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— CONFYPENTIAL -¢24: UN kag D STATES DEPAR ENT OF es FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.C, 20535 File No. a 4 a ~~ ron f : : - : igre doy NO August 19, 1966 STUDENT NONVIOLENYQOORDINATING COMMITTEE oe STOKEL ya There is set forth below a-summary of current activity of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and its leader Stokely Carmichael. : Picketing Activities, Atlanta, Georgia Approximately 17 Negroes picketed the Twelfth Corps Headquarters, United States Army, 699 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia, on August 17, 1966, The pickets carried signs such as "The Viet Cong Never Called You Nigger"; "Black Man Stay Home, Fight for Black Power"; and tthe White Man Kills Black Kids, I Won't Kill Vietnamese Kids." - A leaflet was distributed by the pickets which stated in part: "to stay at home and fight for your black self, your family, your community and your black nation. - Why must we £0 abroad to kill yellow skinned men for white skinned men who force us to live in rat jnfested slums? We must demonstrate each time a brother is sold into slavery (drafted) and keep our youth at. home to puild our power." It was observed by a representative of the Atlanta Police Department that the pickets arrived in a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee bus, and most of the pickets were known to him as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Conmittee. On August 18, 1966, approximately 27 Negroes again picketed the Twelfth Corps Headquarters. A group of inductees entering the puilding were urged by the pickets not to enter, and one picket attempted to physically delay entry of one of the inductees. Pickets attempted to force their way into the building and, as 2 result, approximately 12 pickets were arrested by officers of. the Atlanta Police Department. CONFID eo ARE . _ Excluded f Ba Bile w2 eats) domnerae jaecbassiat | Yo. / 4 \ a wee’ \ ORIGINAL FLFP IN