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Last Monday, March 20, Carl Braden, information director of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) spoke at Boston State College to bring the issue to the attention of the Boston area...
Speaking to small gatherings of students throughout the day, Braden emphasized how "the war and the draft are used as a means of repression--especially in the black community. "He pointed out that the case of Walter Collins is ' typically horrible example of racism and political repression." Braden called for an unconditional total amnesty for all those who have opposed...
...away. In addition to his graduate work, Collins continued in the fight for social justice. At the time of his induction proceedings he was a staff member of SCEF, helping to form a black-white alliance of workers in the Masonite Corporation in Laurel, Miss. According to Braden, Collins's work paid off last fall in the successful woodcutters strike. Braden claims. "The black white unity of the recent strike was, in a large part, due to the work of Walter Collins...
Even at this stage, the government has tried to bread the movement. This time the FBI has stepped into the picture by going around to the homes of those known to associate with Braden and Collins. Mrs. Collins has files a suit in federal court to enjoin this type of harassment...
...FIGHT TO free Walter Collins has been spread by Braden and Virginia Collins, who have been touring the country for a year. Amnesty International has joined the effort by circulation an amnesty petition throughout Europe While support for Collins has been building, Allison is not satisfied after seeing the response of the courts to this point. "Our only hope is that enough people are raising hell," He said...