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Greensboro, North Carolina
May 19, 1963
Over 700 students have been incarcerated in a county farm
and an abandoned polio hospital for seeking service at resturants
and entrance into theatres In Greensboro, N. C, on May 17 and 18.
We firmly believe that present conditions are extremely dangerous
to their health and safety. Some have been hospitalized as a
result of inadequate provisions and treatment.
A few observations in regard to the Above:
1. A committee headed by the lawyer representing the students,
Atty. Major High, and composed of Fr. Richard Hicks, Dr.
Glenn Rankin, Dr. Louis Dowdy, Dr. J. A. Tarpley, Dr. W. L.
T. Miller, DDS, Dr. George Evans, MD, Dr. A. V. Bount, Jr.,
MD, was not permitted to investigate the conditions of
the youths.
2. The over-whelming majority has not been provided with
beds. This was confirmed by officals.
3. In a room approximately 50' by 30' there are seven beds
and 75 students. Most have been without beds for two
nights.
4. On Sunday, May 19, we were not permitted to deliver food
and what they were provided with is inadequate.
5. Even parents have not been allowed to visit their sons
and daughters even though promises had been made that
they could do so.
6. The Mayor has left town and cannot be reached.
Please register your protests immediately with the following:
1. David Schenck
Mayor
Greensboro, N. C. BR 4-2048
2. W. T. Jackson, Police Captain
Greensboro Police Department BR 2-4141
3. Clayton Jones, Sheriff Guilford County
High Point, N. C. 88-2-8311 and 88-86433
4. Terry Sanford, Governor
Governor's Mansion
Raleigh, N. C.
5. Berl I. Bernhard
Civil Rights Commission
Washington, D. C.
6. Robert Kennedy, Attorney General
The Justice Department
Washington, D. C.
7. John F. Kennedy, President
White House
Washington, D. C.
