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Birmingham, Alabama Sixteenth — Part 7
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. On September 10, 1963, the Red Star Final Edition \
of THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS on Page 1, carried headline "Nine
Adults Arrested at West End."" This article stated that
Birmingham Police on September 10, 1963 had arrested at least
nine adults; two after a brief battle outside of West End
High School, The article stated that about 1,000 students had
refused to enter the high school building after the Negro
girls had been enrolled. It was also stated that about 200
adults, some of them NSRP Members, reportedly passed out
literature urging a white boycott of any racially mixed schools
The article stated that the Birmingham Police Department began
making arrests when some of the above mentioned adults failed
to move or after having been ordered to do so, and that
STANLEY, age 18, was one of the two arrested.
On September 16, 1963, a Special Grand Jury Session
was convened in Birmingham, Alabama for the U. S, District
Court, Northern District of Alabama. The purpose of this
Federal Grand Jury was to act as an investigative body and
fully probe into any possible obstruction or interference by
any individuals or organizations with the orders of the U. S.
District Court, Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham,
requiring desegregation of three Birmingham schools, which
Court orders were then outstanding and in effect.
On September 23, 1963, the above mentioned Special
vase Federal Grand Jury returned indictments against eight
ar | A individuals in regard to the above mentioned matter. One
a ~. of the persons indicted was DAVID STANLEY,
For information the following data is being set
a. | out:
i UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of 16th Street
- Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama,
Sa September 15, 1963
— BOMBING MATTERS
Bufile 157-1025
Birmingham file 157-352
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