Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-08-02
After Integration Repeal, What?

Up in Nashville, Tennessee the other day, accord
ing to newspaper reports the delegates attending the
Annual Race Relations Institute at Fisk University be-
came greatly sobored when we'll informed spokesman
suggested the possibility that it's opponents may be sue
cessfu in obtaining the repeal of the U. S. Supreme
Court decision calling for the Indignation of the nations
public schools.
With such suggestion having been raised the
question Immediately arises if not inegration what?
question which be considered ntelgently only in
the light of the nations past history.
In the first place there are many instances in the
nations history where laws enacted by the conoress
and subsequently upheld by decisions of the United
States Supreme Court because of the overwhelming re-
lection OF American public opinion with the consequent
lack of public support have been finally repealed Not
able among which, in what may be called contemporary
American history was the prohibition act, which re-
malned on the statute books for Is years with manv
lives lost and millions of dollars spent in attempting its
enforcement only to have it finally repealed for lack
OF public support and the overwhelming rejection of
public opinion.
American ideal of democracy is bound to reveal that
what brought peoples of all races nations colors and
creeds to these shores to join in helping make the Unit
cd states the great nation it is today, that each
group could have their churches schools and other
INSTITUTIONS and organization under the guarantee of
equal protection under the law
1t was the impetus of the idea and ideal of equal
protection under the law that created what became
known to history the American Melting-pot an ex
preston the essence of which the fact that people
OF all races nations coors cultures and creeds upon
reaching this country became merged in the American
spirit while at the time enjoying the privilege of
their own churches schools and other institutions and
organizations, with equal protection of the law.
1t under the idea and ideal of equal protection
OF the law and the right of each group have its own
churches schools and other institutions and organza
tlons that the American Negro made his greatest pro-
gress. A progress primarily possible because racial
PRIDE was then powerful motivatng incentive which
is not and cannot be true under the Interpretation Of
and drive for Indignation.
The idea of ntegraton in this country was born in
the Minds first of those who in it means of Great
ing the division and stirring up strife and tension in
the United States, aid to the cause and advance
ment of world communism, and later by those who
think the best way to combat Russia and Communism
is to make the United States nearly like Russia as
possible under the impossible assumption as events are
providing daily that this could be done without injury to
the great idea and ideal of American Democracy
We why the aims of the Negro for
equal protection under the law would suffer result
of the repeal of the o. S. Supreme Court Decisions in
the public school integration Indeed the Negro
particularly those in the South might be far better off
than they are by thus relieving the existing ten
sion, and again making pride motvating ncen-
tive IN Negro progress and again making possible south
ern inter-racial cooperation and goodwill.
Moreover, we American Democracy under it's
original idea and ideal winning the propaganda battle
with world communism.
Finally the repeal would leave the subject of racial
Indignation matter between the individuals involved,
thus making it social rather than legal concept the
social concept being the chief basis of the on
which the decisions were based.