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Arkansas State Press
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
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Editorial emphasizes NAACP's primary duty to protect members from fear, oppression, and discrimination, even at high financial cost, amid Alabama judges and lawyers defying Supreme Court via White Citizens Councils, affirming colored people's commitment to constitutional rights.
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The first duty of the NAACP is to protect its members
from fear, oppression and unlawful discrimination.
There is nothing else for it to do but protect those who
have placed their confidence in it, even if it means payment
of $10,000, $100,000 or a million in southern fines.
That kind of courage in the face of the known fact that
judges and lawyers in Alabama have sworn to defy the Su-
preme Court through the White Citizens councils and are
members of the councils, indicates the seriousness of the
case and the determination of the colored people to be gov-
erned by democratic practices alone.
To insist upon enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed
by the United States Constitution is not contemptuous, but
patriotism of the kind that has made America the beacon
light for all men who dream and struggle to be free.
—Afro-American
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Alabama
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determination of colored people to be governed by democratic practices alone
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The NAACP's first duty is to protect members from fear, oppression, and unlawful discrimination, even paying high southern fines. Judges and lawyers in Alabama defy the Supreme Court through White Citizens Councils. Insisting on constitutional rights is patriotism.