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President "Johnson sur
rounded the White House and
the Capitol with federal troops
in combat fatigues Friday
after , bands of Negroes ram
paged through the streets of
this frightened capital, setting
fires and looting at will
Johnson canceled previously
postponed plans to fly to
Hawaii for a weekend strategy
review of the Vietnam War
with Gen. William C.
Westmoreland and senior advisers-
The White House later
announced Westmoreland the
war commander, would fly, to
Washington, probably arriving
early Saturday, to confer with
the President
District of Columbia Mayor
Walter Washington imposed
5:30 p.m. EST curfew, mobhz
ed 1,750 National Guardsmen
and banned the sale of
firearms, ammunition, liquor
and gasoline.
A machine gun post was
set up on Capitol Hill.
Thousands of National
Guardsmen turned out across
the nation Friday to control
Negroes who roamed cities in
outbursts of violence and van
dalism triggered by the slaying
of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. President Johnson ordered
federal troops into
Washington.
At least four persons were
dead, scores injured and hun
dreds arrested in outbreaks
that erupted Thursday night
in the wake of King's
assassination, ebbed at dawn
and flared again from coast
Jo coast Friday.
I At least 31 persons were
jarrested- and 15 injured in
racial disorders which erupted
in six North Carolina cities
in the shock wave of Dr.
MartinLuther King's
assassination.
The state was relatively
peaceful during daylight hours
Friday with 1,200 National
Guardsmen on duty in Raleigh
and 400 in Greensboro. The
state's largest cities had their
police force on alert status
and they were backed up by
the entire state patrol.
Peaceful memorial services
and demonstrations were held
in Winston-Salem, Greensboro,
Durham, Charlotte, Raleigh,
Hickory and Chapel Hill.
National Guardsmen fired
three or four tear gas can
nisters into a group of young
Negroes blocking a major
highway through Raleigh near
the Shaw University campus
about 1 p.m. Friday.
Major Travis Tomlisson im
posed a second curfew on the
Capital city Friday night from
5 p.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday.
It was also disclosed that a
Raleigh motorcycle patrolman
was injured by thrown objects
while leading a demonstration
at midday.
Raleigh had 13 arrests, 14
injuries, a score of store fronts
smashed and probably a hun
dred or more cars damaged.
The city bad 1,200 Guardsmen
' , DTH Staff Photo by Gene Wang
The Black students' march yesterday afternoon was climaxed
by the burning of several Confederate flags outside the Kappa
Alpha house, long a symbol of the Confederacy in Chapel
Hill. Preston Dobbins adds lighter fluid to the burning flag
held by Ben Spaulding. The Ka's remained indoors.
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA,; SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1968
and 50 highway patrolmen to
back up its police force.
Greensboro reported no ar
rests and no injuries, but con
siderable property damage to
store fronts. Police counted 47
incidents of damage to stores
and automobiles. There were
400 National Guardsmen on
duty in and around the city.
Charlotte reported five ar
rests, two buildings burned,
and at least 15 store windows
knocked out. A radio station
newsman reported someone
shot throuch the windshield of
has car. No injuries were re
ported New Bern had 11 arrests
and 22 stores damaged.
Looters struck a bread
warehouse and took cases of
wine fro m another establish
ment Winston-Salem reported no
arrests and only one slight
injury to a policeman. Autos
were stoned.
Wilmington had autos ston
ed but no arrests or injuries.
New York City's 2S,000 man
police force was ordered on
emergency duty after a night
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CtaaBel Hill TeiigieBS Rise
As Blacks
Stag
e FFofesit
By RICK GRAY
of The Daily Tar Heel Staff
Minor tension built-up in
Chapel Ilill Friday as UNC
Negro students reacted to the
death of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
In an effort to keep people
off the streets, the Chapel Hill
Police Department asked all
merchants to close their busi
nesses at 7 p.m. AH merchants
in downtown Chapel Hill com
plied with the request.
After relative calmness
Thursday night, a group of
3040 young Negroes, most of
them university students, mill
ed along Franklin St. Friday
afternoon in a window-shopping
spree and then engaged
in a; stroll through campus.
' ' Only minor incidents oc
curred. The group burned several
confederate flags one o n
Franklin street and five more
in front of the Kappa Alpha
house. The group did not like
the manner in which a
member of the KA Order walk
ed through their midst after
the flag burning.
The march, apparently led
by Preston Dobbins of the
Black Student Movement,
began alt the intersection of
Columbia and Franklin streets
and picked its way through
the downtown stores. It was
staged in sympathy for the
death of King and as a protest
of his assassination.
The students entered several
stores, looking at, and at times
cooing over merchandise.
At Robbins' women's store
the group called the manekins
clothed in lingerie "in
decent." They then asked for suntan
lotion saying, "I want to get
a tan so I can look like a
NEgrowV ..
' At ' Ledbetter-Picfcardr 1 the
students purchased a half
dozen confederate , flags, and
then burned one in front of
the laundramsat before entering
The Fireside for more window
shopping.
The remaining flags were
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Carolina Responds
To King's Murder
Students Sign Sympathy Letter
Students stood in the misting rain Friday to sign a sympathy
letter which will be sent to Mrs. Martin Luther King.
"The letter is sponsored by the Y for students to show their
sympathy over the death of Dr. King," said Brian Buxton who
sat under a black umbrella at the tible &beside the Y entrance.
The letter is simple in its text yet it expresses the feelings
of its signers.
"It must sound hollow," begins the letter, "for people
who have stood apart from your husband's struggle to now
come forward with expressions of sympathy.
"It was not until Thursday that we really understood your
husband's strength and our own weakness," it continued. "Per
haps now we can learn to be strong."
There were about 50 signatures late Friday afternoon. The
letter will be circulated today and possibly through the me
morial service on Monday.
Jed Dietz, who hslped instigate the letter said, "As a stu
dent community which has wanted to confront social problems
by non-violent means, it is. therefore very fitting that we express
our feelings of emptiness upon the death of Dr. King.
March, Tivo Services Planned
Two memorial services and a inarch for the late Dr.
Martin Luther-King, Jr. h3ve been scheduled for the University
and Chapel Hill communities.
The first memorial service will be held at 2:30 Sunday after
noon at the First Baptist Church.
That service will be preceded by a march from Y-Court
to the church, which is located at the corner of Rosemary and
Roberson Streets. The march will begin at 1:30.
A second memorial service will be held Monday from 11:00
to 12:30. That service is tentatively scheduled for Memorial
Hall, and 11:00 Monday classes have been called off, according
to University Provost Hugh Holman.
All students and Chapel Hill residents are invited to attend
the march and both services.
Coed Rules Same For Weekend
There will most likely be no additional rules imposed on
women students this weekend, according to Assistant Dean of
Women Dershie McDevitt.
In spite of the demonstrations in Chapel Hill Friday, Mrs.
McDevitt said, "New rules this weekend will probably be dic
tated by each person's own common sense."
Neither Mrs. McDevitt nor Dean of Men Cansler were aware
of the 1 p.na demonstration at Kappa Alpha fraternity house by
about 35 Negroes until they were informed by a Tar Heel
reporter at 4 p.m
used for kmdling in front of
the KA house. AH were soaked
in lighter fluid before they
were ignited, and they were
stomped on after they burned
out.
The KA members reacted
in no way other than to remove
the burnt flags from the walk.
Fraternity men in the little
Fraternity Court looked on
without audible comment on
the proreedings.
One of the- flags burned had
been used as a doormat for
the group as they entered
Milton's (lothiing Cupboard.
AH downtown managers
reacted with considerable calm
to the event. One even went
so far as to invite the group
into his store after they had
passed by his door. ,
- Inwtber Sport : Shop; one
member of the group picked
out a nine iron and a white
plastic ball and said, "I'm
going to smash this white
thing."
Another called out, "Draw
a map of this place, we'll
come back tonight."
In Robbdns' they commented
on the carpet:
"Man, this sure is sturdy."
"Will it burn?"
"If we soak it with gas." ;
"Yall close at 5:30?"
"We'll be back about ten."
At Belks, the group ascended
to the second floor via
elevator. One called it an
"elevator to economic op
portunity," and another said
that it was a "freedom
vator." From Belksa the group walk
ed past Granville, crossing
Franklin street fin the
crosswalk, as they had done
all afternoon. They paused
momentarily at Norwood
Brothers' Esse where they
were not allowed to use the
restroom.
Dobbins led several1
marchers away from the front
door of Granville West "after
a resident had made some
comment from a window on
an upper floor.
The group then headed'1 for
little Fraternity. Court" arid the
KA House. From the KA house
they marched - along Cameron
Ave., past the side of the DKE
house.
From the corner of Cameron
and Columbia near the Scut
tlebutt one of the marchers'
said that he saw a rifle appear
in one of the windows of the
- DKE house. - They called the
attention of the police officers v
following the march to the
window, but no action was
taken.
The group then marched
quietly across campus to the
Pine Room for "a bite to eat"
before dispersing.
While parading ".. do w n
Franklin Street the students
sang, mostly Dixie, and made
light-hearted banter. The whole
thing had the appearance of
a large group going window
shopping.
Numerous passersby stopped
and watched, but no one made
any comment except to quietly
ask the person next to them
what was happening.
No one knew.
Police , officers walked along
behind the students quietly, oc
casionally exchanging com
ments with members of the .
crowd.
Dobbins Predicts
'Violent Reaction9
At Black Meeting
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DTH Staff Photo by Gene Wang
The cross and flag were grim reminders
- ... of Martin Luther King's murder
By TODD COHEN
of The Daily Tar Heel Staff
"Martin Luther King's
assassination is the very last
time that a black man is going
to be killed in this country
without violent reaction."
Thus spoke UNC student
Preston Dobbins, leader of the
Black Student ovement here,
at a meeting of Negro students
in Gerrard Hall Friday morn
ing. -v- " '
. The gathering followed a
service' in Polk Place for the
late Dr. King, led by three
Chapel Hill ministers and at
tended by 60 members of the
Black Student Movement here.
About 200 white students stood
, . and watched the ceremony. .
The service consisted of a
prayer, a sermon, and a song.
The song, "Precious Lord,
Take My Hand," was Dr.
Kings favorite.
During the sermon, the
Reverend John Manley, pastor
of the First Baptist Church,
said, "If we reaffirm ourselves
to the same principles for
which Dr. King lived, then
we do have a chance for
hope."
Dobbin's reaction to the,
death of the man Vice-President
Hubert Humphrey called
the "Apostle of non-violence"
was of a different vein. ,
At the Gerrard Hall meeting,
and in an interview following
Friday afternoon's march
through Chapel Hill, Dobbins
explained his feelings.
"Kings death is the end of
an era, the ear of peaceful,
non-violent reaction" he said.
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Tear Gas Breaks Up Raleigh Demonstration
'Black, Black, We're Going To Attack9 Shout Students
PRESTON DOBBINS
"People around here are
mad as hell and we mean
business." From now on people
across this country are going
to meet violence with violence,
not violence with peace," he
affirmed.
Asked if violence was a
meant to solving the root of
the Negro problem, rather
than just a scratch on the
surface, Dobbins said, "We see
our method as a means to
a positive end."
"You don't fight irrational
violence on the part of whites
with peace, love, rationality,
and logic," he explained.
Dobbins added, "If we can't
live like men in this country,
then you can't either."
Dobbins believes there are
two basic ways to "affect peo
ple in the white power struc
ture of this country."
"We can get to him through
his pocketbook, or we can
make him as uncomfortable
as hell," he said.
By TERRY GINGRAS
of The Daily Tar Heel' Staff
RALEIGH "We know
where you're going to be
tonight and we'll get you, so
help me, we'E get you. ! "
Shaking his fist, a young
Negro screamed at the Na
tional Guardsmen who had just
broken up a demonstration
here protesting the assassina
tion of Marin Luther King Fri
day afternoon.
. The guardsmen, . about 40,
of them wearing gas masks
used tear gas and fixed
bayonets to break up the
demonstration at the in
tersection of South and Wilm
ington Streets, about a block
from Shaw University, scene
of disturbances Thursday night,
night.
The demonstration began at
1 p.m. with a march down
South St.
About 150 Negroes, mostly
college students, marched
singing down the middle of
the street toward Memorial
Auditorium.
Singing "We have to fight
although we're going to die,"
the marchers halted momen
tarily at the intersection of
South and Fayetteville Sts.,
halting traffic on both
streets.
Then, chating, "Black,
Black, We going to attack,"
they marched the remaining
block to Memorial
Auditorium.
The marchers halted all
white traffic. Only 'soul
Young Negroes Voice Despair
By TERRY GINGRAS
of The Daily Tar Heel Staff
RALEIGH "You killed our Black Presi
dent, man. Martin Luther King was the only
thing we had and you killed him."
A young Negro demonstrator cited this
and other reasons for the demonstrations here
Thursday and Friday.
"You're a white man baby. No matter
what you do you're white and I'm black
and nothing's going to change it."
The youth was one of three Negroes we
stopped on the street after the demonstration
Friday afternoon.
Earlier the demonstrators had refused to
comment to the press except to deny .'that
there was any organization planning the
marches, "We're doing this for ourselves.".
"You say we got "a country," said the
youth, about 20 years old with an
style haircut, "We got a country on
only."
"We're sick of it. We want freedom."
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Another youth said he ' was a militant and
didn't agree with Dr. King's philosophy of
non-violence.
"He was non-violent-and one . of you shot
him. If you're non-violent, you get shot, if
you're a militant, you get shot, - so what's
the difference?"
"We're black. We sat around, and talked
for 200 years and got nowhere," , said the
first youth, "Now we're going to act"
"The old folks, they're content, but Tthe
young guys are sick and tired of the situation
and we're going to do something about it." " -
"You better tell your white .brothers to
get together," said the first" youth, "cause
this is a black revolution and we're going
to run over them." - . - -
, The three youths were agreed that the
white man had no place in their movement. .
"All we care about is black, B-L-A-C-K
baby. White? We don't care - about white
people's problems, just black people's."
brothers" were allowed to pass
through the demonstrators.
The marchers screamed
obscenities at a white man
in a pick-up truck with a
"Wallace For President"
sticker. They attempted to tear
the sticker off .
Chanting "The only solution,
Black Revolution," the
demonstrators milled around
in the street as a crowd of
spectators gathered.
When the march began it
had a two-car police escort
but more police were added
as the demonstration grew
larger and louder.
A white man in a tractor
trailer truck attempted to
force his way through the
crowd reving the engine and
riding the clutch, but .the
demonstrators refused to
move.
As a group of jeering youths
gathered around the cab of
the truck, the driver attempted
to hit them with the door.
Other white drivers backed
up a full block, seeking other
ways Jto get around the
crowd. .! .
The- "police- were issued
shotguns from the - trunk of
a patrolcar and the crowd
began yelling "Shoot me, then
go home and tell your mother
you shotra black today."
Two black policemen. .were
taunted with cnes of: "You
black -people - with guns, ; why
don't you join your -own
people?" and "You Blacks,
- we're doing this for you, too,
ibaby." ,
The demonstrates " refused
to comment to reporters and
chased DTH editor Bill Amlong
and myself away with shouts
of "You white, we don't want
nothin' to do with you."
The National Guard was
finally called in.
The crowd stood firm as
a platoon of Guardsmen ad
vanced on them with bayonets.
Using a tight V-shaped forma
tion and a synchronized jab
bing motion of their bayonetts,
the guardsmen wre able to
move some of the crowd. One
demonstrator was hit with a
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"It's too bad it's going to
have to be that way, but that's
the way it's going to have
to be," he assured.
Asked if he viewed Dr.
King's assissin as a represen
tative of the white people of
the United States, Dobbins
replied, "I'm going to have
to view all whites as part
of the power structure."
Dobbins did not specify plans
for a follow-up of Negro reac
tion here Friday, but gave
assurance that "we haven't
finished yet."
Town Is Grieved Mayor;
Community Sets Service
Roland McClamroch Jr., Mayor of Chapel Hill,
issued the following proclamation yesterday:
The Town of Chapel Hill is deeply grieved
at the tragedy that has befallen the family of
Dr. Martin Luther King, and for the terrible
loss this constitutes to he cause of universal
brotherhood in this crucial period of our world
history.
A community-wide memorial service to ex
press these feelings has been set by the Ministerial
Alliance for this Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
-in the First Baptist Church on Roberson Streets
I urge all citizens of this community to join
in this expression to the end that . the objectives
for which Dr. King lost his life shall not have
been, in vain. The hours until and including this
service should be observed by all of us a period
of mourning.