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American Friends Service Committee — Part 21
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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 .
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