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Field Community Tension Factors Report (July 24)

A community tension report authored by Robert Hughes and dated July 24, 1967. The report discusses tensions over the Dixie Hills unrest, expanding charges of police brutality spearheaded by the local NAACP, tensions as black citizens continue to move into previously all-white areas, and concerns over the slow pace of school desegregation. Hughes expressed doubt over the sincerity of the city’s effort to provide adequate services to “ghetto” areas and suggested increasing Justice Department direct involvement.

PAGE COUNT: 

2

AUTHOR: 

Robert E. Hughes

PUBLISHED DATE (EDTF):

1967-07-24

PUBLISHED DATE (DISPLAY):

Monday, July 24, 1967

IDENTIFIER:

Folder NACCD – Atlanta, Georgia, box E32, Series E6 Federal Bureau of Investigation, City Reports, National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders