Word: em
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard to believe that people had been on this block only the night before by possemen. Negro youngsters coming a rally at the Jackson St. Baptist Church, Tuesday morning (March 16), told the story without anger, impassively. "They rode right through the people, beating 'em with clubs. I they rode up on that porch near the corner knocked a baby from a women's arms, though I didn't see it myself." But now the wns looked green, the porches clean and whitewashed. The sun was warm, and happy came from the church--it didn't seem if there could...
...march turned a corner and passed a local hospital. Two white-coated men stood silent, each with a foot resting manfully on an iron railing. "You one of 'em?" they at one asked. "What do you think of the march?" I asked. "Bunch of shabby Communists," he said. "Look at them white men out there. Look at 'em. Why would any nigger associate with them?" The thin one nodded. "We gonna find out who's jumpin' up then niggers if it takes all year," he said, "and we gonna kill 'em...
...Drop 'Em...
...state troopers share the sheriff's attitude toward the "beats" and "niggers." Today, when 83 pickets were loaded into police vans, Stanley ordered. "Easy now, don't hurt 'em." From the line of 130 troopers, just 15 feet away, came shouts of "Don't be gentle" and "Drop 'em...
...Hinds County jailer refused to explain the charges against the students and had no idea when they would be arraigned. "If you're talkin' about them civil rights workers, the Highway Patrol just brought 'em in 25 minutes ago and told me to lock 'em up. I can't tell you nothin' about it," he said...