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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Jackson, Mississippi # May 7, 1968 VISIT OF ROY WILKINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, MAY 5, 1968) OWA rector, National Association for the Advancenent of Colored People (NAACP), arrived in Meridian, Mississippi, via Southern Airlines at about 2:50 p.m. on that date. He stated that Wilkins was met by a number of local NAACP members and they proceeded via automobile to the First Union Baptist Church, Davis Street, Meridian, Mississippi, where at 3:15 p.m. Wilkins spoke to a crowd of about 150 persons. During his talk he commented on the aima of the NAACP and stated that the NAACP was taking no active part in the "Poor People's March on Washington." He stated that as in the past the only assistanc being given this program was some legal counsel, and where dire needs arise, some financial assistance, Gs cated that at about 5:30 p.m. Wilkins and other NAACP Meridian officials proceeded to the Virginia Court Restaurant, Tom Bailey Drive, Meridian, where they had dinner. At about 7:30 p.m. Wilkins, in the company of Charles R.Barden, member of the National Board of Directors, NAACP, Meridian, “Mississippi, “left Meridian en rout to Jackson, Mississippi, where Wilkins boarded an airlines for New York City. Gunn stated that there were no incidents ba - 182.1030 _ L INFORATION CONTAINED HEREIN US UNCLASSIFIED Bee _snems alice tr,