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- ’ me ny = et a eu NR I Ee oll A OE ae lenin 5 sang sain ies, om A wr tenet Ml ot ee = ) - : “oe ep ag a “er ie PEN DTN 1. — IMVATINE, gisc krovn &s Blschk Orpsia-ine Frogect O2 Mzy 7, 1962, & firzt eource sdvased thet #@ militant black rttronsiiet group of young Memphis, Tertesseé Ke groes, roe known €s J[nvacice, Wee originzily 20 mea an the #gunmer @td £813 of 1967 by thoes Mempris kKertose, Coby Vernon Smith. conn burreil Siaith, mo Coayvict isverne Cabbege. Durance the tall of i:s7 ana eprate ef lets, it @esuneG the nans of Elack Orgtcizatge Preject CROP), with at Oven Collevs; Bisck Studett ASS Stzte Uni 1 ver c fietion CEA) et Feephis Site: Leboyne Intere 271ste Caarter et the KAACP (LIC, REALS) at LeKoynt C: slepe: Tavacers, primeriiv conosi¢cting of hign school stidents and echo. 1 Gropecte; ena Caty OrgsrniFers, consrstipg of soung nanastudert @culte, e121 having B Cuumbites @versge me pecshir of gbovt 399. The ostensible purpose was to create pride in bleck idéntity, to teach biack culture =d bisck history, and to obtsin employment for young blacks. awe eubsicisry célis krosn ae Afro=Americe Brotrishood (AASB) S200 * 2 On Mzy 7, 1869, Source One and Source Two advised that Black Organizing FProjéct (FROF}, beginnimg iz the Spring of 1S6&. degenerated into & group of approximately 30 to 35 young Memphis blacks, Who inzreasingly adopted a pkilozophy of hatreds of the white race, and hatred of the capitalistic system and all constituted legal authority, particulsrly law enforcement agencies. Tneirs is @ philosophy of nihilism and anarchy. Both sources added that beginning in the summer of 1968, the Invaders became a dominant group. LIC, NAACP disbanded, AAB disbanded, BSA at Memphis State Univeréity became 9n SutoOnomous organization with no current formal relationship With the Invsders, and the City Organizers ceased to exist. Since June, 1968, approximately 30 Invaders have committed varifous local crimes, imcluding arson, robbery, larceny, forgery prostitution, narcotics violations, and shooting of police officer, a5 well as inciting to riot in APPENDIX - 15 - —_ = i ae