Description:
Leader: Event #3 - P1 Columbia Point #10039 - 26 Sept 74; Story about a demonstration outside the Columbia Point Housing Project Community Center, which was being occupied by Boston police officers. The building was used as a daycare center and church by the community. NAACP leaders Roy Wilkins and Tom Atkins arrive at the demonstration and Wilkins speaks to the crowd. A resident of Columbia in interviewed about why they are demonstrating.; Silent footage of a helicopter in the air and police on the roof of a building. Interview with a resident of Columbia Point about Boston police taking over their community center. A crowd of mostly black residents gathered outside a building. Mt. Vernon and Monticello street signs. Roy Wilkins, Executive President of the NAACP, and Tom Atkins arrive. Wilkins speaks to the crowd. More of the the interview with a Columbia Point resident about why they are demonstrating today and what they want [image unstable].
Date Created:
09/26/1974
