Appendix 2
MRS. F. FULLERWOOD, PRESIDENT MRS. E. HAWTHRON, SECRETARY
ST. AUGUSTINE BRANCH OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
COLORED PEOPLE
P. 0. BOX 682
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
June 24, 1963
Mr. Charles Barrier, City Manager
City Building
St. Augustine, Florida
Dear Sir:
The St. Augustine Branch of The National Association For
The Advancement of Colored People, would like to request a
meeting with the City Commissioners on Friday night June
28th. It is our understanding that this meeting was arranged
in the aborted meeting held Thursday afternoon June
20th. We would like to hear the proposals or measures the
Mayor and City Commissioners are willing to take in order
to achieve peaceful desegregation in the Nation's Oldest City.
In addition, we would like to discuss the following items
with the Commission.
1. Fair employment in city government. All city civil
service examinations for all positions will be open to all
citizens regardless of race, creed or color.
2. Complete desegregation of all city owned facilities.
(Clarification)
3. Assurance from the City Fathers that picketing within
the code of the city will be allowed with adequate police
protection.
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4. A blanket statement from the Mayor and City Commission
making their position known to all about desegregation.
5. The establishment of a bi-racial committee composed
of responsible citizens and representing these organizations
having an interst in the Civil Rights Struggle. The members
of this committee should meet the approval of all involved.
The findings and recommendations of the bi-racial committee
should be binding on both sides.
6. We are asking the Commissioners to use their influence
to get the White and Colored Religious Leaders of the City
together so; that their Wisdom and Christian Training might
be brought to bear in attempting to achieve racial harmony
in the City of St. Augustine, Florida.
Yours for a more democratic St. Augustine,
Mrs. F. Fullerwood, President
Mrs. E. Hawthron, Secretary
CC:
John F. Kennedy, President of The United States of
America
White House
Washington, D. C.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary, National Associa-tion
For The Advancement of Colored People.
20 West 40th Street
New York 18, New York
Mr. James Farmer, National Director, Congress of Racial
Equality, 38 Park Row, New York 38, New York
Mr. H. E. Wolfe, Exchange Bank Building and Mr. Frank
Harrold, St. Aug. Nat. Bank
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