Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-11-05

Mississippi who 'conspire to Cypress
and intimidate citizens in the free
exercise or enjoyment of their
rights and privileges as guaran-
teed by the Constitution of the
United States will break the back
of this conspiracy with the same
dispatch with which you accomp-
lished the destruction of the Ku
Klux Khan in North Carolina.
"Your address on Freedom AS A
Living Reality" delivered at the
Annual Inter Faith Dinner in New
York on October 16 was timely
and pertinent.
Timely, because our people have
waited since the initiation of these
Mississippi outrages for a respon-
sible spokesman of the administra-
ton to condemn them.
pertinent, because you began
your address with a statement that,
"Over the entrance of the United
States Supreme Court building in
Washington are carved the words,
Equal Justice Under Law"
"You consider this the corner
stone of our great republican form
of government because it embraces
the great concept of impartial ad-
ministration of the rules governing
the rights of men,
"Our Constitution Eliminates
this statement with the declaration
that there shall be no special priv
ileges or immunities for any citi-
zens and that all shall vote with
out discrimination as to race.
Unless equal justice under law
can be carved also on every courc-
house of the United States and
especially in Mississippi and other
southern states, it has no meaning
for colored citizens who reside in
those areas.
"For them it is sounding brass
ana linking cymDalS.
at is mockery and delusion.
''Installment-Plan Freedom"
"The temper of oppressed peo-
plies around the world shows an
Impotence with proffers of free
dom on the installment plan, when
the contracts in their constitutions
call for cash on the barrelhead.
Especially are they impatient
with those who say that rights
of minorities can be postponed or
delayed, that the time is not ripe,
that we seek to go too fast, and
that gradualism and persuasion
should take the place of law en-
forcement.
"a survey shows non-Communist
in France have commented more
bitterly and more frequently on the
Till lynching than the Communists.
Realities magazine, published
in Paris, polled representatives
nine Asian countries.
"Only one out of nine believed the
United States is now in top place
; in world affairs. Four chose Com
munist Russia, four were not will
ing to make a choice.
The spectacle of our country alb
straining or voting with the losers
on questions affecting freedom of
minorities in Algeria, Morocco and
South Africa is not an inspiring
one.
"The United States, which leads
the world in economic and scien-
tific advancement, like Little DO
Peep constantly seeks to round lost
allies in the United Nations, allies
lost by our shocking demonstration
that there is no such thing as
equal justice under law for our
citizens who belong to the darker
! races"
Directors Present
Members of the NNPA Board of
! Directors attending the conference
/ with Attorney General Brownell in
, cluded:
C. C. Dejoie, Jr., New Orleans,
/ Louisiana Weekly; w. Beverly Car
ter, Pittsburgh Courier; William
o. Walker, Cleveland Call and
! Post; Mrs. Mamie Mitchell Turner,
St. Louis Argus; C. A. Scott At
lanta Daily World; T. C. Jervay,
Wilmington North Carolina) Jour-