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...apparently did nothing more than march in silence through the town and past the Institute. Immediately the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sent a telegram to President Harding asking that troops be sent to protect the lives of the colored doctors and of Dr. Robert R. Moton, present head of the Institute...
...been ordered by Director Frank E. Hines, had appeared at Tuskegee when the Klansmen made their demonstration. He was not a doctor but an auditor, and quickly departed when sentiment in the town demanded he do so. Actually there were 15 Negro patients and a white staff present. Dr. Moton left town shortly after the incident. It was declared at the Institute that no "direct threats" had been made on Booker Washington's successor. Reports declared, moreover, that he was not in favor of the installation of complete Negro staff and that sentiment in Tuskegee was friendly...
Ensel McBryde Kinney, of Southwest Port, Moton...