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* POTENTIAL FOR RACIAL VIOLENCE “2 JACKSON DIVISION observed throwing the fire bomb ‘which was found to be a fifth-size whiskey bottle containing kerosene. There was - - 1a no structural damage to the lounge and the persons res sible were not identified or arrested. On September 23, 1969, 188 Negroes, all high school student age, were arrested at the Clarksdale High School, a a white school, where they had assembled and marched to protest. the segregated school system in Clarksdale. They were arrested after they were advised by local authorities that their arrest would result if they trespassed on the school | grounds. There was no violence during the incident. Following the above incident, frequent marches were ‘held at Clarksdale sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to protest the segregated school system which operated on a district plan a and to protest the above arrests. | A boycott of white businesses and picketing of the downtown business area ag well as the businesses of the members of the Clarksdale City School Board, was also insti- tuted by the NAACP. Marches were held regularly on Saturdays with as mary as 1,700 Negro participants. There were no acts of violence during the marches, meetings or picketing. ia. , Dlr Mr. Aaron E. He fssissippi NAACP and Coahoma County Chapter f£ the NAACP, Clarksdale, arranged - for speakers to participate’ in several marches and meetings, — {neludin . kins / Exetutive Secreta NAACP, New ie York, New York, who spoke and/led a march on November 22, ~~ Rt es 1969. . yee ; :. 2 . ‘e - at > ~ | ik Reverend Ralph Srnach tcathern Christian - Leadership Conference SCL ged a group of Negroes at Clarks ale on February 2, "1970, without incident. CONFIDENTIAL