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(continued) march to WDC, She stated she would begin her campaign in Memphis on™ 5/2/68 arriving in WDC approximately 5/17/68. 62-112081-337 ep. 12,23,24 (237. 7 The following references pertain to a Freedom Peace Party FPP) sponsored convention held on June 1 ard 2, 1968 in NYC, On /2/o8 the FPP nominated Coretta King for Vice-President. of the US, ' but later she withdrew her candidacy. The FPP was formed on 3/2/68 at Albany, NY, to establish a political alliance between whites and blacks for the purpose of presenting a racially integrated slate of candidates in the 1968 elections on national, state, and local levels, REFERENCE SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER 62-112182-7 ep. 1 | oy -19 ep. 1 2he3¥ 7 : b7c . The "Camden Courier Post" dated 11/13/68 in an article captioned "Benny Ortiz Back i “ Stephen Allen, set out the activities of Benjamin Ortiz in connection with student demonstrations at Camden High School, Camden, N.J. Ortiz became involved with the SCL@ and went as an SCLC Coordinator to the Poor People's March in WDC, where he became good friends with Coretta King and spent several weeks in Resurrection City. - 157-11341-7 p. 8 (10¥ The following references on Coretta King appear in the file captioned "Stanley David Levison". These references pertain to contacts between Levison, an SCLC official, and other SCLC officials, CP members, and Congressman John Conyers of Michigan, in connection with the National Committee of Inquiry (NCI} and King's rele in the NCI during the period June-August, 1968, (locality not given). Levison also discussed the NCI with King. The NCI was a committee of Negroes, formed (continued) -conRENTIN