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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Jacksonville, N.C., 40 white and Negro clergymen discussed race relations, integration in worship, and intermarriage. Rev. Humphrey advocated sensible acceptance; Rev. Smith opposed, citing divine separation; Rev. Morris responded. Meeting held last Monday, reported Feb. 27.
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JACKSONVILLE, N. C., Feb. 27.—A group of 40 white and Negro clergymen met here last Monday in a three-hour discussion which spanned race relations from integrated worship to intermarriage.
The meeting called by the Jacksonville Ministerial Association, a white group, started in the First Presbyterian church here and ended with a dinner in a private dining room of a local restaurant.
Rev. B. F. Humphrey, pastor of the all-Negro Macedonia Church in Severn, summed up his attitude on the joint worship this way.
"The Negro people as a whole in North Carolina don't want to leave our churches.
But they would like the privilege of attending all worship services. We are going to work toward a sensible acceptance of integration."
Rev. D. H. Smith, pastor of the all-white Calvary Baptist Church in Jacksonville, raised the only dissenting voice. He said he had "the personal belief that God intended for the two races to be separate."
He was answered by Rev. David Morris, pastor of Midville Baptist.
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A group of 40 white and Negro clergymen met for a three-hour discussion on race relations, including integrated worship and intermarriage, called by the Jacksonville Ministerial Association. Rev. Humphrey expressed desire for sensible integration without leaving Negro churches. Rev. Smith dissented, believing God intended racial separation. Rev. Morris responded.