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Washington Notebook Atlanta Worries Worries' About p Possible Summer Unrest By Bruce Brace Biossat ATLANTA NEA Atlanta like the great northern cities U Is worried about its summertime me Memory of its two racial dis disturbances disturbances last September still runs strong streng Those brief but explosive events sullied Atlanta's Atlanta image as the perfect model of a racially harmonious southern city Both white and moderate Ne Nt Negro gro iro leaders are concerned that worse outbursts could occur in 1967 1987 Recently after a shooting there was a on one hour hour flurry of ot throwing bottle by Negroes Negroes- in the ridden poverty Summerhill area where one of the 1868 1968 outbreaks took place LEADERS NOTE nervously the Negro restlessness in Nash Nash- Nashville Nashville ville villI and Louisville heretofore regarded as se relatively progressive progressive sive cities on the racial front Rumors run through Atlanta that militant even Iven radical ele ele- elements elements elements ments are preparing to ta take ad ad- advantage advantage vantage of any trouble that might develop There ar are re- re reports ports porta of ot small arms arm being sold soldon soldon soldon on the streets to t Negro Neua teen teen-ag ers era What really lies at the base of this unsettled mood is II the tin fact lad ladt that t t Atlanta one of th the nations nation's real boom towns has now grown to the point where it has taken on the problems and difficulties of the typical modern American metropolis ITS SPECIAL immunity is vanishing Its model aspects are blurred and may soon ba DB bagone gone altogether Says one Negro leader here What the city is finding out is that this whole movement is not about a hamburger lunch count count- counter er desegregation Its It's about better schools housing and jobs A white scholar adds We in Atlanta have pro pro- progressed progressed gressed grossed enough to have acquired d dIOme some IOme of the same problems northern cities have And were we're stupid enough to have created some IOme of the same problems too CURRENTLY THE CITY Is torn tom by argument over location of certain new sew Negro housing Under Mayor Ivan Allen some rent low-rent public housing units and some privately financed Negro dwellings are planned for just one large area where Negro hous hous- housing housing housing ing is already heavily concen concen- NAACP leaders are bitterly contesting the plan on the ground it will foster further growth of ofa a sector that is well on an the way to becoming the city's single huge h ge Negro ghetto They want the new construction spread beyond this southwest Atlanta area For long years a good part of the city's city Negro population was in fact scattered widely in poverty pockets of varying size The commercial boom the freeway network and urban re reo renewal re- re renewal newal have combined to wipe out many of these pockets al al- al together Others are on the way to disappearing aring Displaced Ne Ne- Negroes Negroes Negroes groes move to the swelling southwestern wedge where it is now proposed to add th the controversial housing THE mE ISSUE IS NOT yet re re- solved But leaders see it as a troublesome factor in the equation equa equa- equation equation tion that keeps Atlanta in shaky peace A modestly hopeful step grow grow- growing growing ing out of last Septembers September's vio vie violence violence lence fence was the city's creation of ofa a Community Relations Commis Commis- Commission Commission sion a member 20 group led by bya a respected attorney Irving Kah Kah- ler Negroes and whites alike commend the inquisitive hearings commission panels have held is to various slum sectors Slum resi resi- residents residents residents dents have had ample chance to air grievances But since the commission has only advisory authority some Negro leaders are skeptical of ot the prospect of much real bene bene- fit The credit to Atlanta for far smoothly desegregating public accommodations and a n d some s o m e schools has worn thin Most Ne Negro Ne- Ne Negro Negro gro leaders today see the city as just another Chicago or Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Cleveland land not doing enough about schools jobs j bs and housing
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1967-05-09 |
| Description | 59th Year, No. 198 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-05-09 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1967-05-09 Washington Notebook |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-05-09 |
| Type | article |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Is part of Columbia Missourian Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Item.Transcript | Washington Notebook Atlanta Worries Worries' About p Possible Summer Unrest By Bruce Brace Biossat ATLANTA NEA Atlanta like the great northern cities U Is worried about its summertime me Memory of its two racial dis disturbances disturbances last September still runs strong streng Those brief but explosive events sullied Atlanta's Atlanta image as the perfect model of a racially harmonious southern city Both white and moderate Ne Nt Negro gro iro leaders are concerned that worse outbursts could occur in 1967 1987 Recently after a shooting there was a on one hour hour flurry of ot throwing bottle by Negroes Negroes- in the ridden poverty Summerhill area where one of the 1868 1968 outbreaks took place LEADERS NOTE nervously the Negro restlessness in Nash Nash- Nashville Nashville ville villI and Louisville heretofore regarded as se relatively progressive progressive sive cities on the racial front Rumors run through Atlanta that militant even Iven radical ele ele- elements elements elements ments are preparing to ta take ad ad- advantage advantage vantage of any trouble that might develop There ar are re- re reports ports porta of ot small arms arm being sold soldon soldon soldon on the streets to t Negro Neua teen teen-ag ers era What really lies at the base of this unsettled mood is II the tin fact lad ladt that t t Atlanta one of th the nations nation's real boom towns has now grown to the point where it has taken on the problems and difficulties of the typical modern American metropolis ITS SPECIAL immunity is vanishing Its model aspects are blurred and may soon ba DB bagone gone altogether Says one Negro leader here What the city is finding out is that this whole movement is not about a hamburger lunch count count- counter er desegregation Its It's about better schools housing and jobs A white scholar adds We in Atlanta have pro pro- progressed progressed gressed grossed enough to have acquired d dIOme some IOme of the same problems northern cities have And were we're stupid enough to have created some IOme of the same problems too CURRENTLY THE CITY Is torn tom by argument over location of certain new sew Negro housing Under Mayor Ivan Allen some rent low-rent public housing units and some privately financed Negro dwellings are planned for just one large area where Negro hous hous- housing housing housing ing is already heavily concen concen- NAACP leaders are bitterly contesting the plan on the ground it will foster further growth of ofa a sector that is well on an the way to becoming the city's single huge h ge Negro ghetto They want the new construction spread beyond this southwest Atlanta area For long years a good part of the city's city Negro population was in fact scattered widely in poverty pockets of varying size The commercial boom the freeway network and urban re reo renewal re- re renewal newal have combined to wipe out many of these pockets al al- al together Others are on the way to disappearing aring Displaced Ne Ne- Negroes Negroes Negroes groes move to the swelling southwestern wedge where it is now proposed to add th the controversial housing THE mE ISSUE IS NOT yet re re- solved But leaders see it as a troublesome factor in the equation equa equa- equation equation tion that keeps Atlanta in shaky peace A modestly hopeful step grow grow- growing growing ing out of last Septembers September's vio vie violence violence lence fence was the city's creation of ofa a Community Relations Commis Commis- Commission Commission sion a member 20 group led by bya a respected attorney Irving Kah Kah- ler Negroes and whites alike commend the inquisitive hearings commission panels have held is to various slum sectors Slum resi resi- residents residents residents dents have had ample chance to air grievances But since the commission has only advisory authority some Negro leaders are skeptical of ot the prospect of much real bene bene- fit The credit to Atlanta for far smoothly desegregating public accommodations and a n d some s o m e schools has worn thin Most Ne Negro Ne- Ne Negro Negro gro leaders today see the city as just another Chicago or Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Cleveland land not doing enough about schools jobs j bs and housing |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
