Summary

ORIG REV 1000 SOF MAG CU SIGN: JFK HOUSE, JOMO KENYATTA FREEDOM NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: WAGNER BRANDS JFK HOUSE 'BOMB SCHOOL' NEGRO CHILDREN PLAYING BASEBALL IN ALLEY NATIONAL GUARD PATROLLING AREA A NEGRO MAN AND A FEW OF HIS FRIENDS GET INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD OVER VIETNAM INTERVIEW WITH THE MAN ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF CITY RIOTS HE KEEPS FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, WHO KEEP PACING AROUND THE JFK HOUSE HE ARGUES WITH THEM THAT THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING IN THIS AREA IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAYS THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD HAVE BEEN PATROLLING THE HOUSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE FOUND NO INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE, AND TELLS OF AN INCIDENT WHERE THE POLICE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT WITH A YOUTH AND A YOUNG GIRL FROM THE HOUSE VERY GOOD SHOTS OF SMALL BOYS PLAYING BALL IN A DIRTY ALLEY KIDS INSIDE THE HOUSE PLAYING RECORDS, DAN- CING, PLAYING PING-PONG IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH THE SAME MAN HE DENIES THAT HIS CENTER IS TEACHING THE KIDS VIOLENCE AND TELLS OF AN INCIDENT WHERE THE POLICE HAVE BEATEN HIM UP WHILE HE WAS ROUNDING UP THE KIDS TO TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE RIOT AREA PAN OF DEMOLISHED HOUSES FROM THE RECENT RIOTS MEN CLEANING UP THE AREA INTERVIEWS WITH RESIDENTS, WHO ALL AGREE THAT THE VIOLENCE ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING THE HOUGH RIOTS WERE RACE RIOTS IN THE PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF HOUGH IN CLEVELAND, OHIO THAT TOOK PLACE OVER A SIX-NIGHT PERIOD FROM JULY 18 TO JULY 23, 1966 DURING THE RIOTS, FOUR AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE KILLED AND 30 PEOPLE WERE CRITICALLY INJURED IN ADDITION, THERE WERE 275 ARRESTS, WHILE MORE THAN 240 FIRES WERE REPORTED CI: CIVIL RIGHTS - OHIO, CLEVELAND RIOTS - U S - OHIO, CLEVELAND MANKIND - CHILDREN PLAYING MANKIND - BOYS