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ma arb a To ee a On Eee ae ee 8 C Qe UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Te t i | E c i Stee Bae * i. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION yey Mt et In Reply, Please Refer to File No, Atlanta Geo 5° ALL INFORMAT'ON CONTAINED norton 32° REN UAT MARCH ON WASHINGTON DATE 2/a4/2_ By sAyec ¢ MAY 1 67D advised that he has heard rumors ere would be a demonstration in Washington, DC, on May 17, 1962, to commemorate the Supreme Court school decision of 1954. He stated that in addition to commemorating this decision, there would also be a protest concerning racial segregation along other lines, such as employment. —— GE s216 that he kmew of no plans by the Student b%% Non-Violent Coordinating Committee in connection with this demonstration but he believes that if it does take place, it will be handled mainly by the Non-Violent Action Group (NAG) which has members mainly on the campus of Howard University, Washington, DC. He said the office is located at 1332 Belmont Street, Nw, Washington, DC and the chairman of NAG is William Mahoney of Howard University. also stated he has heard of another demonstration allegedly to take place sometime in May 1962 in Washington, DC. He said this is a peace demonstration, but is also to be interracial in nature. He said that he knows of no plans for SNCC to take part in this demonstration and believes it boo is being handled mainly by the Committee on Non-Violent Action (CNVA) located at 158 Grand Street, New York 13, New York. He Stated the national chairman of this A. J. Muste, who is a longtime, well known pacifist. said that another group allegedly to be involved in this peace demonstration is the Student Peace Union, with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. varcrm that the demonstration is to be a "three- bp pronged* on Washington, DC. He stated the demonstrators are to start from three different points on foot, one group to walk from Nashville, Tennessee to Washington, DC and this will be an interracial group; the second group from somewhere in New England to Washington, DC on foot and the third group from Chicago to Washington, DC on foot. He did not know the date these walks _ are to start and he does not know the dates they are scheduled * to arrive in Washington, DC. This memorandum is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to os ENCLOSURR ta alate Re a ae ate es PO Ee a ele eo ee al oa a a