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PAGE FIVE _F is o S i" I” c i = b= =z | o “ tog i nal BACKGROUND AND RISTORY OF THE KLAN AND THE CLAIMS OF NEGROES AND CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS CONCERNING CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN WASHINGTON PARISH AND ACTS OF VIOLANCE WHICH HAD ACCURED. COURT FOUND THAT “THE DEFENDANTS HAVE ADMITTED AND THE PRO@F HAS SHOWN THAT THEY INTIMIDATED, HARASSED, AND OTHERWISE INTERFERED WITH /1/ NEGROES /2/ PERSONS ENCOURAGING NEGROES TO Seer RU a Se ee ee ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS AND /3/ PUBLIC OFFICIALS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND OTHER PERSONS SEEKING TO ACCORD NEGROES THEIR RIGHTS. THESE ACTS ARE PART OF A PATTERN AND PRACTICE OF THE ve aur DEFENDANTS TO MAINTAIN TOTAL SEGREGATION OF THE RACES IN WASHINGTON PARISH. THE PATTERN CREATES AN EFFECT EXTENDING BEYOND THE EFFECT OF ANY PARTICULAR ACT OR COURT IN ITS opron DELVES INTO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF NINETEEN FIFTY SEVEN AND NINETEEN - SIXTY FOUR AND CITES CASES WHICH UPHOLD THE GOVERNNENTS POSITION IN THIS MATTER. CONCLUDING THE COURT STATES “THE UNITED a END OF PAGE FIVE