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er EL RETO ata on eee a Pe er, a cs DE ta ee or a+ Sat eee See RE MEETING SPONSORED BY BPP CONCERNING GREENSBORO REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Redevelopment Project. Mr. BROOKS claimed that this group of merchants had tried to form a Black Businessmen’s Association s@ that they would have borrowing power in order to get the bleck merchants back in business. The Redevelopment Commission had turned them down, according to Mr. BROOES, Mr. KENNETH LEE, 9 Negro attorney, then spoke briefly aud explained how the Redevelopment Commission had gone about obtaining the property on which the new A & P Store on East Merket Street is presently located. A few Nepro males. and females in the audience asked come rue tions and then finally a Mer. BROWN, who represented the Grerashore Redevelopment Commission, tried to tzlk. The pecple dic vct want to hear him. They said that if Mr. BARKLEY was not there, then they did not want to hear anyone else from the Redevelopeent Commission. No white members cf the Redevelopment Cammission were in attendance and Mr. BROWN was apparently the only member who was there and he was a Negro. The Chairman then asked everyone present toe sign 2 petition that would be presented to the Redevelopment Commission expressing the demands and views as far as the actions of the Redevelopment Commission were concerned. HOWARDS FULLER, the Negro militant from Durham, North Seralius, was present and he talked. FULLI-2'S remarks were by fac the most inflammatory, according to T-1, and he stated, “you see, you asked The Man to come to the meeting and he didn't, so? lets go to him. When The Man asks you to mave, then just dan’; move, Form a group that just will refuse to move.” This was the gist of the remarks by FULLER and he did ert some response from the crowd. There were 2 number of Negro males tn the gudience whe were otviously members of the Black Panther Party wearing Fleck Panther jacknts and tams,