1.
CU BV.. GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO CROWD PAN TO HUGE CROWDS
0.10

2.
LV CROWD ATTACK NEGROES
0.21

3.
SV CROWD DITTO
0.25

4.
SV CROWD CHASE NEGRO
0.38

5.
SV CROWD CHASE NEGRO, BEHIND WIRE FENCE
0.38

6.
SV NEGROES BEHIND FENCE
0.40

7.
LV CAR GOING AWAY, CROWD IN B/G.
0.45



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Background: THE MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT BETWEEN WHITES AND NEGROES SINCE PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNED THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. ANGRY WHITES BEAT NEGROES WITH FOLDING METAL CHAIRS BECAUSE FORMER MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR ROSS BARNETT WAS INTERRUPTED AT A SEGREGATIONALIST RALLY.

BARNETT WAS WINDING UP HIS SPEECH WITH THE WORDS "ARE YOU WITH US IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM?" WHEN THE ROAR OF THE CROWD DIED, BARNETT CONTINUED SPEAKING BUT WAS INTERRUPTED BY BOOING. WHITES IN THE SECTION OF THE CROWD WHERE THE BOOS ORIGINATED, JUMPED ON THE NEGROES, AND BEAT THEM WITH FISTS AND CHAIRS.

POLICE TOOK THE TWO NEGROES INTO CUSTODY AND ALSO A WHITE GIRL. THE CROWD OF 10,000 WERE ATTENDING A RALLY AT WHICH ALABAMA GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE ANNOUNCED HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 16 STATES.