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An Official PubRcaton of the WHITE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN of Misnttippi
DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION--•
SPECIAL <3ULF COAST EDITION
PRE-4TH OF JULY
The black savages have threat-ened that they intend to turn the (- "Gulf Coast into the Congo Coast on the 4th of July. All residents and merchants ore hereby cautioned to be extremely careful and alert to any threat of gangsterism or hoodlumism in the Coast area on that date. We are not. going to have a duplication of the street fights and chaos that have beer going on. in St. Augui e and Jacksonville. We are hereby advising all white persons who are not members of the duly-authorized police forces of these State and local jurisdictions, or their lawfully deputized depdties or auxiliaries, to stand back and to avoid conflict or contact with these communist-led black savages, in any way, shape, or form. National police agents, under the . direction of Bobby Kennedy, will be present with cameras to take pictures of the violence which they hope to be able to pf6voke. These people want Mississippi placed under martial law, and they are counting on the unorganized white people on this coast to engage in open street fights with the blacks, which will provide them with an excuse. Do not fight with the blacks. Avoid rtrouble. Run and get the police if -* the blacks show up. Help the police by keeping calm and staying out of » their way while they are working on the arrests. Be very careful at all times. Get women and children out of trouble areas immediately. Talk trouble DOWN, not up. PROVE your white supremacy by shoeing that you have Brains as well as courage. Remember that the blacks
cannot accomplish anything unless they can cause a disturbance. Remember that they WANT you to fight with them. Keep cool-headed and beat them. The White Knights of the KU KLUX KLAN makes a solemn promise to the white people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast that if they will ignore and frustrate the blacks on the 4th of July and. let the duly authorized officers of the law handle them, thcrr *we Knights will deal the leaders of these mobs a true brand of justice for the humiliation and sorrow you are suffering today. We do not want open trouble and street warfare (or beach warfare) on the Coast on July 4th. We strongly advise all white people to stay out of trouble with the blacks. Needless to say, we will have our agents all over the coast on that date observing both white and black trouble makprs for future reference. We repeat, we want NO open fighting with the blacks on this coast. Heed the advice of the Klan. Do not be misled by imposters.
When the black mobs, come to your town, do as we hereby advise: DO NOT go out into the streets or to town and try to fight them. No
matter how well armed you are, you should stay at home and look after the safety and welfare of your own family. *	,
DO NOT go out looking for trouble. Protect yourself and your family. Arm yourself .well-and stay at home. Do' not fire unless your home, your person or your family is attacked. Do not submit to having your guns confiscated. Defend