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; Us unteD STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Phase Refer to Jackson, Mississippi File No. March 10, 1965 SCHEDULED APPEARANCE OF JACKIE ROBINSON AT MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, ON MARCH 12, 1965 RACIAL MATTERS On March 10, 1965, Mr. Charles Evers, Field Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1072 Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi, advised that Jackie-Robinson, ex-Major League baseball player, would make several personal appearances in Mississippi from March 12 through March 14, 1965, sponsored by the NAACP, He stated that Robinson would appear at Meridian, Mississippi, at 8:00 p.m. on March 12, 1965, at the Holbrook Benevolent Association Hall, 2505 5th Street; on March 13, 1965, Robinson will, during the afternoon, speak on the grounds of the Cade Chapel Church, Ridgeway and Bailey Avenue, and address a meeting that evening at the same church; on March 14, 1965, Robinson will be in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at the First Baptist Church, 115 4th Street, at 3:00 p.m. According to Mr. Evers, Robinson plans to fly into and out of Mississippi, but his exact plans are not known to Evers at this time, This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency, ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE_alialyd BY SPserlO) D9 Jia if 2/8 SO- 2 ENCLOSURE ES EE RE NE EI ES ER IN BF BEET EIS GE AF SR PERRIN