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American Friends Service Committee — Part 21

38 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jul 2, 1969 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 36 pages OCR'd
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r ie om me ‘morning. general® “session. onsisted of eo NS ; a = & speech by the Reverend Herbert Oerfdwards, Providence, .\ = : “ita, +: Rhode Island, ‘who: stated. that revolution-in the: o::°- gr United- States is nothing more.than a game which is. S. «not .serious either to. those who are ‘attempting to © 3.1" perpetrate it.or to the People, “upon, whom this. would | Se a ‘+, be inflicted. wage oe Pe gh a Loe se ES, a ceo. aa Soast * a. he a, ae us ies wes SS = Lite wee Fat ith ae A ' “Her said that “institutions within the United’ ; "States ¥" including the’ United States Government, <2). <4 +. systepmabically has’ excluded the black people... He ey .) said that white: people must. urge churches to. give. ie “Lp back’ to. black people the money. which has been taken: _ . ;-from,them.. He said:that white ‘people are $e planes es wf for the misery’ of the black ‘people.'? He said that. ’ * the “people present ‘at the Avon Institute who are - white and the AFSC ‘should give. ine excess of $100,000.. 7 tex the. black. community. — rT ae ae vos oe nus iE. we a > aA ae as i ry Oph, vot . a be S plizatetnbConoresu', Augusta, Maine, spoke ; on. “the. problens - ‘oft welfare. moth é7s" in the State of, ee _ Q- a+ iar Maine and said thet’ anyone in Maine who protests 2 United: States foreign: ipoaicy in _ Vietnam. is dalled. oe ane “se Te “ ihgaeke During thie. evening general “session demands SF oe tT weretmade upon: the’ assembled by. the black caucus set Sgih in, & rude. and boisterous manner. iy. .gehs2% +. we eg: sey By bath Bove . ; aa Syd hee. = Reverend 1 Herbert 0. ‘Edwards at. ‘that time "ut said that the black community does. not need “whitey's" af understanding or: “sympathy but-the black community did =. “need | whitey 's" “ money.: He said that it was none of | - ]. "whitey!s" business where the money "whitey" gave went. ~ f° |. oe. said that.the AFSC should grant $135, 000 to. the Diack - " community. in Hew. _Haven,. Connecticut. a n Pies nity be Oo ae oo ‘The Institute then voted in favor of the. ae Iplack demands _ oo oo, ; ane, pa ES Ny black wv woman, (ast nome unknemn) as 7 : rer’ Si! Fis. approached Wai called her a “wintte Wt "and a "white bitch" whereupon a fight almost i oo. ensued. Thereafter integration was minimal to the ot a ee ‘point of non existence. cos . Res
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