Box Misc. MS Box 2

Superintendent of schools, Dr. Heyward Bellamy, addressed the recent boycotts and demands by students and parents at a community meeting. Ben Chavis, a member of the Wilmington Ten, spoke on behalf of the local students he was helping to organize.

Features three articles. The first is about the New Hanover County Board of Education meeting about the recently expelled high school students. The second talks of the tension in Wilmington around the violence and protests, as well as bomb scares and the presence of the National Guard. The third talks of the Good Neighbor Council reaching out to students about their concerns.

Summarizes the property damage and cost of the violence in the last week, as well as specific places that were targeted and those who were killed or injured.

Damage done to Williston Junior High School by a group of students after a bomb threat scare.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLS) disagreed with the Good Neighbor Council that the school boycott by Black students should be cancelled, stating it was necessary for the advancement of the Black community in Wilmington. Golden Frinks of the SCLC clashed with members of the council and demanded action.

Features three articles. The first talks of Bellamy opening all New Hanover County schools and answering questions put before the Board of Education. The second talks of Frinks from the SCLC again demanding an all-Black school reinstituted in Wilmington or he's willing to take the issue to the Federal level. The third talks of local police planning to patrol the area schools amidst increased concerns of more violence.

Features two articles. The first contains two separate clippings and discusses a volunteer committee of parents who planned to patrol Williston Junior High School. The second discusses Frinks saying about 150 black students would boycott school that next Monday to take part in a non-violent seminar.

Williston student parents gathered and spoke with a grievance committee about their concerns and issues.

A group of parents were assigned to monitor and observe various areas of New Hanover High School in conjunction with local authorities, who would handle any issues the parents noted.

Twenty six students were given the terms of their one year probation sentences, to include repair work and restitution, for the vandalism of Williston Junior High School the week prior.