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the night of March 18, 1968 and left Memphis shortly before noon on March 19, 1968, ostensibly to go to the State of Mississippi in connection with the POCAM (HQ 157+9146-%39). The City of Memphis was virtually paralyzed by a 16-inch snowfall on March 22, 1968, resulting in the post- ponement of the plarmed mass march to March 28, 1968. Dr. King returned to Memphis on the 28th, arriving at the airport at approximately 10:22a.m. By that time approximately 5,000 to 6,000 people, about half of whom were of school age, had congregated at the Clayborn Temple (located at 280 Hernando St.) for the start of the march. According to the plan of the march, the sanitation workers were in front with the remainder of the people following behind. The march was to proceed north on Hernando to Beale Srreet, thence west on Beale Street to Main Street and north on Main Street to City Hall. The march got underway at approximately 11:00a.m. and had proceeded to Hernando and Beale before it was joined by Dr. King. When the front of the march (led by Dr. King) reached Main Street, teenagers and young adults at the rear af ob —-- as TRIot «4+ Boat 4 LIE aL, fe OL Lie ch Ni@ar inirta ano beale (iw blocks from Une LEOrit of the march) ripped the signs off.their poles and began breaking store windows and looting. Mass confusion developed and the police moved in to quell the disturbance. The