Hundreds Held
In Bias Protest
In N. Carolina
GREENSBORO, N. C, May 15
(AP).—Hundreds of young Ne
gro college students demonstrated at a cafeteria and several
theaters in downtown Greensboro Wednesday night. Many
were arrested on trespass
charges. M__
By 9:15 P M., about 150 had
been booked on the trespass
charges. Other hundreds were
waiting to be brought in to the
police station.
Between 7 P. M. and 9 P. M.,
an estimated 500 Negroes
marched in fhe downtown section, in columns of two on the
sidewalk. They took up positions
at the doors to the cafeteria and
sought to enter the theaters.
WORK IN SHUTTLE
Police vans and patrol cars
took the students to the police
station as quickly as they could
load up. The students stood in
their lines along the sidewalk
while they waited for arrest. At
times they sang.
Crowds of white people gathered along the opposite sides of
the streets to watch.
There was no disorder, but
police patrolled the downtown
area closely. B
Most of the young demonstrators were in couples, like college students out on a mass
"date." Many of the couples
held hands as they walked from
the cafeteria to the theater.
INTENT ON ORDER
Leaders among the Negroes
seemed intent on preventing disorder, going up and down the|
lines to keep tlfm from jostling
or bunching up.
A crowd of several hundred
waiting in two lines at the thea-
Maj. Gen. James B. Lam-
pert was named superintendent of the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point.
ter began singing "freedom."
They sang for several minutes
but then quieted when the leaders waved them down.
Muffled singing came from police wagons into which the young
Negroes were loaded after being escorted by police from the
theater. The Negroes appeared
to welcome arrest.
SILENT WATCHERS
Most of the whites watched
silently. j
The largest demonstration was
in front of the S and W Cafeteria. Police Sgt. Max Pegram
said the demonstrators, all of
them students from North Carolina A&T College here, blocked
the entrance to the cafeteria.
Included among those arrested
were four white college students.
Pegram said they were inside
the cafeteria and deliberately
blocked the serving lines.
Aid Is Blocked
Guilford College;Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations;Protest movements -- United States
Topics
Business desegregation, protests, and marches, 1963;Race relations at Guilford College
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This article reports on the mass demonstrations protesting segregation in Greensboro, NC on May 15, 1963. Included in the article is a description of the scene and the protest at the S&W Cafeteria as the largest in the area. Hundreds of students were arrested during these demonstrations and while the article focuses mainly on the "Negroes" and stated that all of the students at the S&W Cafeteria protest were North Carolina A&T State university students, it does add at the very end that four white college students were arrested as well. These four white college students included Huldah "Beth" Taylor who was a student at Guilford College, though her name and school are never mentioned in the account.
Type
text
Original format
clippings
Original dimensions
3.673" x 8.122"
Original publisher
Greensboro, N.C. : Guilford College
Language
en
Contributing institution
Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College
Hundreds Held
In Bias Protest
In N. Carolina
GREENSBORO, N. C, May 15
(AP).—Hundreds of young Ne
gro college students demonstrated at a cafeteria and several
theaters in downtown Greensboro Wednesday night. Many
were arrested on trespass
charges. M__
By 9:15 P M., about 150 had
been booked on the trespass
charges. Other hundreds were
waiting to be brought in to the
police station.
Between 7 P. M. and 9 P. M.,
an estimated 500 Negroes
marched in fhe downtown section, in columns of two on the
sidewalk. They took up positions
at the doors to the cafeteria and
sought to enter the theaters.
WORK IN SHUTTLE
Police vans and patrol cars
took the students to the police
station as quickly as they could
load up. The students stood in
their lines along the sidewalk
while they waited for arrest. At
times they sang.
Crowds of white people gathered along the opposite sides of
the streets to watch.
There was no disorder, but
police patrolled the downtown
area closely. B
Most of the young demonstrators were in couples, like college students out on a mass
"date." Many of the couples
held hands as they walked from
the cafeteria to the theater.
INTENT ON ORDER
Leaders among the Negroes
seemed intent on preventing disorder, going up and down the|
lines to keep tlfm from jostling
or bunching up.
A crowd of several hundred
waiting in two lines at the thea-
Maj. Gen. James B. Lam-
pert was named superintendent of the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point.
ter began singing "freedom."
They sang for several minutes
but then quieted when the leaders waved them down.
Muffled singing came from police wagons into which the young
Negroes were loaded after being escorted by police from the
theater. The Negroes appeared
to welcome arrest.
SILENT WATCHERS
Most of the whites watched
silently. j
The largest demonstration was
in front of the S and W Cafeteria. Police Sgt. Max Pegram
said the demonstrators, all of
them students from North Carolina A&T College here, blocked
the entrance to the cafeteria.
Included among those arrested
were four white college students.
Pegram said they were inside
the cafeteria and deliberately
blocked the serving lines.
Aid Is Blocked
