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the SAACP IL needed any longer.
want 20 say 90 you this af-
ternoon that ~ long NJ there 10
one col0red person In the
swamps Of Mississippi who Is
not receiving justice, the Ma
ACP viii be needed (Applause)
A number Of you have come out
Of the Deep South. You feel that
since you reached Baltimore
everything Is all night. You don't
have 10 worry about what's going
on in Mississippi (Applause)
The NAACP through the
FEPC, has made IL possible for
you 10 have good Jobs and
you're making more money than
you've ever made In your life.
Eyerything's all right.
As soon as restrictive covenants
were declared Illegal, many Of
you moved from where you have
had TO live all your days and
you're living In better neighbor-
hoods.
Some of you have had to pay
as much AS $500 TO get credit. but
you haven't given 81 for member
ship in the NAACP (Applause)
The only organization that the
Mississippi white man In afraid Of
is the NAAcP (Applause)
Down there. we have got TO
stArve trying TO vote. Many Of
you Baitimoreans do not walk two
blocks 10 register.
Wake up. baltimore! SO long
~ there In oppression, violence
and death In Mississippi, you
can't enjoy your comforts and
he satisfied. (Applanse)
Thurgood Marshall sent out an
sos call the other day. stating
that they do not have money TO
do the Job in Mlssissippi that
needs to be done.
pray TO God that Mrs. jack
son will telephone Thurgood Mar
shah in the morning and tell him
that the citizens of Baltimore
placed on the table 5000 in cash
TO help carry into court one Of
these school cases In Mississippi.
They're going to make us carry
these school districts into court
one by one and It's going to cost
about 5000 TO carry one of these
Federal cases into Federal court
hope that when ! return to
Mississippi on tomorrow. ! can
tell my people that the good citi-
gems Of Baltimore didn't come up
with so cents and IL.
My God In Heaven, u You can
pay $3.50 for n NTH % you know
what (applause), then what per
son here can not buy ut least
$40 worth Of citiEenship9 ZAP
plauso)
There are four things we must
have in Mississippi to be prepared
for an integrated society.
First we must have equality In
education. We must not be salts
fled until every child In America
In privileged TO go TO the same
school and receive the same type
OF education.
In Mississippi. they're still say
ing that II will never happen here!
I'm telling you, Il will happen
therel
Secondly, we must have the
unrestricted ballot
II IL q shame on our Amert.
can democracy that In Mlssis-
sippi, where we have q million
coIorcd citizens, we have fewer
than $4,000 qualified voters.
Thirdly, we must have money
The colored people in the South
don't handle an awful lot Of mon
cy. We must fight for fair EN-
ployment at such wages we car
keep some OF them in our saw
ings
We must remember that while
we are fighting TO end segrega
tom we're not fighting 10 lose our
Identity as people.
I'll have TO say, ministers Of the
gospel. that Il Is not encouraging
TO me that the religious songs W,
like TO sing best are songs like:
Take all OF this world, hut
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