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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE MISSISSIPPI STATE CONFERENCE N A A CP “1072 WEST LYNCH ST REET © ° SACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39203 © 601-353-6906 zoe Dr. Aaron E. Henry . TS , Mr. Charles Evers April 30, 1970 - oe ay Dear Friend of the Case of Freedom: I am sorry to have to report to you that. all of our efforts have been futile in trying to per- . guade the Attorney General of the United States - Department of Justice, Attorney John Mitchell to _ uphoid the reputation of the Department of Justice iad of men who’ held the office before him. This list - _ begins with Attorney General Brownell and goes thru Attorney. General Ramsey Clark, and of course, in : - between were such dedicated Americans as Robert Xennedy, Nicholas Katzenbach, John Doar, Bob, . Lisbon Berry, the Flannerys and many others. None of these men deminished themselves to the extent that they would openly associate the nane of the United States Department of Justice with an organization that was segregationist and racist. .- ca o Yet, on May 19, 1970, in spite of the persuassion of many of us, and some members af the U. S. Depart- ment of Justice, including Att ey Jack Landau, who reportedly is now on his way t, being fired by the Attorney General.’ On ay, April 17, I made another inquiry in the Office of the Attorney General, | trying to persuade him not to make the same kind of “Mockery of a department, in Washington called "Justice", -as is a town in Mississippi called "Liberty". I was informed on that day,.+."The Delta Council, although > it has no Negro members, that this in the Attorney General's mind did not constitute segregation nor discrimination." Therefore, we have decided to organize a demonstration of Civil Disobedience against this racist-identification. We are inviting Mr. Roy Wilkins, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Mr. Whitney Young, Mr. Byard Rustin, 7 A. Phillip olph, Rev. Dudley Ward, The Natiofial-Council. gf Churches and other Church Groups, The Dejta Ministry, ar piticts riends Servic& “Committee and peveral natiofial gplitic suse both Democrat \ ae 4 . . Se ee a . 7 Vi Re nym ce oot a “eer pare mere St Tee on ee Se EPEAT ee tte et me states evr eon