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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Herman A. Johnson, May 7, 1968

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, Object: 1
Scope and Contents

Official statement to the FBI, (Typed Manuscript, photocopied, 21 pages). Johnson was the President of the Kansas City Chapter of the NAACP at the time of the Uprising. This transcribed statement contains a thorough account of the student march from Lincoln High School to Central High School through the events at City Hall, which Johnson was helping to lead. He discusses meetings held by community members to address issues related to the Uprisings.

Dates: May 7, 1968

Herman A. Johnson, April 22, 1968

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, Object: 2
Scope and Contents

Taped Interview with Robert Bechtel, (Typed Manuscript, 29 pages). This is a separate interview covering Johnson’s account of the Uprising. Along with this transcript is a photocopy of an official interdepartmental communication in the KC police force defending the use of mace on the students, signed by Ptl. Ronald Canaday

Dates: April 22, 1968

Curtis McClinton, October 1968

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, Object: 3
Scope and Contents

Taped Interview with Robert Bechtel, (Typed Manuscript, 45 pages). McClinton was a Halfback for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1963-1969. McClinton details his and other local athletes’ involvement in the events of the Uprising.

Dates: October 1968

Curtis McClinton, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, Object: 4
Scope and Contents

Taped Interview with Mr. Wright (Typed Manuscript, 2 pages). This is a transcription of a brief phone conversation between Wright and McClinton

Dates: undated