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The Augusta Courier
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Roy Wilkins, NAACP Secretary and Chairman of the Leadership Conference on Negro Rights, states that both major political parties' conventions have endorsed eliminating segregation and discrimination, pledged to remove congressional obstacles, supported peaceful protest rights, and called for federal action.
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Roy Wilkins, Secretary of the NAACP and Chairman of the Leadership Conference on Negro Rights, summed up the political conventions in the following language:
"For the first time both parties have placed themselves on record unequivocally as favoring the elimination of segregation and other forms of discrimination from all areas of community and national life.
"Both have pledged to remove the procedural roadblocks in the Congress which have impeded progress toward that goal.
"Both have reaffirmed support of the historic right of peaceful protest against indignities and injustices of discriminatory treatment.
"Both have recognized the need for affirmative legislative and executive action by the Federal Government."
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Roy Wilkins, Secretary of the NAACP and Chairman of the Leadership Conference on Negro Rights, summed up the political conventions, stating that both parties have endorsed eliminating segregation and discrimination, pledged to remove congressional roadblocks, reaffirmed support for peaceful protest, and recognized the need for federal action.