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i ' i ! ' and sorving Negroes, iad con¢ucting protest merches in gowntown Bogales:s ts protest th: ¢cniol ef ecual rights to Nesrees. 10. The Bogalusa Voters League conmeniy holés meetings, conducts its business and initiates its dem- eustoation matches in the Bogalusa Labor Temple located at Third Avenue endtaventh Street in the City of' Bogeluss. The use of the Labor Tempie for this puypose is of general knowledge in Washington Parish and at ail tines herein mentioned was known to the deYendents, 21, As a part of the campaign referred to in the preceding peregreph,e ,petitioas were presented to the tid Ezyor of Bogalusa, asking that inaediate tteps be taken to accord eyuei rights to Negroes in Washinygtca Parish, Among the rights seferrec to in these petitions were the right to vote, the right to use public accommodations, the right to use public facilities, the right to equal o +3 ad wy G <— 2 o 1 et o I my oa Hm Lad c b ] + Lad a 1) aad ts a1 c vr wy Ld a od f=] a A] + | ia ¢ e Lad nn Pid 5 a] fs o ~<a B i +] ot - public schools, The demands of the Negroes and effort to echieve equal rights were of genersl public knowleége in Washington Parish and were known to the 12, I+ hes been and is the objective vf the defend- ents t6 preserve total recial segregetion and white Suptemacy in Bogalusa and Washington, Parish, The Klan ond .the dadividuals named as defendants in this action keve worked jointly and with = common design to further thie objective, 71