FBI Report: Possible Racial Violence Major Urban Areas (June 20)
An FBI report detailing civil unrest at the Dixie Hills Shopping Center the night of June 19. A physical altercation between Douglas Richmond, a black man, two police officers, and several bystanders escalated into violence, with Richmond shot in the leg. State Sen. Leroy Johnson and SCLC’s Rev. Joseph Boone urged a protest through legal challenges at a protest meeting at a nearby church that evening, while Stokely Carmichael urged the audience to take direct action and threatened a black detective who had participated in arrests two days prior. A group proceeded to the center, where a confrontation with police led to 10 arrests and warning shots by police, with two officers suffering minor injuries.
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PUBLISHED DATE (EDTF):
1967-06-20
PUBLISHED DATE (DISPLAY):
Tuesday, June 20, 1967
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Folder NACCD – Atlanta, Georgia, box E32, Series E6 Federal Bureau of Investigation, City Reports, National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders