Box 16, Folder 4, Document 74

Box 16, Folder 4, Document 74

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HIS HONOR IVAN ALLEN MAYOR OF ATLANTA GEORGIA
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SIR, AS A NATIVE BORN GEORGIAN AND AS THE PASTOR OF ONE OF
THE LARGEST NEGRO BAPTIST CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA THE
MOUNT VERNON BAPTIST CHURCH, I WAS DEEPLY DISTURBED ON HEARING
THE NEWSCAST WHILE ATTENDING THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
HERE IN DALLAS TEXAS THAT RIOTING HAD BROKEN OUT IN MY BELOVED
CITY OF ATLANTAs IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT I URGED THE LEADERSHIP
BOTH WHITE AND NEGRO TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST RIOTING AND TO BRING
QUR DIFFERENCES TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE SOME TIME AGO. I FOR
ONE WILL NOT SIT BY AND REMAIN SILENT WHILE THE GLOWING IMAGE
OF OUR FINE CITY IS BEING TARNISHED BY IRRESPONSIBLE BEATNIKS
AND SELF APPOINTED LEADERSe MAY I TAKE THIS METHOD OF APOLOGIZING
FOR ANY INDIGNITIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFERED BY YOU IN CONNECTION

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WITH THE RECENT RIOTING EVEN THOUGH I AM TO BE OUT OF THE
CITY FOR THE NEXT EIGHT DAYSe IF IT IS IN YOUR JUDGEMENT THAT
I CAN BE OF ANY SERVICE BY PROJECTING WHATEVER LEADERSHIP THAT
I MAY HAVE IN THE CAUSE OF UNDERSTANDING PEACE AND TRANQUILITY
I SHALL BE HAPPY TO RETURN UPON INSTANT NOTICE BY YOUR EXCELLENCE.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS
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