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e . ? me 6G? Gon 2 oo ee nA or eee a “ci. SANTTATION WORKERS STRIKES of the City Hall just outside the doors of the Council anmbers, Numerous Negro leaders in the City of Memphis ere in this ‘walk out"group including Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr., pastor of Centenary Methodist Church; Reverend — ss. B yles, Labor Director of the Nationa] ‘Association for” é¢haeée ae AAA nt ‘a Tal AwadA DaAnnta fwWebrny ; Maxine: sSith, nd ; Executive Secretary of the NAACP, Memphis; Reve Ezekiel - Bell, pastor |of Parkway Gardens Presbyterian Church; and an individual tentatively identified as H, Ral ckson, of the African Methodist Episcopal (ANE) Church, ° Te ; Reverend Kyles spoke before television cameramen and pewsmen and addressed the audience, stating, "There is no justice for blacks at City Hall," whereupon he was Joudly cheered. He was followed by Reverend James Morris Lavaon, Jr,, who spoke, saying, "We have to escalate our fight,” and he emphasized that he would bring a wave of national civil rights leaders and other individuals from other parts of the country to Memphis to aid in the current strike struggle and &1s80 emphasized that Roy Wilkins, Hat ional Zxecutive Secretary of the NAACP, would appear in town on March 14, 1968, and possibly Bayard Rustin of the A. Philip Randolph Institute would come to Menphis to address the strike supporters, Reverend Lawson calied for all of the protesters to pirch en ge to Clayborn Temple where they would hold a rally, following which they would all go to his church, thea fentanaras MathndAiaet Church 584 Beast Mrieaenrea @ar a Perm wrer evar ee eer ew oe a wrasse Wes ews eee were ewe |g awe. mass rally on the night of March 12, 1968. at various Hémphis high schools urging 811 Negro high school _4, . Students to stay away from school on Wednesday, ch ee ad to spend the day in strike support activities, A ellie st ince that one of the activities scheduled would be = a ting of Central High School in Memphis where Mayor Henry cc = Loeb is scheduled to speak at 6:45 a.m, before the: student body. a> + ~