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Li, . CONFIDENTIAL (>. Mr. DeLoach ~ Mr, Mohr ~ Mr, Sullivan - Mr, Wick . Rosen Sizoo eu /o 7 bee So - ve The warch from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, which was started by James EB, Meredith on June 5, 1966, has been continued by nationally known civil righte "Yeaders since Meredith was shot near Hernando, W Uississippi, On the morning of June 15, 1966, the individuals who had spent the night in tents, "which had been erected the previous day in an roa near a Negro ¢, public school in Grenada, Mississippi, were served a \, ¢° breakfast at the Beil Flower Baptist Church, Although } \. previous information indicated the march sight pot continue ~ on June 15, 1966, after breakfast, the individuais formed a column and began marching west from Grenada on highway = seven with an announced destination of Holcomb, Mississippi, “Fannie Lou Hamer of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party led the group as they departed from Grenada, Mes of . At 4: the marchers arrived at a point ““ one-half mile northvest of Holcomb, Mississippi, where their tents had been erected in an open area near a i‘, Negro public school, The number of marchers fluctuated _ during the day, the highest number at any one tine reaching : 140, 30 of whou were white, After a short rest stop at the tentsite, 34 of the marchers again returned to the highway and ma arched an additional two miles, after which:s, they were returnes to t vo by nira An ? ee ~ ERT BoP MATATION, ON a bet ag he bie wid 4 a a A” Martin Luther, ping, Jr. , Plord / ras sick, mt fvirt pee oe Director of ¢ Congress of Racd al Bae Lity,; and / ee ~ Andy Young of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ‘ ee joingd the marchers after lunch, King, NcKissick, and Young, sfter leading the marchers for a short tine, left the group and drove to Charleston, Mississippi, where they conducted a voter registration rally, After the rally, about 300 Negroes were led by King to the Tallahetchie County Courthouse in Charleston, King and his group left Charleston at 3:30 p.m,, at which time, 50 persons were oo waiting in line to register to yote, : SiRF geen QOPY TT Srey Bese TANT AAG'S DOAR, Sie ere NO! PAB S1DE Seer nbrnyg AND VINSON! AND ou oe, LEGISLATIVE. Asst. ‘ro NAVY & AIR 2, oisie pty? VICE PRESIDENT; AG; BycludedXfrom automatic | ae AG; AND’ downgrading and ; weet SEE NOTE S fects sification 1 / p Spe teh memes se ee Sa.