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Black Theatre
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
April 3rd began a new evening of theatre from black experience entitled “Soul of Darkness.” Evenings of two one-act plays by Detroit playwright Laurence Blaine will be held at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. “Little Old Ladies” will be performed by …
Demonstrations
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
(above) A Greek Independence Day celebration at the Masonic Temple March 22 was the signal for the Michigan Freedom for Greece Committee to hold a protest demonstration. “How can they hold an ‘independence’ day celebration when Greece is in chains …
Algiers Motel Witness Freed
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
Karen Malloy is out of jail and home in Columbus, Ohio.
GI Refuses Viet Duty
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
FT. JACKSON, S.C.—Pvt. Henry Mills has refused orders to Vietnam. According to the American Serviceman’s Union, Mills came to New York to consult with them and then turned himself in at Ft. Dix, the nearest base. Mills, who is black, …
At Ft. Jackson: More Repression
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
FT. JACKSON, S.C.—Four GIs are in the stockade as a result of an on-base meeting to discuss the war in Vietnam.
Sincavitch to be Tried
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
FLASH! Sincavitch has been convicted of being absent without leave and received a suspended sentence of six months confinement. He was ordered to report for active duty immediately, but Sincavitch has stated that he will refuse to do so.
Cops Kill Chicano
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
Fernando Gonzalez was 16 years old. He won’t be getting any older. As his name implies, Gonzalez was a Chicano youth from southwest Detroit. And in a wanton display of insane racism, four crazed pigs from the Fort-Green Station of …
Traffic is Normal
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
Editors’ Note: The following is a press release issued by Detroit Police Commissioner Johannes Spreen at 3:25 am on March 30 following the shoot-out between two police officers and 12 armed black men following a meeting of the New Republic …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
Fifth Estate A Newspaper Of Detroit FIFTH ESTATE #76, April 3-16, 1969, Vol. 3 No. 24 EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Tommye Wiese Peter Werbe Cathy West DISTRIBUTION Bruce Montrose MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair PHOTO EDITOR Mike Tyre STAFF Claudia Montrose …