National Association for the Advancement of Colored People "The Augusta Story"

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GLC#
GLC09640.152-View header record
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
July 1962
Author/Creator
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Title
"The Augusta Story"
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.5 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Civil Rights Movement The Sixties

One pamphlet entitled, "The Augusta Story," dated July 1962 printed by the NAACP. Recounts the events that led to the indictment of nine black teenage boys for the first degree murder of Leslie Lee Luttes, a white boy who was driving through a black neighborhood terrorizing people by throwing rocks. Item states that the Pain College NAACP Chapter had organized play-ins to protest against segregated parks, these were followed by protests against biased news coverage of the events; fist fights; and increased harrassment by white teens.

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