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____ CONF ENTIAL 0 <n --- STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE STOKELY CARMICHAEL oe King pointed out that the present racial climate in _ ~~ ~~ Atlanta was not conducive to any constrictive nonviolent activity, particularly because the tones of violence injected to date by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee would cloud any issues selected. King was reluctant to personally assume leadership or to have his organization assume leadership of any movement in Atlanta, King instructed Hosea Williams, in charge of Southern Field Staff and Voter _Registration,... - Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to have some of. his voter registration staff speak to residents in the'two Atlanta areas where current demonstrations have occurred and ascertain from these individuals what reasons they think ie allowed them to be persuaded by the Student Nonviolent — Coordinating Committee to demonstrate against local authority. King emphasized questioning must not be allowed to develop into a situation in which the Southern Christian Leadership Conference could be considered as conducting a movement assisting or opposing the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, . Appearance of Stokely Carmichael, Columbus, Ohio September 17, 1566 On September 17, 1966, Stokely Carmichael spoke at _ the Chittenden Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, before an audience of approximately 500 persons on the topic of "black power." His speech was sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for Social Justice. ne a _ According to a news release, Carmichael stated in a press conference at Columbus that he was "not opposed to violence, nor have I ever been." In explaining to those -present at the news conference the difference between his philosophy and the name of his organization, Carmichael Stated that “nonviolence has always -been-a-tactic -to-us, not a way of life. I am 150% American, and America has- never opposed violence." 2 CONFI IAL