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STOIOSLY ‘CARMICHAEL CdlS/..
INTERNAL SECURITY
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT '

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The President has prJffrdtisiy expressed an -interest
in the activities of r Stokely Carmichael and^the v Students

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• there that Carmichae 1 was originally i classif iedl'l-A. : under^ : ft 4S^
Selective Service in December, 1964. In January, 19S 5, %ed0f’ A *

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V In determining precisely .what the -Seiecti^^Sotvice Vstatus^^^p
of Carmichael is and what were the facts which prompted the#ffi^|
various changes in ; classification
no circumstances was' ,;it desired ^.thatldt^bejls^
is interested and this should be handled most ^discreetly

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On September 10, 15S8, Xvlrs. Mildred Stegall -of r your^ ; a- ;
ofiieo requested information as to the Selective Sendee status ..of
Ltokoly Carmichael. Carmichael ic Haticnal Chairman of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. ■ He v/as bom Jiine^9^4941|?‘^Ww^ !
a vf in Trinidad. The following is furnished for your iMormation;Pffe':T " M. wi

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MILITANT LEADER OF THE .••..J§
IT CLEAR y

1 n>E VOX HOT HAVE THE OPPRESSOR TELLING THE OPPRESSED; HOT TO GET. RIDa
OF THE OPPRESSOR-* 3 HE TOLD ABOUT A00 PERSONS GATHERED IN A MEETING
‘SPONSORED BY -THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIS! FELLOWSHIP ■■.FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE*^

h’ u Whites tell me that if i stop using black pouERr^Tar’BE ht

FR2EKBS*" HE SAID - -HELL. I DON *T WANT THE MROR NEED;. TKEM«$^Ig^^,^M|
* CARMICHAEL HEAD MOST OF HIS SPEECH* SAYING TIE HOPED- THAT METHOD
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SUBJECT: STOKELY^ ARMICHAEL

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HERON iS liCLASSFIEO .

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above-captioned individual.

1 l Tn6 Security Index Card on the
captioned individual should be
changed as follows < specify
change only):

Aliases

Name

STOKELY CARMICHAEL

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1 1 Socialist Workers Party

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Date of Birth

6/29/41

Race

Negro

Sex

fxl Male

I 1 Female

Place of Birth

Port of Spain, Trinidad

Business Address (show name of employing concern and address) ^ M

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee /

360 Nelson Street, S. W. r "

Atlanta, Georgia . ^ ( SEP II

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Residence Address - * -

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CARMICHAEL was elected National Chairman pi .

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee at a cQnfere?
of the Central Committee of SNGC which was held in White
Bluff, Tenn., in May, 1966.

CARMICHAEL is reported to have been responsible

fee ip&js&rsr

Press . "

at a Bronx° D New 2 York,Tig^^choo!^^Bef^!S55!TcHAEL attended,
said that CARMICHAEL was included in a group who were usually
devoted to "left wing” activities, ^hese. teachers als o.

advised that CARMICHAEL^ —

of the former general secretary of the Communis'

Party, USA.

A letter issued by the Emergency Civil Liberties
Committee dated June, 1966, identified CARMICHAEL as having
been elected to the National Council of that Committee. The
Emergency Civil Liberties Committee is ref erred to in the
12/1/61 issue of the ’‘Guide to Subversive Organizations and

Publications.”

On 8/2/66 CARMICHAEL interjected ’’Black Power”
slogan into a spontaneous demonstration at a traffic incident
and gave an impromptu speech advocating Black Power, the
effects of which excited the crowd to a point of bordering

on riot.

CARMICHAEL has consistently spoken against the United
[states intervention in Vietnam and in a press conference held
En miaSeSwa on 8/30/66 saidu ttat . "our own friend? are those
Working to destroy western civilization We ye got to bring
Western Civilization down to its' knees.” • /'

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On 9/6/66 a suspected Negro car thief was sh ot
by a white detective on the Atlanta Police Department .
CARMICHAEL reportedly appeared in the community later
after this incident and made statements that resulted in
two days of racial unrest in Atlanta. As a result of
CARMICHAEL'S participation in these activities, he was
indicted on 9/13/66 by a Fulton County, Ga., Grand Jury
on a charge of inciting to riot. He is presently out on
$1,000 bail.

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STOOLY CABMICHAKL ^

XSTOKAI. SSCUEITT - KI8CKUAHE00S

BeWO alrtel dated 8/26/66 captioned "COMHFIL SKOC;
Stokely Carsichael, XS-C" wherein it wee reported that CmdokMl
was natttralleed oa 6/18/66 at Atlanta. Gcorfla, oader Certificate
of Naturalisation Number 1* 836 08. Ala record is currently charged
to the Files Control Office, laslgratloa sad Naturalisation Service,
Atlanta, Georgia, nadarJULle ember A832T5S6 (this file also
includes number A125f82SL$).

fflttgny hgm r epo rted that CanichiAl

bepaae an Aaericaa citinea in 1954* after both of his parents had
been naturalised, by derivative.

In ardor to resolve Carmichael* a naturalisation states,
poo should Immediately review Carmichael's Isalgratloe and **

Katoralisation Service file at Atlanta. Tie information contained
in this fils sb o eld be sobsitted promptly to the Bnrean in a for* v
suitable for dissoniaaticn. (l/A^ t

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Via AIRTEL

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-446080)

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SUBJECT: STOKELY CARMICHAEL

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ReMilwaukee teletype dated 9/13/66 captioned as

above .

, nA — Enclo sed herewith f or the Milwaukee Office, is a

>2 ICr who was reported to havS

attende^th^CP^A lbth National convention in June of 1966
at NYC.

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Dear Mr. Hoover,

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Carmichae l,
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as the means -
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Today I find myself puzzled because I CSnn6t answer a
question that keeps coming to my mind. Since your department is con-
cerned with such matters as the situation which provokes Ine question,

I would be very grateful if you could give me a satis£actory<$logical.
answer. , .■'.■■■ > A At ’ '*' i '

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It is my understanding that Mr. Stoklej
the head of the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating
a citizen of the United States. I do not need to elabora
zation’s policies or strategies for T know that you mus
with them. Mr. Carmichael advocates murder and ri<5
/ of establishing "black power" which means, as I under
! elimination of "whites. " We both know that to eliminate something is
to get rid of it, to remove it, to do away with it. To eliminate the * v
white element of our country would be to get rid of practically the whole
population. Wherever Stokley Carmichael goes there is rioting, violence,
and murder, so there is plenty of action accompanying his talk. I
believe that Stokley Carmichael and his organization are threats to our -a
national security. I majored in political science in college, and his
strategy typifies what communists do or at least what communists use
to their advantage. In my opinion this man in dangerous.

ji My question, Mr. Hoover, is two-fold. In light of

I this situation, does the FBI consider Stokely Carmichael a threat to
h the security of the United States. If so, why has he not been deported? “

■ t • _ lam anxiously awaiting your reply.

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to comment on the actions of specific individuals, I am enclosing a
copy of an article which X hope you will find of interest.

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another governmental agency’s jurisdiction, I am forwarding a copy '
of-yourjetter to the Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization
Service, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. , for any
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responsibilities with the highest degree of thoroughness and dispatch

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COMMAS!

Sincerely yours,

J« E dgar Hoover

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STLTJ2KT^i0ir/ICl:32?T CC02DZSAT2KG COMMITTEE
ST0IQLrCARM2CE/lEL

Due to the interest of the President in the
activities of Stokely Carmichael and his organization;
we have prepared a summary setting forth the current activity
in unis matter. A copy of the summary is attached for
ready reference.

On 2/8/66 , Stokely Carmichael and other members
of the Student Hoax'iolent Coordinating Committee were
arrested by the Atlanta Police Department on charges of
inciting to riot and disorderly conduct in connection v/ith'
the recent racial strife in Atlanta. A confidential source
advised Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern
Christian .Leadership Conference, ccnferrci with his principal
advisor, Stanley Levison, a long-time secret member of the
Communist : Party, USA, as to how he would handle press
inquiries concerning Carmichael’s arrest. King felt ^he
could give a general statement regarding Carmichael for
the present, but eventually Carmichael would be calling on <
King for support.

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In a subsequent press release, it was reported.,
that King at a news conference on 2/11/66, at Montclair,

9 New Jersey, issued' a statement concerning Carmichael’s
arrest which was substantially the same as previously
— agreed to by King and Lsvison.

On 9/13/66, the Pulton County Grand Jury,

!■*•> Atlanta, Georgia, indicted Stokely Carmichael and five

other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
on a charge of disorderly conduct-riot • Bond was set at
$1,000.

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During the recent racial disturbance in Atlanta,

/ "residents of the Vine City community of Atlanta distributed
a petition protesting the activities of the Student Non-
violent Coord:... „iiug Committee in the Vine City area and •
ca_Iing for ule closing of the Student NqnviQl.en.t_. Coordinating
Committee, office in Vine City.

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nemorandum. Baumgardner to Sullivan

STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE

100-43S1S0

It has been previously reported that members of
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee hayebeen
picketing Twelfth Corps Headquarters, United States Army,
6S3 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia,
since S/17/SS, protesting United States action in Vietnam
and United States Negroes fighting in Vietnam.

’ On S/12/6S, a small group of . Negroes_.contiEpe.d_

to picket the Twelfth Corps Headquarters. These pickets
arrived and departed the area in a vehicle owned by the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

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copies of the enclosure be forwarded by -
slips to the Honorable Marvin Watson, Special Assistant
to the President; Mr. John Stewart, Legislative Assistant
to the Vice President; the Attorney General; the Deputy
Attorney General; Assistant Attorneys General Yeagley,

Doar and Vinson; Secret Service; and the Departments of
the Army, Navy and Air Porce.

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STOKELY CARMICHAEL /

There is set forth below a summary of current

activity of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; .v\

and its leader, Stokely Carmichael. : — _ — A— — LL

Arrest of Stokely Carmichael, Atlanta, Georgia ,

September 8, 1966 • ; ';vA

Stokely- Carmichael and other members of the' ; ' A-v

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee were arrested -A/’A:

b^ the Atlanta Police Department on September 8, 1966, * * *

on charges of inciting to riot .and disorderly conduct in
connection with the recent racial strife in Atlanta.

A confidential source advised that shortly after the arrest
of Carmichael, Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, conferred with -
his principal advisor, Stanley Levison, stated that •

if he is asked by reporters regarding Carmicaael, he - ;5 y

would only state that in line with American tradition * ’ . . ^

of jurisprudence, a man is innocent until proven guilty*

ICing added he would say, in effect, that the matter is
presently in the courts, and he does not have anything
to do with it. King- felt he could give a general state-
jaezrfc regarding Cariaich&el tii© present, but eventually ' •
Carmichael would be calling on King for support.

Levison and King agreed that if Carmichael
is convicted of the “inciting to riot" charge J'they"
will have to blame those forces which compelled him AA

to riot. "The source advised King and Levison did "not * * - * .
elaborate regarding the term “forces" but believed: they ..A JAL!-
were referring to the Negro struggle in civil rights* . • • i\.vf 1

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* in a subsequent press release, it was reported
that King at a nev/s conference on September 11, 1966, at
Montclair, New Jersey, issued a statement concerning
Carmichael's- arrest which was substantially the same
zs previously agreed to by King and Levison.

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STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
STGHELY CARMICHAEL

Stanley Levison is a long-time communist
These membership in -he Communist Party, USA, has been
established as of July, 1963.

Cn September 13, 1966, the Pulton County Grand
Jury, Atlanta, Georgia*- indicted Stokely Carmichaelf as^-~ '

Petition Against the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee v. •

During the recent racial disturbance in
Atlanta, Georgia, residents of the Vine City community •
of Atlanta distributed a petition protesting the activities
of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the
Vine City area. The petition stated in part: "We, the

residents of the Vine City community are shocked and
completely deplore the events that have taken place in
our city this ■week. We have every reason to believe
that the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
created the incident to promote its doctrine of racial •
hatred and separation, better known as ’Black Power.’’

We deplore such a doctrine as being opposed to true
Americanism and opposed to our real ambitions of being
a total part of the Atlanta community. Because we feel
so strongly that the purposes of SNCC are not for the
growth and development of our community, we forthwith
call for them to cease their operation in this* area.

More specifically., we call for the closing of their
Vine City headquarters, the distribution of hate literature
to be discontinued, and tbeir staff workers to withdraw
completely from the area.”

Picketing Activities, Atlanta, Georgia •

It was previously reported that since' . ' •

August 17, 1SS£, a small group of Negroes, the majority
of whom are members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee, have been picketing the Twelfth Corps Head-
cuarters, United States Army, 699 Ponce de Leon Avenue,

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Kortheast , 'Atlanta, Georgia, protesting United States •
, c -'.-: 0 r •• Vietnam and United States jxegroes xj-ghting
It'vllt Sam" I number oi these individuals have been
ar.-asted by tb* Atlanta Police Department ana ctaug*« ;
with various oifenses ranging from disorderly condu
to assault and battery* ^ „_L

— On September 12, 1966, a small group of Negroes

eor+inued to oicket the Twelfth Corps Headquarters* It
j j n^itB+g arrived and departed Twelfth Corps

Xa^tlrf !n S a%ehIc!e“vned P by the Student Honviolent.
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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.

September 16, 1966

Honorable J. Edgar Hoover
Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr* Hoover:

I thought you might be interested in the
enclosed. This fellow says he supports anarchism, and I thought you
want to know about him, and at least have his name in your files as a p<i
tential trouble maker,

• With kind personal regards, I am

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Honorable Wayne L. Hays
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Washington, D. C. 20515

Dear Congressman:

Your letter of September 16th, with enclosure.

1 a PP reciate 7 °ur interest in furnishing this’

Vexy truly yours,
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EIGHT FORTYFIVE P.M. TO NINE FIFTYFIVE PM TODAY ON "SLACK POWER".
APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED IN ATTENDANCE. SPEECH COVERED BY SOURCES
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CARMICHAEL SCHEDULED TO LEAVE COLUMBUS FOR DAYTON; OHIO BY
AUTO EIGHT A.M. SEPTEMBER EIGHTEEN NEXT.

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Cvordinating Committee (SNCC) to speak ac Princeton University
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rooting slips to the Honorable Harrin Watson* Special
Assistant to the President j Hr. John Stewart, legislative
Assistant to the Tice Presidents the Attorney General*
the Deputy Attorney General* Assistant Attorneys General
Yeagley* Doar and Vinson* Secret Service and the military
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“September 21,

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STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

-There is set forth below a. summary of current

activity of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
and its leader, Stokely Carmichael* ”

Arrest of Stokely Carmichael, Atlanta, Georgia,

September B , l9e6

A confidential source advised that William Epton,

Vice President of the Progressive Labor Party, was in contact
with Ivanhoe Donaldson, Director of the New York Office of
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, on September 12,
1966. At the request of Donaldson, Epton agreed he would try
to have some people send telegrams to Ivan Allen, Mayor of
Atlanta, Georgia, protesting the ’’political'* arrest of
Stokely Carmichael by the Atlanta Police Department on
September 8, ,1966. The Progressive Labor Party is a pro-
Chinese Marxist-Leninist organization.

•"Association Be tween the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference and the btudent Nonviolent coordinating Committee

A confidential source advised that a meeting of the
executive staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
was held at Atlanta, Georgia, on September 12, 1966. At this
meeting, Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, stated that he was in favor
of "black power" only in the sense that the economic, social
and political position of Negroes must be improved. Within
the confines of this qualification. King stated he, therefore,
personally agreed with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee and Stokely Carmichael. However, he could not at
all countenance the current violent approach resorted to by
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Carmichael
in the recent Atlanta demonstrations. . ■

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King pointed out that the present racial climate in
Atlanta was not conducive to any constructive 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 yv.
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 S tokely Carmichael. Columbus, Ohio,

September 17, l56'd> "" ” • . f

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.

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.”

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furnished by this source could result in the identification
of this source of continuing value and impair the future
effectiveness thereof and such impairment could have an
adverse effect upon the national defense interests of the
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AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Will contact appropriate sources
to determine if information can he developed concerning
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CLEVELAND

AT CLEVELAND, OHIO. Will contact appropriate sources
to determine if information" can he developed concerning >
MC ADOO’s activities while he was in Cleveland.

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AT DETROIT. MICHIGAN* mil. contact appropriate sources
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In Reply, Please Refer to
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September 20, i 960

Bureau file number
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New York file number
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Progressive Labor Party

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A characterization of the Progressive
Labor Party (PLP) is attached hereto, and source ;
Utilized therein has furnished reliable information

in the past.

A source, who has furnished reliable information
in the past, advised on September 15, 1966, that Bill
Me Adoo, a member of the PLP in New York City , was in
Atlanta, Georgia and had contacted Bill Epton, Vice
President of the PLP and Chairman of th ® PI £. H 5fi?
in New York City, in regard to helping the J ?i on “
Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) r ®; :L |® tail
Stokley Carmichael, National Chairman of SNCC.

According to the source. Me Adoo jdvisedEpton
that Carmichael's bail had been reduced to $W00.°0 and
SNCC needed $75. 00 more to make this bail. Epton aavisea
Me Adoo to give SNCC the $75.00 and Epton would reimburse
Me Adoo at a later date.

The source further advised on September 16 , 19 66
that Bill Me Adoo, who was then in Detroit, Michigan,
had been in contact with Bill Epton |n Hew Ycrfe and
advised Epton that he had given the $75.00 to Stokley
Carmichael the previous night in Atlanta, Georgia.M
further stated that he had instructed "them" to send the
bond receipt to Epton in New York City.

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Me Adoo further advised Ep ton that Epton should

send the $75.00 to reimburse him to <

He Adoo stated that he had had a meeting in
Detroit and everything turned out well' and he was going
to meet with "them 1 ' again Sunday; therefore, he would not
be leaving for Cleveland, Ohio before Monday.

The source further advised that on September 17 *
1966, Bill Epton had made the statement that Bill Me Adoo 1 s
trip to Atlanta had been very good and "we 1 ' sent them
"tons and tons of stuff" because "they" had requested a
lot of literature as "they” want to set up study groups
and things like that.

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