Box 16, Folder 3, Document 15

Box 16, Folder 3, Document 15

Ariendship Baptist Church

ESTABLISHED 1862
MITCHELL AT HAYNES STS. S. W.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303

THE REVEREND SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS
PASTOR

RESIDENCE PLAZA 5-2352 CHURCH OFFICE: MURRAY 8-O206

September 8, 1966

Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor, City of Atlanta
City Halli

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Mayor Allen:

The members of Friendship Baptist Church in regular business
session on Wednesday night, September 7, 1966, unanimously
voted to express to you their deep and sincere appreciation
for the courageous leadership you gave the city in the crisis
it faced on Tuesday. We join other responsible citizens in
deploring violence and all efforts on the part of any person
or group of persons deliberately to stir up trouble. As a
congregation we stand for the order and progress of our city.
We look with disfavor, however, upon those continuing condi-
tions whose existence provide the breeding grounds for dis-
order. This people committed as we are to the Judeo-Chris-
tian way of life pledge our full support to you and others
who will work to make this city a just one. Atlanta can be-
come truly great with all of us sharing in the effort to
make her so.

By order of the church,
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(Mrs.) Leila M. Terr
Church Clerk

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~The Rev. Dr. Samuel W. Williams
Pastor

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