Central High School Blacks Protest Police Harassment, News Article, May 27, 1976
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AM2017.21.1
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Central High School Blacks Protest Police Harassment, News Article, May 27, 1976. St. Joseph Gazette. About 30 black youths protest outside City Hall following a previous day's conflict between black youths and the police at Central High School in which several youths were arrested.
The disturbance at the school was between black youths and former black students, It began at noon when police assigned to the school attempted to keep non-students from trespassing onto the school grounds. The two girls who instead walked onto school grounds were taken into custody, one fighting with the arresting officers. On-looking students became involved with name-calling and abusive language toward police. Some students tried to interfere with the arrest.
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