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Roy Wilkins — Part 16
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CONGRESS OF AFRICAN PEOPLES
CONFIBENTIAL
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ee that on
September 6, 1970 there were &bou persons present
¥. for the meeting, Jesse Jackson spoke and his Speech was
REG reported well by the Atlanta paper. Roy Innis_spoke for
- gf | education of, for and by blacks, He said Rey Wilkins and
Whitney Young were hurting the movement. |) a
en
Workshop attended was the Political Liberation
which has been attended by some six hundred nersons,
Nothing concrete has been decided except that a 25-man
committee is being appointed to further study the problems
brought up at the Congress. (J
Ee s eece ott . .
Wee 2 vised that all is quiet and
nothing has gone as scheduled at the Congress of African
Peoples, September 7, 1970. Workshops were to submit
results and conclusion at 2:00 P. M., but as of 3:50 P. M.
have not done so. |,
Dr. V. Harding is hosting the shows today and
¥F. Lewson has introduced speakers. ()
Jdulian Bond spoke about +h get -of livgi ing being
\\ higher than “ever He also talked some. of the intimidation
\ dating ag Martin Luther “Kings, “dr.'s. ‘widow.and.children, He
referred to the Director of _the FBI as a “Little Faggot" 4)
pane ae enna ene
Other countries represented were Rhodesia by a
female and Angola by a male, VD
The most spirited sprech today was given by
Roosevelt Douglas, who offered comments identical to
those mentioned in the workshop pertaining to the United
States’ involvement in the wars, These wars are financial
in basis and are anti-black. [) a
CONF IAL
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