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Civil Rts. Committee Nets $2500 at Rally

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The Civil Rights Co-ordinating Committee raised a total of $2500 at Sunday's rally on Boston Common in support of the Birmingham demonstrations, Claude L. Weaver II '65, president of the Committee, said last night.

The money will be divided between the Southern Christian Leaders Conference, which is led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

Weaver said the next project of the Co-ordinating Committee would be a "food-for-Mississippi" drive.

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