Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-12-11
Supreme Court 4 School Segregation

II may be time before the u Supreme Court the
highest tribunal In land renders its decision
brated school segregation The will be awaited
by the world which will In these decisions whether the
u. \ Is prepared 10 forward In demonstration of
faith in democracy backward toward the
OF racial SYSTEM which has poisoned the very
national unity and impaired international prestige
tho court finds for the defendants the which
to show that the ilh Amendment does in effect outlaw
and prohibit involuntary separation In public supported
supported schools II will only temporarily delay the day when
this land Of ours will be free Of all state law imposed
ton based Americans of color will quit the fight
20 make freedom and democracy n reality
the court finds for right and justice aud against the old
separate but equal theory against school segregation
viii strike blow for human liberty, unheard of In modern
day Jurisprudence, and possible only nation actually ded
Gated TO truth, liberty and justice TO all
The court composed Of alert but human beings who nat
uray react and influenced by public opinion perhaps
concerned that they rule segregation there will be dis
orders In the affected II true which seriously doubt
not very logical however why the Justices should
refuse to interpret the Constitution II they believe many
do that the l4h Amendment does not allow state violate
the rights Of any portion of its citiEeury
II the court 10 concerned with the methods law
vOlatOS will to Creumvent Obsuct the carrying
Of Its decisions than is in the right and business Of
matters upon which decide il leaving the field OF
judiciary and entering the Of the executive branch
the federal In other words the
terpre the Constitution up another branch Of the gov
eminent TO that enforced and that decisions made by
he high court lived up by the respective states
When the u 4 District ordered the state Of South
Carolina TO allow NegOAmCrcRns the primary
elections in l9ls hue and cry up The and
the white Supremaes predicted that blood would flow freely
In the streets Of South Cardinals cities and hamets il
the Negroes dared election day On election day they
voted and have continued vote and boodSsd trouble
occurred Americans in the South well in the North
bAscay lawabidng people Many Of them will get away
with unfair things until the law steps they by
and obey the law
Politically the present Republican administration Is behind
the segregation The Northern wing Of the Democratic
party also committed to the civil rights program which in
cludes the end Of imposed school segregation There
strong but usually hidden feeling in the south that the
time has to end school segregation Most sentiment in
that section against segregation from the white college
students
Some Of them like the editors OF the University Of Georgia
school paper the Red and Black openly attack educational
segregation Recently the editors Of that paper wrote editor
tally
with Communism knocking 81 the NsgroS back door
Wa cannot afford 10 let educational segregation barriers
stand plain the Red nag In Russia that continued
segregation and suppression and win the death