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lm ” 8 Ores BLACK STUDENT MOVEMENT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA (BSé)} ear e On June 6, 1968, a source advised the Black Student Movement . (BSM) on December 7, 1967, was extended teatsative recognition as a student organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina (UNC). According to the BSM auplication, it had no outside affiliation. The primary purpose of the BSM was prcmotion of black history and culture. Membership wze oper to 21] UNC students. On April 16, 1968, Chief of Police WILLIAM BLAKE, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Police Department, advised represertatives of BSM advo- cated violence at a meeting on April 5, 1968, at Chapel Hill, following the assassination of MARTIN LUTHER KING. On April 5, 1968, representa-~ , tives of BSM disrupted downtown Chapel Hill businesses and tried to incite some of the young local school dropouts. On April 7, 1968, ESM led a march which temporarily blocked downtown Chapel Hill traffic; however, no arrests or incidents resulted. The October 17, 1968, issue of. the "Daily Tar Heel," UNC @tudent newspaper, reflected the BSM was to sponsor an appearance of ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, Black Panther Party Minister ox Information. The October 20, 1968, issue of the "Daily Tar Neel" refiectsd CLEAVER cancelled his appearance at UNC. On November 21, 1968, ARTHUR BEAUMONT, Chief of Security, UNC, advised STOKELY CARMICHAEL, Prime Minister of the Bisack Panther Pzirty, made a public address at UNC November 21, 1968, sponsored by the BSH and then attended a closed meeting of the BSM. pemtaet: The December 11, 1968, issue of the "Daily Tar Heel" reflected the BSM had made an extensive list of demands cn UNC because the uni- versity was guilty of denying equal education oppartunities to minority groups and was unconcerned and unresponsive to the needs of the black community and the working conditions of the black non-academic empleyees. On April 24, 1969, BEAUMONT, supra, advised throughout February, 1969, the BSM had continued pressure on UNC to grant their cdenznds. On February 23, 1969, BSM supported a strike of UNC Food Service employees by joining in the picketing of UNC dining halls. Thes on March 4, 1969, BSM representatives participated in a disturbance of the Lencir Dining Hall resulting in the closing of this facility. They slso unofficially took over the adjoining UNC building which was closed for renovation, The Lenoir Hall was reopened March 6, 1969, snd PSM along with other groups “erratically picketed it until March 13, 1969, when BSM leaders were arrested for the incident March 4, 1969. Also, on March 13, 1969, BSM voluntarily evacuated the adjoining building prior to evacuation by North Carolina State Police. The five BSM leaders arrested were fined in Orange County District Court and placed on probation. Since that tine, ESM has been active primarily in trying to organize the janitors at UNC.