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c/o s.c .. L c. ~ 802 1ST. AVE

S£L. At ALA.

HALE COUNTY APRIL t7 1966

I HAVE E N WORK I NG I U HALE COUNTY SINCE MARCH 27 966. THE COU ~TV I S YtRY APATH!i;TIC AtlO

O IVIO&Dt tSPEO tA t.I..Y GR-ENSGORO THt: COUNTY S!::A"f• IT IS SUFFEtUt40 f'R"01 T-tfe:: <>A 1!. SORT OF P 0 t. E S THAT SELM UFF~ -o AFT~R Tti£ CA PAtON THRE e EENS ORO H $ 1'-w _ SA £ .,. R't OF

t1"UATf ON • 0UIHNG Ttet: S P. &R OF L96"5 11' YJAS THE SCENE OF t.ARGE St:ALI! ' ol\.MGNStRA'l'I 'OtiS (At,TWOUGN A I:. ARG£ MB£: f THE D 0 S ATOR · C fJE F OM OTHf:R A E4St tVID~ Tl.V GREEtSOORO Nt~tt SUPPORT 0 THE O"E'MOSTRAT t ONS T O TH EII(T~tfT niAT SELMA IH 'OITHtt H4l . C<.HiNtY J. P OV M£NT

ASS OCIATI Ot4 IS Tt4 &4AtW ~ OOA t. G OUPE. R Ve DAYS WHO USED TO OE T HE t. ';}.tP£-lf O"F' 'tt!IZ liC fA 1. NO L.O CEA HJ MALE C4LU lTV• fi£ ts I 0 tt4 ILE AND T HOSE WHO ARE" CUR £NTJ.;.Y lo.EADINC TH CIA (ANO HO WMl A"CT IVE OUfU NG THE Tl- ~DAYS WfoS. L,£AOE:. )<>AY TlAT H·~,·. l L :.' l) "''HE

P OPL E At•o THAT Kf! STOL , ONEY 1 THIS IS A PRt:VEI- NT £ Ll E.F MD H S tiltL P P TO tiURT "T itE

R PQTATION OF TH~ MOVEU NT. lT AS VERY ttARD FOR O" P I NO A PLA~I TO GTIV. a l tAD TO" ' .0\fl: OECAUS.E OF P tSSU ~ PVT 0 '· THC: PEGPL.E 'fi(AT f YIAS STAY I NG 'l iTH e I lJ t1 · Sl;. t I Hi . I J

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T R~ . ITH, ,f UAiil'V VIAYS• F al'-. ·ooy LON < • Hlt IS A Vf!RV H.UlO WORKE;ftt H Oftl( F OR 4n.

AND P £ ," Y JiUCH D U."S ;:tHAT BLACK T"EL.t. -Hi t.' TO : .. • Vl4EN ANCflV I , l 4 Pt Y 3PEA ER (Ti • 0 LV G 0 o .£ n T Hil COU tiTY ) I tlUSPCCT THAT HE. v · ~tiTS SCLC S NtlHH~ rr tUTO TU 00'0 ~TV,, !, TH I NK .. l-It SEE £ A~ SO I; · I RT OF TH~£-'T• ~OU . ;.R€l T~ 'i-tSH_.I P , IS I !'PR0 Vtt4G HO'Ifl:V · , .

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I S TH I»IL Y H~AL T!iY UOVtMtc;UT' Hi THE COU TV~ ." SUe: VIA APPA.REWTL. V O!VELOfP Q V SfiC.C lJ'T .DOE~ NOT AT 'flHS Tl It SUP ORT A T H t llQ P RTY .. (FIM .Kl.Y I F I AS E.Vt t -o e . _ 0 .• . 0!

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