Box 7
Contains 114 Results:
Page 21, 1971 October 07-12, undated
Contains a newspaper clipping from The New York Times discussing the increased threat of the Rights of White People group in Wilmington. In addition, there is a name tag for Sylvia Schwartz's attendance at the 62nd N.C. League of Municipalities Convention.
Page 22, 1971 October 06
Contains a newspaper clipping from The New York Times pertaining to the barring of guns in Wilmington as part of the State of Emergency proclamation issued by Mayor B.D. Schwartz and Chairman of the County Commission Meares Harris during several days of racial and civil unrest. Also contains a letter to the editor regarding "outside agitators" and defending the Rights of White People.
Page 23, 1971 October 11, undated
Contains a letter from Hilda Lenson to B.D. and Sylvia Schwartz congratulating them on their wedding anniversary. In addition, there is a fragment of a Ku Klux Klan flyer that was mailed to B.D. Schwartz.
Page 24, 1971 October 23
Contains a handwritten letter from an anonymous Black citizen of New Hanover County to B.D. Schwartz pleading with him to be more involved in the community as Mayor.
Page 25, 1971 November 09-13
Contains newspaper clippings of photographs depicting the I-40 hearing in Johnston County and B.D. Schwartz on the phone with Wilson mayor regarding the local high school football rivalry.
Page 26, 1971 November 11
Contains a ten-paged transcript of Leroy Gibson's white supremacist speech given during a Rights of White People rally at Hugh MacRae Park on November 11, 1971.
Page 27, 1971 November 12
Contains newspaper clippings pertaining to Ben Chavis' statements on the racial violence between Black and white students at Hoggard High School with support from the Ku Klux Klan and Rights of White People.
Page 28, Undated
Contains a flyer made by the African Peoples United Front noting attacks on two Black female students at New Hanover High School and Hoggard High School. The flyer calls for protection and addresses attacks on Barbara Swain and Barbara Baldwin.
Page 29, Undated
Contains a flyer from the Black Youth Builders of the Black Community (BYBBC) addressing violent threats by the Rights of White People and provides directions for how Black people can protect themselves during these instances.
Page 30, Undated
Contains a flyer from the Black Youth Builders of the Black Community (BYBBC) asking for funds to help support the Black community with legal defense, community defense, and first aid. The flyer also describes the arrest of two individuals and a subsequent news conference.