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. ‘ _ . oe an RE: BERNARD S. LEE V. CLARDKE N. KELLEY, 2T AL. (U.S.D.C., B.C.) CIVIL ACTION NUMBER’ 76-1185 ) ome ontinued)— -———+---~souneny- (SCLC) —- a V. CLARENCE M. KELLEY, ET AL (U.S.D.C., D.C.) CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 76-1186 Information pulled from this file under court order of U.S. District Judge John Lewis Smith, Jr., and sent to dicated that, according tdJinformation received on oe ad been a member of the Young st br / 10/2 a Dh a oe 100 -442529-1593 1 I” 100-106670-2220 p.14 (10x al Bic. te eee ane Riods The "Chicago Daily Defender," a Negro-owned and operated daily . publication in Chicago, Ill., issue of 4/6/66, carried an article : entitled "Peace Rallies Set For Today and Thursday." The article indicat _ ed that grocer aT «2 a source of financial support for the 7 rallies and ha ntributed to the successful "Christmas for Mississippi” project which supplied more than 50,000 turkeys for distribution in Mississippi. The article also noted chet a cs 4nstrumental in bringing Sammy Davis, Jr., to McCormick Place ror e climax of the Christmas fund-raising drive (no further details). $% Serial indicated that QD: 23 been connected with many members of the organized crime elemen n Chicago. 157-6-9-2206 ep.5 (167 Martin butner King, Jr.. (SCLC, Washington, Dc), Oin the march*; namely, stated that he q D e ngeles, Cal., 0 contac an gi: inform them that Sammy Davis had invited them to CED 2c n the march and that he would contact them. ai _ stated that a chartered plane would take the group from Los Angeles to p Mississippi. 4p _ 100~-442529-1870 ep.2 _ SI_157-6-54-1457 ep.3 a=: (177° *Demonstrations Protesting Shooting of James Meredith, 6/26/66, Jackson, ¥ isa af The following references in the file captioned "Racial Matters" contain information concerning the activities of Sammy Davis, Jr., in connection with the conclusion of the March from Memphis, Tenn., to i,