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THE CRUSADER Page 3 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 WOO BROS MARKET 711 E. Broad St. AD 2-7522 “We Specialize In Fine Meats” 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; i 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. SAVE ON Printing AT THE SAVANHAH SON 121 W. 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