- Title: USA: WHITES IN CHICAGO ATTACK NEGRO PROTEST MARCH
- Date: 2nd August 1966
- Summary: 1. LS CROWDS IN STREETS 0.05 2. MS DITTO - RUSHING 0.10 3. CU POLICE PULL DOWN ONE MAN 0.15 4. MS POLICE AROUND BURNING CAR 0.19 5. MS BURNING CAR 0.22 6. MS GIRL BEING HELPED AWAY 0.26 7. MS DITTO 0.28 8. MS CROWD BEING HERDED AWAY BY POLICE 0.36 9. CU NIGHT INTERIOR NEGROES AND WHITES BEING BROUGHT INTO ROOM
- Embargoed: 17th August 1966 13:00
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- Location: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
- Reuters ID: LVAC08ZSX089IWSOVJRJX2FHX7ZF
- Story Text: NEGRO CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS WERE ATTACKED BY WHITES IN THE GAGE PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD OF CHICAGO YESTERDAY (MONDAY) IN THE CITY'S WORST NEGRO-WHITE CLASH FOR TWO YEARS.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS - 350 OF THEM - WERE DRIVEN OUT OF THE AREA BY THREE THOUSAND WHITE RESIDENTS THROWING BOTTLES AND BRICKS, IT WAS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY OF VIOLENCE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
SIXTY PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE CLASHES, THIRTY CARS OWNED BY DEMONSTRATORS WERE BURNED AND FOURTEEN PEOPLE ARRESTED.
THE GAGE PARK AREA IS INHABITED MAINLY BY AMERICANS OF POLISH AND ITALIAN DESCENT. THE NEGROES YESTERDAY WERE PROTESTING AGAINST ALLEGED HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. THEY INTEND RETURNING TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AGAIN WHEN THEY MAY BE LED BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, WHO WAS NOT IN CHICAGO DURING YESTERDAY'S FLAREUP. DR. KING IS EXPECTED BACK IN CHICAGO FOR A FIRST HAND REPORT ON THE CITY'S LATEST OUTBREAK IN RACIAL HATE.
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