 360 Nelson Street on a rent-option/basis, In the Corporation
Commissioner's Office of the State of Georgia, the Southern Education Research
Institute, Inc. was issued a charter on September 7, 1965, The stated purpose
of the corporation was a non-profit corporation organized exclusively for
charatible and educational purposes within the relm of Section 501(C)(3) of
the U. S. Internal Revenue Service Code of 1964, The petitioners to form
were as follows:

Howard Moore, Jr.

John Lewis

James Foreman

Sheffi Johnson

Faye Bellamny

Horace Julian Bond

Moore awas identified as SNCC attorney and the rest are all known SNCC members,