Word: hosea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Protesters shrieked from the Senate gallery: "People are dying! God have mercy on your souls!" Some, led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Hosea Williams, stormed the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Others gathered at the "war machine's" Justice Department and Selective Service offices, lobbying with civil service workers, sometimes trying to bar the doors. By night, much of the group camped in tents in West Potomac Park near the Jefferson Memorial, where drugs and petty thefts contaminated the larger purpose of the gathering...
Late Tuesday, Rennie Davis and John Froines-two Chicago defendants arrested in Washington by FBI agents and charged with conspiracy-gained release after paying 10 per cent of the $25,000 bonds set for them. Davis and Hosea Williams, deputy program director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, spoke at a rally yesterday at the University of Maryland, where 1500 demonstrators blocked U. S. Highway 1 for over an hour...
...leaders of the march expect to be arrested before reaching the Pentagon, possibly at the Monument itself. However, they hope that the presence of SCLC leaders Ralph D. Abernathy and Hosea Williams, and noted pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock will attract attention to antiwar demands. They also expect to tie up large numbers of police and block traffic as they are being arrested...
...Hosea Williams, deputy program director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said Saturday that bail funds are almost nonexistent and would depend almost entirely on contributions collected yesterday and Saturday at the park...
...Hosea Williams, national program director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was among those arrested yesterday. Williams arrived at the Justice Department at about noon with over 600 demonstrators from the Algonquin Peace City situated two miles away at West Potomac Park...