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The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins warned at a Kansas City meeting on December 13 that Negro voters in northern and western states are unlikely to support presidential candidates involved in southern disfranchisement, segregation, and violence.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Negro voters in the pivotal northern and western states are unlikely to support any candidate for President who has been a part of the southern system of disfranchisement, segregation and lawlessness, NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins has warned.
Addressing a mass meeting of the Association's branch here on December 13, Mr. Wilkins cited the "shameless methods through which hundreds of thousands of Negro citizens are prevented from registering and voting," reviewed the acts of violence and intimidation against Negroes in the South, and charged southern politicians with slandering Negroes and blocking civil rights legislation.
Negro citizens, the NAACP leader said, "cannot be blamed as spreaders of disunity if they properly object to a policy of a nominee coming from the region where the right to vote is ruthlessly denied. It is doubtful that any man who has been a part of that system and of its by-products can win the confidence and support of Negro voters in the key urban centers and states in the North."
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Kansas City, Mo.
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December 13
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NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins addressed a mass meeting of the Association's branch in Kansas City, warning that Negro voters in pivotal northern and western states are unlikely to support presidential candidates who have been part of the southern system of disfranchisement, segregation, and lawlessness. He cited methods preventing Negro registration and voting, acts of violence and intimidation in the South, and charges against southern politicians for slandering Negroes and blocking civil rights legislation. He stated that Negro citizens cannot be blamed for objecting to nominees from regions denying voting rights and that such candidates are unlikely to win Negro support in key northern urban centers.