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St. Paul Recorder
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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ACLU's 1954 annual report hails U.S. Supreme Court ban on school segregation as top civil liberties win, warns of implementation challenges including nullification; cites Sen. McCarthy's condemnation and educational defenses against orthodoxy.
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New York - (ANP) - The U. S. Supreme court decision outlawing segregation in the nation's public school was the "major civil liberties gain in the past year." the American Civil Liberties Union said this week.
Through its 34th annual report "America's Needs: A New Birth of Freedom." the Civil Liberties Union said the " . . . historic decision is already proving to be far more than a legal capstone; it is psychological release of additional energy, channelled through all sorts of official and unofficial experiments toward ending anti-Negro discrimination-in employment and housing and other areas, as well as education . . ."
The union warned, however, that the decision will require "an immense amount of thought and work, courage and forbearance .. in specific application. There will be much nullification of various kinds for some years, not only in the Deep South, but elsewhere."
Other civil liberties successes listed by the Union were the senate's Watkins committee condemnation of Sen. McCarthy for abuse of witnesses, and the counter attack by educational groups "against the assorted orthodoxies which seek to dictate educational content and method and personnel."
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New York
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1954
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historic supreme court decision outlawing segregation in public schools; senate watkins committee condemnation of sen. mccarthy for abuse of witnesses; counter attack by educational groups against orthodoxies dictating educational content, method, and personnel; warning of nullification efforts in application of the decision
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The American Civil Liberties Union, in its 34th annual report 'America's Needs: A New Birth of Freedom,' declared the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public schools as the major civil liberties gain of the past year. The decision is described as a psychological release channeling energy toward ending anti-Negro discrimination in employment, housing, education, and other areas. The union warned that implementing the decision will require immense thought, work, courage, and forbearance, with much nullification expected in the Deep South and elsewhere for some years. Other successes include the Senate's Watkins committee condemnation of Sen. McCarthy and educational groups' counter attack against assorted orthodoxies.