The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-10-08
BY Munroe Mason


On the opening of publ,
schools in the solid south anc
border states, a wave of in.
dignation will paryade be.
cause Of the US. Supreme
Courts desegregation DEGREES
The outspoken dissentsr.
against the nations high trl-
bunal are the present unre-
constructed political leaders,
whose forefathers were
Staunch followers of Confeder-
ate states secessionists during
the Civil War.
Until death they will re-
gard General Lees surrender
OF Appomatox Court House as
a. neVer-ending blot to White
Supremacy. This overWhelm-
ing group of dissidents will
carry to their respective graves
the idea that black men, wo-
men and children have no
rights a white man should res
pect.
Humanity in any category
was not and never will be OF
any consequence when the de-
bate Of Equal Rights for all
mankind continues to be d
major issue in jurisdictions of
the solid south and border
states. This intensified wave
Of racial discrimination Will
never subSide until the ma
TONS three branches of gov
eminent concertedly hurl their
vast legal cudgelS into this
abominable racial discrimina-
ton camp in order to attain
the objective OF absolute Equal
Rights.
Abraham Lincoln's Emanci-
patton Proclamation at the
time it was proclaimed infu-
rated leaders in the solid
south. Up to the present this
humane document remains
only a scrap of paper to me-
nlorialize a leader, who was
assassinated for his beliefs
that q divided nation could
not survived The US. Sup
RENE Court hurled a bomb
into the solid south's ram
parts Of White Supremacy
May II, 1854. which daaed
unreconstructed zealots, whose
anger reverberated over the
whole nation.
A life line of educational
advancement to Colored you'll,
Of this and future generations
was uncoiled from the Judicia
ship of state with grim deter
nlination that public school,
must be opened to all tax.
payers, regardless of race
creed or national origin Ii
order that children Of schoo
age would enjoy without am
restrictions Of secondary cit.
izenslip the Federal Consti.
buttons unqualified grants The
nations Founding Fathers
made self evident. The mot.
ives Of these unreconstructec
solid south leaders have hing
ed in the past on the shib
boleth Of States Rights.
Racial discrimination in al
categories has never beer
sanctioned by Federal man
date. Enforcement of thi
disdainful racial concept wa
by local regulation and
system Of hatred to prolon,
traditions. Recognition o
labor unions in the solid soutl
and border states was thu
first organized effort 20 breal
down the barriers as a step
ping stone leading to economi,
equality. Legislation to ba
Colored workers from joininJ
labor unions was attempted
White union members woul,
not approve this vicious racia
craft obstruction because ma
have eliminated.
The desegregation publi
school DEGREES of the U. S
Supreme Court were handed
down in a period of the na
tons history whereby tn
whole world was seated on
powder-keg Of extreme danger
Political leaders Of the aboyJ
jurisdictions became flabber'
gasted at the sudden and un.
expected decisions OF the
nations highest tribunal. They
raved courageously to alert
their constituents that Judi