On 15 August 1961, a local group of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) in Monroe, North Carolina put forward a 10-point programme for racial equality to the town aldermen.
The primary demands were for equal rights in employment, and in welfare benefits, in a city where a third of the 3000 Black residents were unemployed.
Faced with massive racist violence with police collusion, many Black residents in the town later took up arms to defend themselves during the civil rights movement.
Monroe NAACP demands - WCH | Stories
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