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INVADEF1

RACIAL MATTERS

The Invaders, a black mllit,n/ 'Lion, was founded

in Memphis, Tennest..*e, in Cy- .:0.frole1 of 1967. In May, 1969,

the membership of the Invad,7.. ..4t4 f....firitted to be 40, with

20 hard-core members. In 1): , m'er, the Invaders had

an active membership of 7. Jr, Oee..-x, 1969, the Invaders

had no headquarters addTtuF4 a:4.17 ,:itas.d no bank account.

In the fall of 1969, LANCE 1.ide.r of the Invaders,

and his associates partitip01-0 •in rivities sponsored by

the American Federation of Stqiv, and Municipal

Employees (AESCME) and the WI •rll 4-e'nniation for the

Advancement of Colored Peope,' yA.ACT, in the fall of 1969,

tll 1rvaders institut.ei a kr-vrn ne "Op'eration

Breskfaat" which ras to pri:vi..1 U.'', morning meal for 100

children in the ghetto ArB3 ^. tyMPIVI , ‘A.

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I ORgANIZATION

A. Origin arm....M• AP Mom■■■

A militsnt bltatk grnup of young Memphis,

Tennessee, Negroots, 00A In : 4,:r4, was originally

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formed in the slimier sand fAji el 067 by three Memphis Negroes, CORY vERNOS SP ITV. 7eV: WiikPLL SMITH, and CHARLES LAVERNE CA0MAGE. burin' the Ia.!! o1 1967 and spring of 1968, it assumed The name of b:, W 0*ganizing Project (HOP), with subsidiary ceil,s known Nfro-AmeAcan Brotherhood (DAD) at Owen College; Black f.!e4euP; Association (USA! at Memphis State Draverei,,y; 1eWlee Co2.'ege Intercollegiate Chapter of the Nation'al for the Advancement of Colored People %1C, NAACP) 'at lilicryLe Culiege; Invaders, primarily consisting of high ..-11 cludents and school dropoutu; and City Organiltm, concirking of young non-student adults; all haviee.%4 combined average membership of about 100. The ostensible ye..pose lay to create pride in black identity, to teach b1J.- t; cula4re and black history, and to obtain employment for Feeng 1u7 ks3.

It 1E T-1, 5/7/69)

B. Headquarters

The headquarters of the jnvaders was located at

271 Vance Street, Memphis, Itarri,:ssee, from December 18, 1968, to Juno 9, 1969. The bunting qt this address was rented in the name of the "Cemtlierity Organization Club" and I-ho lease W4s signed for n eerio4 from December 23, 1960, to June 23, 1969.

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On August 9.29 196P, iieuteKlat E. H. ARKIN, Intelligence Wts4u, Memphis M7ice 11,:p3rtment, Memphis, Tennessee, advised that on Je--z- 1, 1''39, personnel of the Intelligenee Bureau, Meme PoliTo Department, observed that the buildin i,r,e.4(A at. 271 Vance Street, Memphis, had been padlocked, te windews had been boarded up, and no visible activity o3 he p4tt of the Invaders at this address WAS observed.

As of December 10, 7P4e1, Invaders had no headquarters address. LaNCY WIlION, the leader of the inveders, resided on a pariH,th,e bask'z at the residence of his grandmother, 333 Webstve, M-§,1011-.: part-time at the

• residence of his mother, A7ti out Nrkway East,.Memphis; and part-time at the Trumpet Motel, 180 South Setond Street, Memphis. His main base of operation's was at the home of

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As of December 19, 10139, Ins. following members of the officers and staff of ihEj„frst.adv:rs listed above were no longer active In the oraa.,iat101.:

LOUIS WELCH JAMES PEGUES CACHE4TUH UNIME !WITH BRENDA MUONS GWENDOLYN WHITE MELVIN SMITH

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I his mother, 3709 Scuth P1j,4, ond most business matters concerni4g tti.P ILIO LiLd1od at the latter address.

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C. Offtrers qr0

As of May 13, J9,19. ';.o o'liciers and staff of the Invaders whirs au fol.lodP:

Prime Minister:

ChaJrmAn:

Potty Treasurer:

Busine5;s Manager:

Secretary:

Assi6tant -Secretary:

Assistant Secretary:

Minister of Defense

t\NrE, 'S'heet Willie W.1110" WATSON

1,J1 1!.i Pio Lock" WELCH

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The DIvatte-Tu DO officers and

'staff members. The Invaderf N- 1 ;.:1. 1ANCE "Sweet

Willie Wine" WAIS(N, who reb,:, f.1 9)1,-;e1f as the

Primo Minister. WATSON .ts 144 YJCRAEL JEROME

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D. Fluknces

As of December, laq't, organization maintained no bank account or; tnown source of income.

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E. Membership

In May, 1969, the me:mberlllp of the Invaders was

estimated to be 40, with abo0 20 haJ11-cove members.

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In. December, 1969, Ihe menO:nrship of the Invaders composed of seven active mt:mbers. who are as follows: was

NATHANIEL NESBITT TNOMON M1CRAEL JFROME STAa.m.;: WILBERT JAMES, JR., krItin as "Top Cat"

ARLAND° WARMSLEY, also knee :r vs Tony DON AU! Pi6FORD TYRONE HOSEA MeN.A1R LANCE "Sweet Willie 1v 1 •44,1" w.r6oN

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Jr' With the exception 010.1i1 E.L JEROME STARKS,

other members of the Invader y 4- " 44ce:4om seen with LANCE

"Sweet Willie Wine" WATSON. 1).. tr rel.ortedly feel that he

is a "phony" and they are "fil 1,1," wk 4 h his leadership.

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II. ACTIVITIES

LANCE "sweet Wi13.1e W. led a march commencing at approximaleliy P!t,411 A.M.. August 20, 1969, at West Memphis, ArkAusits, aret t.-rmo)liing at the State Capitol Building, Little Eoc1,- Aekan6,!.:, on August 24, 1969. Thereafter WATSON ret.';'' 1 to Folrest City, Arkansas, where he WAS SiSteAll V a of white individuals who were demonst3ar, tle‘i the City Hall on the night of August 26, 3969. A,., a reAult of the assault on WATSON by those unhoown ho Leceived a broken left arm and lacerations every:HI Mad and face. WATSON was taken by hie friends to a furce-A. City hospital and returned to Memphis, Tennessee, Arkansas Highway Patrol escort on the evening oI Plgu:. 27, 1969.

f:111E T-1. 8/28/69; AE T-2, 8/28/69)

On August 28, 1969, WATSON Ilidieated he was undecided as to his future af!ion. stated he did not intend to engage in any armed tn-Asion of Forrest City, Arkansas.

(IF: T-1. 8/28/69)

LANCE "Sweet Willie Winn" yorsort was observed with some of his associates; altSe.rnerville, Tennessee, on August 30, 3969, where a norfh and rally were held to insist on the rightful demand; male by blacks in the Somerville community.

fME T-I. 9/2/69)

On September 29, 1961, LANCE 'Sweet Willie Wine" WATSON voluntarily appe4red Ht bk.1 FBI Office, Memphis, Tennear-,ee, where he foc/Jkhel a signed statement to Special Agents of the FBI, !:r0.Ing In part as follows;

"X was born in Memr4tY, Tenn., August 39, 1938. My legal address is 1709 So. r' rr Last, Memphis, Tenn.

"I am, and was, dulipg 4umwe . of 1969, Prima Minister of a Memphis based 13114U MAW) Rights group, known as the invaders. I am kno(,n as vSweet Willie Wine.'

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"ln late ileum 196P. A-4"p Wo Brooks, co-chairmin of the Committee for Peaceft . '- ■ Atif. Ice, * Forrest City, Ark., civil rights group aia-4 y.h i. ng the Forrest City black communJO, , slAicited e4 1,1) U forking with his group and other black Forrest City I agreed and there- after spent practically all of tip, in Forrest City with Brooks and others. Ke song ht impre black conditions in Forrest City, such es, UOM f adminiFitration of justice, more black emplefav, lu private busiress, as well as in local government, imEntti--p.W;; el streets in black areas, and improved housing tend o7.4t*.ions of local blacks.

"In tact, to dtlmore out unity, we sponsored, for several weeks, a telec:tiv. viyvat campaign aimed at having blacks buy only at sior.li feLiv'!, hired black employees. The Committee had planned a mli4 nor..! , Lo commence at West Memphis, Ark., on or *bon': AugT.r 20, 1969, and to end at Little Rock, Arkansas.

"Brooks later postrowl thr. proposed Committee for Peaceful Coexistence march.

"In order to exercise - 01%14, I felt to be my constitutional right 1 led a 'march apainst fear' march beginning in West MemphiF, A-k., Augm!t 20, 1969 ending in Little Rock August 24, 3969. 11,16 march primarily icinsistad of a few Invaders plus a fell, Eeriest rity and surrounding . town people. Kennie Baker, JoP [torn,.; Jr. aka King Jewell, Wilbert James Jr. CIA T. C. mit9 Joe rolhoun, all Memphis Invadors, participated. Later in th' march, Gwendolyn White, nn Invader, joined us.

(A characteriTalu.n of the rnmmittee for Peaceful Coexistence is set forth in the Apperilx section of this report.)

F On October 3, 196e, fv-.pocfor DON SMITH, intelligence

Bureau, Memphis Police Depao,,i4t,,, Wmphis, Tennessee, advised that the black power group in remphir:, Tennessee, known as the Invaders, led by' LANCE "Sir 4. Willie Wine" WATSON, was creating some racial tension 11. memOis through the appearance of this group at held in conjunction with the of th, American Federation of State, County, and Munici1. KmAlo9ees (AFSCME) and the NAACP. In addition, WATSON npt.aor:sld in a picket line at

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ir the Memphis Piaui of Pteu0. v-ieN fiat; undergoing a labor strike. ln,ecoo:I1 r ..,. i 7.,1,e.d in the Negro ghetto area a pecioam .lia Breakfast" wheleir the lopAderA, 11411 1 .;I v -4,-AbiiSned in various locations througe4e e' Fb ti Street area collection boxes fu! , ,r rose of whieh was to provide moraiiiq wmb, 1 , "Aildren in the Foote. Homes *rem, a gheilia., ' o' ae.arkSie. According to Inspector lbe 4.,-"MManitY is of the opinion that this "OperailPi: P,o. ?favt" is a gimmick whereby the Invader!? are at 'en -i.- • improve their public image and at the IstArtis "!"., ta!%e money for their activities.

On October 2, 19no, 1. 1-1 iwnished a copy of a throwaway which LANCE WAMON p inted advertising his "Operation Bicakfast," this tiirolaway stated in part, "We need your help and donaiiva.:.. Sect your donations to: Operation Rreaklat, 1709 Soele reirlr%.1y East, phone 272-3172, sponsored by Sweet Willie Wine and the Black United Front."

On October 18, 1969, wAlli0 r11.5 heard to comment that he had only a small greep In th-! Invaders at that time. He stated that he had not more than four or five active members.

' 10/19/69)

LANGE WATSON waF. oh-rved ov a peace vigil sponuored by the Vietnam Mo7- 11en (ammiiiee on the evening of October 14, 1469, !! 9oeill-esLern University, Momehis, Tennessee. Dating 14:' cam!..:. of the evening, WATSON spoke concerning the !-011.ati.^a and what the black people plan to do,

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On October A, igha, 1.1'44 E .f3lreet Willie Wine" WATSON and his a> :ti 1N<, ' . ,1 ;k4IIME STARKS, prepared a throwaway entitled "113*- 0; lifted," This throwaway states as fellovia:

"Fireman Fired. wit!'or tleayd Thomas Moore was fired because of racial lutt•-i foe mr.y black man who stands

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up and acts al s man. HtoineT is not guilty of 4 what he is accused of. H' I. -elf t .kity of being black ' 'and being a man. liroUp%r wA. .iiled a by the white polti!emon, 10,o 144,, e. theielrerF of oppressing black people L. -1d r.lck women Tad kids. Black people. cannot 14,11, on ft' - Tr.ithout being beaten and arrested. Puopi-. units ourselves. This go for black toacber:., ,, nod all. if you are black, you are still a nigy w„ '.)u may be next."

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WATSON and some ci hi= a,:..ciates were observed at a meeting F,ponFiored by VIP PAIP October 20, 1969, at the Clayborn Temple, 780 Vv.andt ;Ifeet, Memphis. This meeting was held [or tho puto-r. of Lscassing future activities by the Mack Co.Wlion iv, connection with demnndn made on the Memphis fily 'Wird of Education and the St. Joseph Hc*pital.

!M.8 T.-?, 10/28/69) WATSOS was obt.ervEd pailAcIpate in a march

sponsored by the NAACP rind thv Antr07 on October 27, 1969, In downtown Memphis, Teuneppo:e. 71,1 march was held to dramatize the demAtIds mad.? by 4;.4 WW1' And the AFSCU on the Board of Education in Y4ImphiF ari St. Joseph Hospital located in Memphis.

(vE , 10/28/69)

WATSON WAS obervg-d ik a IAA: -.ting sponsored by the NAACP on October 21, if..459 .4f.; LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis. AL this meeting WaffiON14)01r1. He began by stuting that the black people' must volerstand the problems and ie"ues as they exist. tto ',then ttIld the news media not to turn on the TV camer15 hecau, every time a so-called radical like him up 10 apeik, the rows media wants to put him on VP- Tv E%r!./n so the system can destroy him. WA1SOM siR1,, d h' p a= not playing that game any more and warned t114,10 or4 t'' touch the cameras. He then stated that his me*,!- is I.. keep pushing ahead with your demands and don't 0.1o), for anything. He reminded the audience how they were loolvd *okgir the sanitation strike in Memphis in 1968. 'ire '.old 'horn they stood by and

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let the police put all of the P:1.!.":.:1 in jail, and stood by and let them put, up conreet +iiee 'imps around the schools. He staled now all the) heet to do is put electricity in these fences ate, 1!#..6 can't get out. He then told the City Council !,iti) *hite people, "When you see us moviria etiee4i, 1711o, ue; if we stop, push us; and if wa turn aIr.00.„ ‘-iJA

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LANE WATSON Find P—lreetes were observed to participate in picket lime 4e*re'i.wn Memphis, Tennessee, on November 3, 1969, spowered by the NAACP and the AFSCME.

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WATSON and other m'tmbers o! the Invaders were observed at a meeting spensceed Oy Ue NAACP on October 30, 1969, at 280 Hernando Skree4,, Peierchi. During the meeting WATSON told some of those nelT tim W4. there was going to be an assassination of one of therl (meaning representatives of the NAACP or the AFSCME) and I.hat they might as well be reedy because somebody is goier get killed.

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On November I., 1969, IANCE WATSON and two other members of the Invaders weri4. lo the Seuthgate Shopping Center, Memphis, Tennessee, Ped requested the manager of various business establishments It this shopping center to close on Monday in compllance with a black Monday called by the NAACP and the AF'.?' ME.

Te., 11/6/69)

On October 27, 1969fLeN(F. WATSON and other members of the Invaders were We,eive0 participating in a demonstration sponsored h, On NIA(J, and AFSCME in downtown Memphis, Tenneshee.

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On November A, l969, Aas observed participating in a demteastlaite:e epoe7oced by the. NAACP and Local 1733 of the AFSCME in ., e*aleenn Memphis, Tennessee. The demonstration. WAS he 1.+1 for the purpose

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of dramatizing '?the dalmaniiy, NI*

on the Board of Ednes?..iun af Hospital at Memphil,. wAlsoN Invaders were carryirg a Wa,! symbol for black liberation.

On November" 3, bwi,. members of the levaderm soortt A a march and demomtration spin. AFSCME. Several members spot' at Memphis, including LANCE 1► 4ht

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1.;ar.V VITSOM and other t:qiticipating in

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On the night. of N(0.17m4Yr 1969, an attempt was made by some 400 Negroes, 1,d by Ray. RALPH D. ABERNATHY, President of the fleot!,ern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), incbfiance of the ,lemphis Police Department regulation prohibilioc mar(hes after 3:30 p.m. in an effort to obviate the iyirg up of downtown traffic. Several of the march lenders 4ero arlested and this was followed by rock-throwing an hiick-ievowing on the part of blacks towaiu officvr‘ of t.te Memphis Police Department. LANCE WATSON, Nt‘1.4iVt. SlaRKS, and other members of the Invaders made 4...nreri .ld effort to get the young blacks to return to ('!';ybor Temple, where the march originated, after the incident etnrted.

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LANCE WATSON repo?tfltv Ohio, during the week ending tc.4, JAMES BROWN, the we obtain funds from MOWN, 1yA1F-0'+ like to buy a tract of land r1.. for black militants in tLe ev": food sources cut off by the

went to Cincinnati, mber :2, 1969, to see

in an effort to )'t Indicated he would Mompeis to raise food thev ever have their • p.fimr structure.

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IANCE WATSON And oPr mr,m17?rs of the Invaders wore observed at a dance sp,)N-f+'.d by the AFSCME on November 21, 1969, at the (luf, Iqx1W17.,e, Memphis, Tennessee.

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(DY%1PPRAE FOR PEACEFUL f:.w::0:41fENCE

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On Dett!:enber 18, me, Chief XARVIN CITAN, FoTrest

Depart s fulntshed a copy of a

ltter addirsd to "Our Atinilas and other impc.rtaat

ittd!) of S. Ftmnois County .- Irom roncerned Tcen-a(era."

thrs vto.s attached to the Jeti:er tppeared the sio,;Atures

of aviscoximAteiy 3t persons deiv,:ribrA in the letter as

Nev.) tPeu-agilrii of St. Fraativ. County, Arkansas. V.Ge letter,

a‹,..oTilhg to Wei CtiNS, Was' distributed to all minibta,q:s in

St. trAMJS County and the e14:1:eme of the letter is that the

N-r-o ralithK of the county Ver., dtsarthVid silw; 10'4" NrIgro

icadovi. failt'd to support in Ow Nev0A:er ISi8 Genszal

Eletton m N.irre wtandidate 1cr STAte Rpresentative. Chief

CE!:),/ stated that the group WS r-fex!Ylng to Reverend J. F.

C0OLE?, atio Wks a candidate fr:r ,:t.o.V Representative froa St. Franzis County and who m1, 1; 0-lieml-ci by a white

candio:ixce.

The letter further ?,tated that the Nogro leaders

riven 30 days to take 1,0me act if,t% regnrding the, racial

situltion in the community and ir no action was taker., the poop ommed ito voice actior nn Pamir own. It sta

ted that

"We rue willing to fill up the Jails and prisons if

pEresary. We plan to disturb your conscience to make

thing: better for us."

The letter was signed by EVELYN GRIMM, spokes-

mla, P. 0. Box 114, Madison, ArkAnsas.

Chief WIN advised that letter, eras

diemi4Lated by the Forrest City Neg-o Youth Group of

which EVELM GRIMM is President and Reverend J. F.

COOLEz is adult supervisor. Pe stati!d that the group

rec9ntly organized, apparently a a result of Reverend

CCOLE1 being defeated in the Nbove-mentioned election. •

On March 20, 1969, Reverend J. F. COOLEY advised that

f& is the adult advisor of tpe forret City Negro Youth Group,

v'hicli is compoi4ed of about 1'000 Neva teeh-agers. He

Eu-th.r aAviNIA that he is Abt county chairman, rKlong with

Rveiet4 CATO BROOXS of Forrest City, of the Committee :far

PEcelul CoesAstence, which is the adult counterpart of

the FeTrest City Negro Youth Group. Ihju groUp Las about

200 members made up of Negro adults IA St. Francis County.

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Rew-Tolhd C41011,Cli advD.v.d on qly 2, 196u, that ae

co,ttlacT ;;.L :.4.4,n.t)r of the forrost Civ Negro Youth (crows

3n4 00..trOvIA ed the CommitP.-ve for 1,4 aceful 05existexice

Tow-tdiv i4 :t ttv. St. AndreviR

l'tv-byttrA:in clokeY.Ch, uhvro II,Awvitnd Cf)OLEY is pa-tor. No

!:tolcd 7tlit oujw.-ctive of 41-'1 group aro to ptomot,, ard

viTtielurte in civil rights activitior,:, political activitiew,

and 4.o ;vat+ the Negro community aware of its rights wader the

civil rightN4 ligw. Reverend C6OLCi stated that he has never

advocated violehco or disrespect for law and order.

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[INF_ 0 STATES DEPAAITMENT ('F J. FILE

PEDERAL BUREAU qt ► NVfiS rICATION

;969

Title

Character

Reference Re!y, ,7.4 3A BURL F. JOHNSON per.iv,ber 30, ]969, at

Mcmvt)s, 7-nnessee, and cat. !ks above

All sources ,(excc.r.1. any listed below) whose identities are concealed in :reJe,rend communication have furnished reliable inform-101.ln in ihs past.

This document coni.ainli ne i t r r re,: c,mmr:ndations nor conclusions of the FBI. It tbe property of .the FBI and is loaned to your agerKy' it anJ its contents are . not to be distributed outidt your agency.

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