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THE CRUSADER
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JULY 12, 1963
demonstration
Continued from I'ugc 1
ul uil hour* of the duy umi night
until HoHeu in reloaded and we
have our freedom," Clark eald
Tuesday.
Demonstrations, last week re
stricted to evening serenading of
six prisoners held in tre County
Jail have been rapidly stepped up.
Tuesday five separate marches
wer e held.
Some twenty-three demonstra
tors were urrested at noon Tues
day as they staged a sit-in in the
middle of the Bull and Broughton
Street intersection. They were
charged with blocking traffic, re
fusal to move when ordered by an
officer, and unlawful assembly.
Another group presented a pe
tition to the Danish Consulate re
questing European protection
from segregation practices. The
idea was based on the fact that
the United States has undergone
great expense and risk to guaran
tee freedom and democracy
abroad, yet seems unable to pro
tect it at home. ("see story on page
two).
Picketing has been started to
increase the effectiveness of the
effectiveness of the Broughton
Street boycott. Negroes have
been urged not to buy from
Broughton Street firms because,
“we will not shop in humility un
til we can eat in dignity.
Mass meeting followed by
marches will continue to be held
ebery evening. Daytime march
es have been scheduled for times
of peak effectiveness.
Danish
Backed by over one hundred
Negro demonstrators, Lomax See
ley and Maxine Belleiger present'
ed the Danish Consul, Oscar Han
sen, on Tuesday with a request
that they be granted refuge in
the Danish Consulate and that
beumurk introduce resolutions to
the IJqRed Nations General As
sembly, culling upon the U. N. to
send investigation teams to tho
Southeastern part of the United
States and to provide a United
Nations force toe nd the wage
terrorization of Southern Negros
The Danish Consul noted the
document was well written and
apparently carefully conceived,
hut he made no comment as to
the action his government might
take. The statement will be for
warded to the Danish Ambassador.
A spokesman for the Chatham
County Crusade for Voters noted
that similar statements may be
presented to other nations, par
ticularly these of the African bloc,
requesting their help in introduc
ing a United Nations Resolution
The statement read before the
Danish consul read as follows:
“Sir:
“We seek refuge in the Danish
Consulate, or request that refuge
be granted through your applica
tion to the Danish Embassy in our
behalf. We speak as representa
tives of a people which has sys
tematically been denied funda
mental human rightsf or over 300
years.
We cannot conscientiously seek
political asylum, since our loyalty
to the principles of the Amer
ican political system is the bas ; s
of our petition for refuge. Be
lieving that democracy, equality,
and the just pursuit of happiness
must be the foundations of Amer
ican society, believing that all cit
izens, regardless of creed, race,
or color must have equal protec
tion of the law, we hav f . been
prosecuted, penalized, beaten,
cudgeled, bitten by dogs, and
killed off by a premeditated pro
gram of mass murder. We have
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been intimidated and harassed by
the legal and police machinery
whose supposed function is to pro
tect us.
Thus we do not seek escape
from the political system we have
striven to uphold; rather, our lay
ally bus been so strong that we
ure now in mortal danger.
Therefore we seek refuge.
We further ask that the banish
Government instruct its ambassa
dor to the United Nations tn pre
sent before that body a resolu
tion calling for the formation of
UN observer teams to proceed in
to the Southern States of the
United States, to ascertain wheth
er tae political machinery of these
states, or any of their subdivisions,
is being used to propogate a cam
paign of systematic terror against
the Negro race. Particularly,
we request the investigation of:
1. the murder in April of this
year of Jimmy Travis, field sec
I retary and voter registration
I worker for the Student Nonvi
olent Coordinating Committee.
Travis, a Negro, was lipped by a
shotgun blast fired by men in an
auto, near Greenwood Mississippi
I
1 2. The assassination of Med-
gar Evers in June;
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3. The arrest and sentence to
bal'd labor of 5f> Negroes in June
at Itta Bena, Miss. The sheriff
arrested them for peacefully
marching to his office to protest
a bombing of their voter regis
tration meeting.
4. The June 8th murder of a
Negro, dentfed only as Brown,
j shot down in the main street of
Lexington, Miss., by two sheriff’s
deputies.
5 The use of police dogs in
Birmingham, A'a., against defense
less women and children.
| 6. The arrest and beating of L.
Guyot, field secretary for SNCC.
He was terribly beaten both by
state officials and local White Cit*
I izens’ Councils in Winona and
Carrollton, Miss., on June 9th, be
cause he refused to address a
white man as “sir.”
vannah city police and Georgia
7. The use of tear gas by Sa-
: State Patrol on the night of June
12th. Tear gas was used on Ne
groes who were on their knees in
prayer. Clubbing and beatings
■ of the fleeing crowd ensued.
8. The arbitiarv arrest of hu-
! man rights leader Hosea L. Wil-
; liams in Savannah on July 9. Wil
liams was arrested at his own
. home on a “good conduct war
rant.” He is now being held at
! $2,500 bail.
When the United Nations ha3
satisfied itself as to the existence
of the terror, we further ask that
your ambassador introduce a reso-
jlution to:
1. Dispatch a UN force to pro
ject the victims of the terror;
2. Dispatch a UN team to aid
in voter registration, with a view
to setting up a democratic sys
tem of government in the South.
We feel that we represent the
many thousands of people who
agree with the principles and
recommendations erf this petition,
but are unable to seek refuge
with the Danish Embassy at the
present time,
present time.”
Ted .<mg long ago. T got the
WILLIAMS TELLS OF FAMILY
JAILED FOR FREEDOM
By Hosea L. Williams
I’ve been arrested twice and I’m ready to go again. My
wife (Nit) was arrested for trying to seek service at the
Manger Hotel. Elizabeth has been arrested four times.
After the first arrest, Elizabeth returned hove over-joyed
! over having gone to jail “for the freedom of Mankind.”
' She was ready to be jailed again for freedom.
I After the second jailing Eliza
beth returned home and exalted
two times. On the second trip
she had to pull 5 days scrubbing
! floors, etc. Two days later,
j Elizabeth returned to the battle
front (Freedom Marches). As
(she passed me, she cried out,
| “daddy must I go back to jail?”
II replied, “Daughter it’s your deci
sion.” As the Freedom Marches
drilled north on West Broad I
saw Elizabeth coming back South.
I asked her “Have you changed
your mind?” She replied “What
do you think?” Then my 11 year
old daughter and follower explain
ed, “you know, I should go back
to jail.” “The first time I was
arrested, those people were nice
to me.” But the second time 1
5 was arrested, they were very
; mean.” They said I came back
i because they were so nice the first
time; they bet me I would not re
turn a third time.” Well, 1
j feel I must go back to prove to
! them I don’t mind suffering for
j my Freedom.” Then, she kissed
me and said “Kiss Mommie for
me and I will see you all in a few
days.” This made me so happy,
tears came streaming from my
eyes. But, being the leader I
had to wipe my face and keep
smiling.
Hosea II is only 7 years old, but
he was aiTested to fight for “his
freedom too” as he phrased it. 1
started to tell him, “son, you are
too young. “Then I thought,
Jesus Christ was only twelve when
he went about his Father’s busi
ness. Another thought hit me,
if my father had allowed me to
fight for “my freedom,” segrega
tion would not only have been
dead but it would have been bur-
feeling our children must not be
lied to about freedom. I pity the
Negro parents who are not only
afraid to fight for their own free
dom. This type of parent has
only one choice, to lie to their
children about their freedom.
| Well, I didn’t lie to my 7 year
j old son. And now he knows he
isn’t free. I don’t know why,
i but the first thing Hosea II said
to me after his release from jail
was, “Daddy are there two types
of freedom?” My answer was,
“No my son.” I tried to explain
that America is still part slave
and part free. I closed the con
versation by saying, “Son you are
too young to understand some
things. But you must keep fight-
ling for the equality of all man
kind and you will understand it
by and by.
This makes it 4 down and 2 to
go. Andrea (5) and Yolanda
(3). I hope they make it.
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