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~ ousced govased th young Me er origin Bleach Stude at Meephis Leboyne Int. oile te Caapter et the i} at LémMoyst ilere; 1 Tavaders, primerily consisting of higa school students end Scho i Gropertey ex City Oresrs ¢ CONFIstipgy of vourg nonsstutert eculte, £ baving & cust lL @yersce me pecehip of about 399, The ostensible purpose was to cree pride in black idéntity, to teach bisck culture &d bieck history, and to obtsin employment for young blacks. io i On Mzy 7, 1969, Source One and Source Two advised that Black Organizing Project (FOF), beginnimg iz the Spring of 1868, degenerated into & group of approximately 30 to 35 young Memphis blacks, who increasingly adopted # pkilozophy of hatred of the white race, and hatred of the capitslistic System and all constituted legal authority, particularly law enforcement agencies, Tneirs is a philosophy of nihilism and anarchy. . Both sources added that beginning in the summer of 1968, the Invaders became a dominant group. LIC, NAACP disbanded, AAB disbanded, BSA at Memphis State University became 9n sutonomous organization with no current formal relationship With the Inveders, and the City Organizers ceased to exist. Since June, 1968, approximately 30 Invaders have committed various local crimes, including arson, robbery, larceny, forgery prostitution, narcotics violations, and shooting of police officer, a5 well as inciting to riot in APPENDIX -15- —— _