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PuITED STATES DEPARTMENT C jUSTICE PEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTICATION Savannah, Georgia July 20, 1970 er; “RACIAL DISTURBANCE, cae: a AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, - ee © , BEGINNING MAY 11, 1970 dvised July 11, 1970, that approximately 500 people attended the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meeting at the Tabernacle Baptist Church ; Augusta, Georgia, at 8:00 p.m. on July 10, 1970, where J tutite was the principal speaker. .Right or ten whites were resent PY, a ee en ws esent ana the remainder were Negroes. The meeting was quiet aN “Cross, Augusta, Ga., NAACP official: Frapk dison, a soldigr with the U. 8S. Army at Fort Gordon,Georgia, as well as Matthes ulherin, Chairman of the Richmon , County Board of Commisgioners. *' GA. Git ot C42 ; — According rior to the meeting Wilbert Lee ZAllen, self-proclaimed local Black Panther ‘leader, and 15 to Ae 20 unidentified individuals, al] dressed in khaki shirte and C4 piue Jeans wearing black berets, were lined along the sides of the church in parade rest positions, Immediately before the meeting began, Allen and others in uniform left. Two or three of these uniformed individuals returned inside the church for the meeting but Allen did not return. A characterization of the Black Panther Party is attached hereto in the appendix. QED 2 tvises that the theme of Wilkins’ speech was_ that the acks and whites of Augusta should unite; that the police officers responsible for the killing of the.#ix blacks in Augusta on Mayll, 1970, should be brought to justice and that the city of Augusta owes something to the black community of Augusta. This document containg neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents ere not to be distributed outside your agency. ; gn CONTAINED ALL UNEOR I .cctFleD VERN pg by — . rm ee re ce ae ee a mm A eR RT a yt ee: ee oe e+ - 2A CT TS So era on Aa orderly with no violence. Those in attepdance included_Daniel_ ~~ . _~