▁mind ; ▁" management ▁had ▁a ▁change ▁of ▁heart ▁and ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁allow ▁black ▁people ▁to ▁ride ". ▁Parker ▁had ▁been ▁an ▁hon ors ▁student ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ▁at ▁Charlotte ▁and ▁was ▁engaged ▁in ▁anti war ▁activ ism ▁through ▁his ▁clubs ▁and ▁activities , ▁and ▁was ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁movement ▁of ▁" black ▁conscious ness ". ▁ <0x09> ▁Another ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁activ ist ▁who ▁was ▁charged ▁and ▁conv icted ▁in ▁the ▁Laz y ▁B ▁St ables ▁case ▁was ▁Dr . ▁James ▁Earl ▁Grant , ▁a ▁dedicated ▁activ ist ▁against ▁ra cial ▁disc rim ination . ▁Though ▁Grant ▁was ▁from ▁Hart ford , ▁Connecticut ▁and ▁received ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁degree ▁from ▁P enn ▁State , ▁he ▁was ▁very ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁South ' s ▁ra cial ▁playing ▁field , ▁especially ▁that ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ' s . ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁three ▁white ▁males ▁murder ed ▁a ▁black ▁man , ▁Henry ▁Mar row , ▁a ▁father ▁of ▁three ▁children ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁Oxford , ▁North ▁Carolina . ▁When ▁news ▁spread ▁that ▁Henry ▁had ▁been ▁murder ed , ▁Black s ▁from ▁across ▁the ▁country , ▁along ▁with ▁Grant , ▁decided ▁they ▁were ▁fed ▁up ▁and ▁organized ▁protest s . ▁Most ▁wanted ▁to ▁obtain ▁justice ▁through ▁the ▁tried ▁and ▁true ▁legal ▁system , ▁however ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁" black ▁Vietnam ▁veter ans " ▁took ▁matters ▁into ▁their ▁own ▁hands ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁bomb ▁white ▁business es ▁in ▁Oxford . ▁Ne ither ▁Grant ▁nor ▁Red