</s>104-10063-10375 2017 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992-10 JTFIC 4 pogus H2. 4 pagus TO: THE PRESIDENT 601 TO: SECRETARY OF STATE 102 TO: DIRECTOR, CIA 601 TO: D DIRECTOR. DEFENSE. INTELLENCE AGENCY 001 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO TO: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. 601 DECLASSIFICATION ANDIOR DECLASIFICATION INDOR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT TO:DEPARTMENTOF THE AIR FORCE 01 TO: HEADQUARTERS, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, ATTENTION : PID TO: ATTORNEY GENERAL . U. S. SECREET SERVICE, ATTENTION : PID FROM: DIRECTORD, FBI CONFIDENTIALT 28 FEB69 M 03736€ SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES A KING'S ASSASSINAION TO BE COMMEMORATED: A CONFIDENTIAL. INFORMATION OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN CHR ISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY TWENTY FIVE, IN NEETEEN SIXTY NINE. AT THE MEETNG, IT WAS DECODED THAT The ASSASSINTION OF END REVIEWED BY FBJ/JFK TASK FORCE ON 2116/94 99 ON RELEASE IN FULL RELEASE IN FULL 7161. RELEASE in PART TOTAL DENIAL(NAAR)

Summary  
The document details planning by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) for commemorations of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination anniversary on April 4, 1968, scheduled during the week of April 12–19, 1969. Events included school closures, chain store shutdowns, a United Nations vigil, a "National Tag Day" fundraiser, a symbolic "Black Easter" pageant in Chicago, and "Days of Confrontation" in over thirty cities. The SCLC also aimed to promote King’s birthday as a legal holiday. Leaflets distributed by the Black Panther Party in Los Angeles criticized the US organization, alleging its members had killed two Black Panthers at UCLA in 1967. Separate incidents included disturbances at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis and Lincoln High School in San Francisco, involving arrests for disorderly conduct and fights between students and non-students.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (subject of commemorations)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) members  
- Black Panther Party (distributed leaflets)  
- US organization (criticized in leaflets)  

Key Locations  
- Atlanta, Georgia (SCLC meeting site)  
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Shortridge High School disturbance)  
- San Francisco, California (Lincoln High School disturbance)  
- Chicago, Illinois (Black Easter pageant)  

Key Events  
- SCLC planning for MLK assassination commemoration events (April 1969)  
- Distribution of anti-US leaflets by the Black Panther Party  
- Disturbances at Shortridge High School and Lincoln High School involving arrests and student conflicts  

Key Organizations  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Black Panther Party  
- US organization (alleged perpetrators of 1967 UCLA incident)

MLK Declassified Files

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