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itlo rwinging troopr, Ten people were injured by buyo-
5 Icrnmble. one tuffering I punctured lung.

' n-Violence

he emergency which may result in n
‘aster of major proportions." There
ere alsn hundreds of State and Click
ounty Sheriii’s police on hand tu help
he small Cicero police force.
’The press also turned out in force, in
eluding live TV, to cover expected tut-
mo A number or correspondents and
p otographers from overseas were also
present. A Japanese photographer was
seen photographing the mob framed be-
tween a Guardsman with an autumatic
“lo and another operating a jeep
mounted heavy machine gun. The bad
iorelgn publicily that Chicago, already
internationally known as the “Gangster
91y," and the us. is getting, is thought
by many to be a great help in convincing
Washington that something must be done
to alleviate the Negro problem,

The march did not actually stir much
violence other than some thrown rocks,
bottles, cherry bombs, and a iew scuf-
fles between Whites and police, whites
and Negroes, and whites and Guards-
men. The police did a generally eiiee.
ﬁve job of keeping things under control
and the presence or machine gun carry-
hig Guardsmen had a delinite sobering
inﬂuence. No one was shot, as had been
ieared would happen. ,

CORE says that it will march in Cicero
again, though no date has yet been set.
Robert Lucas, head 0‘ Chicago CORE
commented on Sunday’s march by say-
4mg, "I think it was a great grass-roots
march.” The residents of Cicero prob
ably hale Negroes even more alter their
day of screaming ‘Go back to Africa,
Who needs Niggers, You Black i— Ba
lords, and We lrlll Niggers in Clcero.’
But to the Negro who lives in or city that
Ieems to respond to his demands (or
ﬁghts. only when violence threatens or
ialm place. he has very little to lose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUARDSMEN used nota-
bly diiterent tactics of
crowd control than did the
more etteetive police. The
soldiers stood in fixed
ranks uniil the crowds

started to get ou’r ol con-
trol, They then broke up
the groups of hecklers. oi.
ten with brutal toree. but-
did not take people into
eustody.

       
     
   
     

Photographed
by

John Phillips
and

Henry Wilhelm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOST OF Cicera'i rexidenis are {int and second gener-
ation Polish. Bohemian and Italian immigrnn‘ls. Here a
group at thorn yell approval or the min in the center
Icraaml lexual cbscenil’lel ot the white girls in tort
Sunday's march. Tho boy in the dark shirt tilts right

 

 

  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nocx-rnnowme heckler i. hsuled on to . paddy
wagon. Plain clothe. polie.. rueh a: th. on. in dark
glusu. circulated .rnong the crowd: and mailed many
at th. troubl. makers. The police violently subdued
person: who resisted arrest and cries of "police brutsl.
ity" were heard tron. white hecklern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

esrrier a rwsrtiks placard tucked under his .rrn. Negro
marcherx returned many of the insults and some of the
rock! and boHlex. Police constantly had to separate
matchan and hackle" who taunted each other to the
point of violencl.

