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will have to learn to live with urban rebellions of
increasing severity.7
Rock and bottle throwing incidents have begun again in the
black community! The President of the Tampa Branch of the NAACP
said the organization has made a move to call in the Department
of Justice and the FBI to investigate the problem. The time was
April 1987.
These actions were prompted after another black man died
while in the custody of officers of the Tampa Police Department.
In less than five months, five men died in Tampa police custody.
While the officers involved in the incidents were white, four of
the dead men were black and one was Cuban-born. NAACP President
Henry Carley was reported to have said, "The black community is
demanding that we do something besides meet and form task forces
and we're going to respond in order to protect our people."8
These incidents followed a severe beating inflicted upon New
York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden by members of the Tampa Police
Department in December 1986.
Following the disturbances, the Greater Tampa Chamber of
Commerce established a biracial commission to study police
practices, employment, housing and other issues. Subsequently,
the commission hired the Police Foundation, a nonprofit research
group headquartered in Washington, D.C., to review Tampa's police
7Editorial, National Edition, Baltimore Afro-American,
reprinted in the Fla. Sentinel-Builetin. March 3, 1987.
8"Fourth Black Man In Four Months Killed By Tampa Police,"
Fla. Sentinel-Bulletin. April 7, 1987.
10
Object Description
| Title | Fighting Back Commission [2 of 2] |
| Series | Series 2, NAACP, Charlotte |
| Subseries | Subseries 4, Committees |
| Digital Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998 |
| Creator | Alexander, Kelly M. |
| Date Created | 1992-1994 |
| Series Description | This series contains material related to the work of the NAACP in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Alexander family's involvement in the organization over the course of several decades. There is a wide variety of topics covered in the documents, including voting discrimination; the Freedom Fund; Youth Council activities; and correspondence with notable figures throughout the Charlotte area, including Alfred Alexander and Julius Chambers. |
| Collection Description | This collection documents the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, and a few photographs. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination, police misconduct, and the Charlotte Area Fund. |
| Subjects--Names |
Alexander, Kelly M. Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948- Alexander, Alfred L., 1952- |
| Subjects--Organizations |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch. |
| Subjects--Topics |
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina African Americans--Political activity--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Housing--North Carolina--Charlotte Racism--Political aspects--North Carolina--Charlotte Race discrimination--North Carolina--Charlotte Police brutality--North Carolina--Charlotte Police misconduct--North Carolina--Charlotte |
| Subjects--Locations |
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century |
| Coverage--Place |
Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) |
| Box Number | 10 |
| Folder Number | 10 |
| Language | eng |
| Object Type | Text |
| Digital Format | Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701 |
| Original Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP |
| Digital Collection Home Page | http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll20 |
| Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Digital Publisher | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Rights | These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library. |
| Location of Original | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Grant Information | Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. |
| Identifier | naacp-ms508-0210010 |
| Date Digitized | 2016-02-16 |
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| Title | naacp-ms508-0210010-038 |
| OCR Transcript | will have to learn to live with urban rebellions of increasing severity.7 Rock and bottle throwing incidents have begun again in the black community! The President of the Tampa Branch of the NAACP said the organization has made a move to call in the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate the problem. The time was April 1987. These actions were prompted after another black man died while in the custody of officers of the Tampa Police Department. In less than five months, five men died in Tampa police custody. While the officers involved in the incidents were white, four of the dead men were black and one was Cuban-born. NAACP President Henry Carley was reported to have said, "The black community is demanding that we do something besides meet and form task forces and we're going to respond in order to protect our people."8 These incidents followed a severe beating inflicted upon New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden by members of the Tampa Police Department in December 1986. Following the disturbances, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce established a biracial commission to study police practices, employment, housing and other issues. Subsequently, the commission hired the Police Foundation, a nonprofit research group headquartered in Washington, D.C., to review Tampa's police 7Editorial, National Edition, Baltimore Afro-American, reprinted in the Fla. Sentinel-Builetin. March 3, 1987. 8"Fourth Black Man In Four Months Killed By Tampa Police," Fla. Sentinel-Bulletin. April 7, 1987. 10 |
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