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...RALEIGH, N. C. Negro leaders turned down Governor Terry Sanford's plea that they halt demonstrations to prevent violence, retorted in a statement that "we seek nothing less than complete acceptance of Negroes, as full, first-class citizens of North Carolina...
...RALEIGH, N.C. A biracial committee announced that Raleigh is finally desegregated "on a citywide basis...
...Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (dubbed "SNICK") was formed in 1960 at a Raleigh meeting of Southern Negro college students. That meeting was called by none other than Martin Luther King-but King was unwilling to move fast enough to satisfy the youngsters. Brash, reckless and disorganized, SNICK is headed by a 35-year-old Chicagoan named James Forman. With its shock troops heading into Southern towns to start segregation protests and voter-registration drives, SNICK counts success in terms of bloodied noses, beatings at the hands of cops, and days spent by its members in jail. The bigger, better-organized...
...Negroes' goals are not in reach of court decisions any longer." It Could Happen Anywhere. Birmingham therefore set off a chain reaction-uncontrolled. New lunch-counter sit-ins started in Atlanta, Nashville and Raleigh. The N.A.A.C.P. called for peaceful sympathy demonstrations in 100 cities. Jackie Robinson, now a vice president of Chock Full O' Nuts, said he would go to Birmingham to join in the Negro protest. So did Floyd Patterson. Communism was having a field day. Gloated Radio Moscow: "We have the impression that American authorities both cannot and do not wish to stop outrages by racists...
...outstanding performance of his career, John Pringle swam a 4:24.5 for a second place in the 400-yard individual medley in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in Raleigh, N.C., yesterday. The Harvard swimming ace swam four full seconds faster than he ever had before to finish two seconds behind victor Ed Townsend of Yale...