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- .. IC0 00 18 11 5- . . .. - % .. - . . . . . . 0 the above-mentioned dater. African dances and speechcs by e p-; Committee personnel are schiduled. Cxpected t i attend, 300-700 persons are I .- day 18-19 . +Washington, D. C. L' These two days mark the end of a week-long Malcolm X birthday celebration. A group called . . the Malcolm X Memorih Committee, headed by the militant J a n BAILEY, which announced plans several weeks ago for honoring the slain cf-Black Muslim leader, declared Sunday * and Monday as '*city-wide holidays for our people, I* since D. C. is over 70 percent black. Monday is intended to be %a . - the "big" day of the week, with memorial ceremonies and cultural programs all over the city from noon until sundown. - The Committee has made appeals to all the black businesses in the city to close for the afternoon on Monday and to reduce . .'prices for all merchandise that morning"for the benefit of i -* the impoverished black community. '' BAILEY said no pres- ..c - s u r e will-be exerted on the merchants because "we want them to close out of rerpect, not fear. It -The celebration will include a 2 p.m. rally on the 19th in Meridian Hill Park, which the Committee has asked the City Council to officially rename Tvlalcolnl X Park. It Other pro- grams are intended at Lincoln Park, ,Federal City College, Howard Univerrity, the New Ttkng Cultural Center, and severak other placer. Numeraps black organizations and cultural groupr will participate in the Sunday and Monday Sctivities. A D. C. school board committee headed by Julius HOBSON, # . decided that the District schools should be asked to recognize . . Monday as, Malcolm X's birtbda'y and to hold assemblies honoring him on that day. Since the committee'did not m'eet in time,for the full board to consider their &commendation a t a r e g u l a r moetine before Monday, a copy of their proposal was sent to hoard mcinbcrs for tlicir aignatiirc-. IT any hoard niegbcr rcfuscs to rign, the motion w i u fail. (Sce last page. ) . . * * Muncic, Indiana -. 5 h c Stu&g$ Libcral Action Movcnicnt will demonstrate to ptotert the construction o l a high schoolLhich families. . e:< it feels w i l l mean prohibitive transportation casks to Negro . w - Y r -. ,+ . . . . . . 8