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Stokely Carmichael — Part 1
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STOKELY CARMICHAEL CONFIDENTIAL
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The Chicago "Sun Times" newspaper, Friday, July 29,
issue carried an article on Page 4, entitled "SNCC Head
Plans Muslim Contact" with subtitle "Carmichael, Dr. King Meet”.
This
article is set forth ver batum:
“Stokely Carmichael, national chairman of the
Student Non~-violent Co-ordinating Committee, moved
Thursday to get a wide range of Negro leadership to
attend a Labor Day civil rights conference in Washing-
ton,
“Carmichael met here for half an hour with Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. and other representatives of
the latter's Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
Carmichael said he also was seeking a meeting ‘in
the very near future’ with Elijah Muhammad, leader
of the Black Muslims.
‘Dr, King Undecided
"after the meeting with Dr. King, Carmichael said
the Nobel Peace Prize winner had agreed to attend the
Washington conference, but Dr. King later said he had
not yet accepted.
“'T will have to take it up with my board,’ Dr.
King said, ‘If the meeting came about, it would have
to be a united effort.'
"Carmichael's meeting with Dr. King took place at
the offices of the Co-ordinating Council of Community
Organizations, When he was asked what had gone on,
Carmichael told a reporteg: ‘That meeting was not public.’
"Although the Black Muslims have been characterized -
as an anti-white ‘hate’ group seeking an independent, alli-
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Negro nation, Carmichael said he would try to discuss ways
-in which his grup and the Muslims could work together,
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