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RE: STOKELY CARMICHAEL ; conria (ria . leaders to be held in Washington, D,.C., over the Labor day week-end, Sept. 3 thru 5. “tthe white press should not attempt to define the term,’ said Carmichael. ‘It is a term for the black people alone.’ He then took a swipe at Sen. Robert Kennedy (D., N. ¥.) by calling him ‘presumptuous’ for commenting on the slogan. “Assails City Officials “Later in the, day, ina speech sponsored by the Chicago chapter of S.N.C.C. in the Orrington hotel, Evanston, Carmichael assailed Mayor Daley, Schools Supt. Benjamin Willis, and James Redmond, Willis’ successor. “willis didn't meet our needs, and the good Mr, Daley Said he would wait until he was good and ready before re-- placing Willis,' Carmichael told the 125 Negroes and whites in the audience, ‘Then he names somebody from New Orleans’ (Redmond). "Black Muslims Invited “Carmichael said the conference in Washington was worked out at a meeting between Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D., N. ¥.) ang himself; He said some 300 to 400 civil. rights leaders will be invited including the Rev, Martin Luther King; Floyd McKissick, chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black . Muslims; and the Rev, Joseph H. Jackson, leader of the National Baptist convention. ~ ‘He defined ‘black power' as 'black people getting together and forming political and social.forces to ex- press their needs.' npecent riots in Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and’ elsewhere were actually rebellions by exploited Negroes, he said." te ~ io - ~—SsCONF IDSNTIAL _ aeons pe ee PTET DEAE ANTE TM HY, aie ane ai ae abd Pear Be ee ET PST I