United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Description
Cover letters by J. Edgar Hoover asking for information and giving orders. A march of over 400 people escorted by over 200 law enforcement to the slave market. Violence began with rocks being thrown upon the marchers. Police dispersed attacks by firing gas shells into the crowd. Request for the purchase of radio transmitters in order to follow the demonstrations. Details the attempt by demonstrators to enter the Monson Motor Lodge for a sit-in.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African Americans
- Arrest
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Florida
- Florida Highway Patrol
- Forecasting
- Monson Motor Lodge
- Motels
- Offenses Against The Person
- Old Slave Market (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
- Police
- Saint Augustine
- Saint Johns County
- Slaver
- Violence
- Violence Against