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0 a] x Mon. tans PN ee tn PNT ne BIACK PANTHER PARTY | 4 2 meeting because NELSON JOHNSON kept interrupting and injecting militant talk which kept the students agitated although there were a number of responsible Negro citizens at the meeting. i(, there were three new BPP organizers in Greensboro who have recently come to Greensboro from Connecticut. They are JOHN JOHNSON, also known as, KATARA, JOSE GONZALVEZ, and BRAD (Last Name Unknown). GONZALVEZ and BRAD are from Bridgeport, Connecticut. These three individuals are in Greensboro to try to reorganize the BPP and build it up to a really strong organization, They are extremely militant. uj} On May 22, 1969. BEB -cported that on May 21, 1969, violence erupted at Dudley High School, Greensboro, which included rock throwing, and the police drove the shudents away from the building. NELSON JOUNSON was one of the BPP members present Guring this denonstration, The meeting was held in Holland Bowl on the A&T campus with JOHNSON and CALVIN MATTHEWS, the President of the A&T student body, the principal speakers. JOHNSON gave a very fiery speech encouraging all the young people to stick together for police , whom he referred to as "Pigs," had taken ‘over the society and were holding them in bondage like slavery. He said that the "Pigs" were taking over the complete control of the Negro community by killing Negro leaders who were trying to fight for their people. JOHNSON urged all the Negroes to fight for their rights even if it meant death because something had to be done. CALVIN MATTHEWS then spoke and asked all the students who were willing to die to come to Scott Hall that night, May 22, 1969, with the weapons of their choice, and for the ones who were not willing to stand up for their rights, to stay at home and go into hiding because the only way that the situation could be resolved was to fight back. MATTHEWS asked everyone to come ¢o Scott Hall by 8:00 PM and said that the ones who were interested in being there should be there before 8:00 PM because the curfew was going into effect at that time.i7/. v4 2-