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rurpose ol Civil Ki
It is the. in ri form contentioi
Democrats that thcv are as i
other group of Americans but
ether civil rights legislation v
Their theme is an old one v
follows: basic customs cannot
Jaws* social mores cannot be
(pect the Southern white to
politically and economically j
laws.
We agree that it is absorb
Smmediate changes in center
more absurb that the Sou the
lhabsuch is the basic purpose
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The only way the psvcholc
behind the overt anti-Negro
(can be changed is by changir
"whites and Negroes. And the
civil, rights legislation as tha
administration would be to
^changed experiences.
Graduate students in Soutt
to the goal of social, politica
Negroes as long as the traditi
entrartce into Southern gradu
the tlldlc of Slirh c+iirlon + C! I
ehangeHhe erroneous folk^b*
^p, "Which^hey grew up.
s?.But 'jwhen, as the result c
> Negroes are legally insured
the attitutes of the students
perience with Negroes on the
Scientific truths concerning 1
known to psychologists, socio
' practically demonstrated to a
teen the Negro in his new ro
It is not the purpose of civ
overnight tjhe anti-Negro feel
purr>o9P isi.t.o solve the inhurr
l^uifice-inaioun^-^pragmat
j>egiues the tfame rigrH^enjc
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uomg ho wnue people will
telves the shafri and sb&me th
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the idea of individual freedom
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litorial-desknot later r"t~iT"tr~iT
ights Legislation
i of the Southern States-rights
much "foul! civil lights as any
they are ''against" FEPC and
nth teeth in it.
nth few variations and runs as
he changed by simply passing
legislated; it is absurb to exaccejrt
the Negro socially,
is his equal by passing a few
to expect laws to bring about
y_old customs. And we find it
rn whites apparently sbelieve
i of civil rights legislation.
igical propensities which lie
behavior of Southern whites
ig the everyday experiences of
; real accomplishment of such
it proposed by the Eisenhower
prepare the way. for such
lem universities remain hostile
1 and economic equality for
ion persists of denvintr Vptrmpe
late schools. This is so because
lave experienced nothing to
iliefs concerning Negroes with
>f Supreme Court decisions,
entrance into graduate schools
change through dadv ex_
; campus and in the classroom.
^Jegro ability and capacity long
logists and anthropologists are
whites who have never before
le of fellow, student,
il rights legislation to change
lings of whites. Rather its
lane, wasteful problem of race
tc fashfoj by guaranteeing
>yed by STner Americans. By
unJWTRv come tot seo fnr thorn
ia.ja^e prejudice.
merica ami embodied jn the Declaration
of Independance and the
Constitution of the United States
"Constitution of the UnitecT States.
To retreat from that idea, for
whatever purpose, is to go backward,
into darkness.
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CottVUY or fur LAYMEN'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE
v The Bible ? .
_ IN THIS I
BY DU. C. /
The Fourth of July is. a day of
: great significance to all citizens
of the United States, and righti
ly so. It is our National Biriih1
day. An individual's birthday. is
quite an -important day with him.
How much so should the birthday
of his nation be?
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The Day will be. celebrated in
; different ways by different peoples.
But all, 1 hope" and believe,
with one common motive and ?sI
juration, giving thanks) to t .h e
Almighty God for this great natj
ion of ours. All ot us more and
more should l>e thankfuL to Him
| Who. doeth all things ' well that
| we are privileged to live in, be
i citizens of, such a nation as the
I United States of America. Not
only-is it a nation with the high
jest mateijal level of living in i'c
i world, but it is a country, by and
large, with high moral standards,
a relatively large degree of freedom
in such vital matters a s
speech, petition, religion and worIt
is true that all of us have
ship.
not arisen to the high ideals ??x'
pressed in the foregoing. But,
generally speaking the vast majority
of the American people (U.
S.) still hold these truths to^be
self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed
by their creator with cer
tain unalienable Rights, that among
these are life, Liberty, an.!
the pursuit of happincrs."
Yes, the foregoing idea's expressed
by the Founding Fathers
are Still dear to the hearts of the
vast majo-' y < i\ the c.tizens oi
the United L'tatts.
When we heron: e wearv o f
things confused by conflicting
philosophies, disooiuaged when we
see and hear people around u s
who are attempting to impede the
progress of democracy, Christianity,
freedom and prosperity for
.all the people; when we wonder about
the future of democracy in
a- world of such disintegration
and tension land /change, it would
do us good to read again our American
great documents on
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A. Noble Book >OUR
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viiich our (lonioc.iuy urul froe;
dom sire founded.
I ~ A in on jr these yi eat documents
sue our Declaratioii of- Independence
(referred- to o!io\-i<? :ni.l mn
National Constitution an. I* es'
pccinlly its preamble: "We the
J people of the United States in
o.ider to form -a tiiuin perfect L'n1on.
establish justice, insure do'
mestie tranquility, provide f o r
: the 'common defense, promote the
general welfare, and secure these
blessings of liberty to ourselves
(and our posterity do ordain and
establish this constitution for the
United Slates of America,"
Lets us strive to personally live
j up to tht> high ideals pointed out
| to us b\* the Founding Fathers
I and let us strive to forever keep
| our National Conscience on the
l noble heights o f Christianity,
i freedom, prosperity and demo]
craey expressed by the Founding
i Fathers. '
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Reuther, Rauh
I bee Rights As
Moral Issue
DETROIT?One thousand dele
gates, plus' art additional 2,000
visitiors, attending the 48th annual
tonvention of bhe National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored people heard two of
. the nation's leading . spokesmen
to 1 _-rrr? . -- -
jiw. uic nireiai inovement call lor
. enactment Of rnvil ripfVi^fl Tpprig.
7 lation as a moral obligation.
, Addressing the Wednesday night
- session of the six-day convention
, last week were Walter Reuther,
,'president of the United Automobile
Workers and a member of
the NAA'CP Board of Directors
'and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., . vicejocratic
Action. ?
"The civil rights issue," Mr.
Reuther declared, "must be' made
jthe top priority item in Ameri
Saturday Tnnr fi, lf>"i7 ??
Atlanta Negro
Cleric Would
Seek Office
\ NEW-YORK ? The V,?v. Will;
jam Holmes Borders. ]>?>; >(- of
! the Wheat Street Baptist Mtureh
in Atlanta, said Si'nilay die. \VoiiH
irmi ?t?r ipayor <if Atlanta If4 t)n? ?
Neern vote there lontinutx, t > ini
rense. " . .
I'ev. Borders' added: '
"Nineteen *jthousand ' -v-rrors
helped e'evtrJthe present rrry ir
; Atlanta. who also m*oi\e.i tho *
v<itrs-of Iti.lWl W.Yite pet.?HMj (4 ?i?n
I ho NYirio votes < nntitvnos. t > in- t
ctt,asi> 5 -will rim for-ma; 1" tiiy8olf."
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, * The elericryiv)an made tIt0 stateafter
ho '*.Vn<* honored alonvf
: with' r*!> el h e vjior s'-.in s in an annal
''Achievement. Pay'' o: rvi>*?
at the Abys-ini.nn Church
The cvctn. attoruh''! by. s<.*.e 1".A
persons", was sponsored h the J.
ehiureh's ypo'-hil YoUmtaly C'itifv.o?i<
Committer. ' "' . .
. Auionir tii" others honor'vt .worn
lion. Adam Clayton Powell- (PNY)
; Robert hi.ni>ram. de; :. .y pnlire
oonunissioiter of Now Ynri.*
Cihy.' ami Mrs. liosa - ? * ?
Mnntsromrny. Ala., a KaiK-: \ th?3
i recent bus. boycott there.- .
1' Powell. w.ho recently siif"wed t\
sudjen illr.es*. sent woid th it be
was too ill to attend the i'.-.v;ttpnies.
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Awards Presented ..
7 NAACP Units
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DETROIT ? NAACP 1 r aches
fn l>ot reit, the District, of C duni- -
ninJ; Philadelphia. Atlanta'.
Montgomery County, (Md) a n d ,
Palo Alto (Calif.) were awarded
i pri/os. here tonierht for outstanding
civil rights work on the local
i level in lOPfl.
i
The seven hvanchct as v >P ns
throe sdale units of the. X" \ ACP
"presented each year hv theAs- ? ''
! sociation's national office. The
state units awarded prize- were
those in Kentucky. Viryinix and
West Virginia.
Presentation of the awVrds
took place during the XAAT's
48th annual, convention, v hich
cln???(l Saturday.
First p'ri/es went to the '"'a*h,
inpton, D. C. and Detroit branches
and the Kentucky State K\A- . '
. CP. Thej Washington unit won
first place in the catcpory of
branches, wiithout naid personal
and the Detroit unit in the eate
pory of branches which have paid
j personnel
jean democracy's unfinished bnsijness
in the 20th Century. Civil
frights, but to put it in-focu4 and
jto talie the necessary steps to
implement a civil lights program."
The legislative and the state
court assaults upon the NAA.CP
in . the South are indications of frustration!
Mr. Ranh declared.
"State officials have turned to
their harassments of the NAA.CP
because they know they have no
answers to your arguments. They
} cannot answer the organization's
i demand that every Negro should
jhave t. the?opportunity to rotor
| They cannot answer the organization's
demand for the unsegreregated
schools, facilities and
ibusses which are the rightful possession
of Negroes tinder unamiImous
Supreme Court decisions.
They cannot answer the Negro's
irreetible demand for dignified
treatment under law.?Since they
have no answers upon which to
rely in the ! democratic market
place of ideas, they respond with
'harassment and with persecution.'*