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Editorial
November 29, 1959
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
Editorial urges Southern compliance with 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation ruling, citing Judge Hooper's refusal to delay Atlanta integration order and calling for an end to pretense in implementing equality for all Americans.
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SEEING and SAYING
By WILLIAM FOWLKES World's Managing Editor
Challenge For A Thousand Years
SOME JUDGES IN THE SOUTH are tired of pretense!
One can read it into the recent action by Judge Frank Hooper, of Federal District Court, in refusing to grant delay in his Atlanta school integration order, He indicated that he wanted to give the Georgia General Assembly time and opportunity to pass legislation to implement his order to the Atlanta School Board. He is tired of pretending and wants elected officials to stop doing so.
THERE IS ONLY one way of looking at the "law of the land." The straight and narrow way is to comply. The other way, "if it is a way," is to try to circumvent the rulings by the highest courts of the land. This latter path can but lead to anarchy, destruction and ruin, not to say anything of division and discord, No good American wants the latter.
SOME SOUTHERNERS are also good Americans, who want to see implemented all the progressive legislation which will make the United States truly the land of the free and the home of the brave. Anything short of this is unsatisfactory to these good Americans.
FULL FREEDOM for all Americans should not have to come "day after tomorrow."The founding fathers wrote it well when they called for liberty and justice to all. Americans have written these principles into the mud and mire of two World Wars and intermittent skirmishes. They signed it with the blood of all races in the War Between The States: they signed it gusto in the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.
They have interpreted and re-interpreted it again and again, the latest implementation gestures having followed the historic Supreme Court ruling of 1954, with references to the public schools and school children of the land. Only a few states are trying now to wholly circumvent the law of "liberty and justice for all Americans.
IT IS NO WONDER that some judges have grown tired of pretense. Either all America must be for all Americans, or we will fail the call of historic destiny. No good American wants our nation to miss its challenge for a thousand years!
By WILLIAM FOWLKES World's Managing Editor
Challenge For A Thousand Years
SOME JUDGES IN THE SOUTH are tired of pretense!
One can read it into the recent action by Judge Frank Hooper, of Federal District Court, in refusing to grant delay in his Atlanta school integration order, He indicated that he wanted to give the Georgia General Assembly time and opportunity to pass legislation to implement his order to the Atlanta School Board. He is tired of pretending and wants elected officials to stop doing so.
THERE IS ONLY one way of looking at the "law of the land." The straight and narrow way is to comply. The other way, "if it is a way," is to try to circumvent the rulings by the highest courts of the land. This latter path can but lead to anarchy, destruction and ruin, not to say anything of division and discord, No good American wants the latter.
SOME SOUTHERNERS are also good Americans, who want to see implemented all the progressive legislation which will make the United States truly the land of the free and the home of the brave. Anything short of this is unsatisfactory to these good Americans.
FULL FREEDOM for all Americans should not have to come "day after tomorrow."The founding fathers wrote it well when they called for liberty and justice to all. Americans have written these principles into the mud and mire of two World Wars and intermittent skirmishes. They signed it with the blood of all races in the War Between The States: they signed it gusto in the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.
They have interpreted and re-interpreted it again and again, the latest implementation gestures having followed the historic Supreme Court ruling of 1954, with references to the public schools and school children of the land. Only a few states are trying now to wholly circumvent the law of "liberty and justice for all Americans.
IT IS NO WONDER that some judges have grown tired of pretense. Either all America must be for all Americans, or we will fail the call of historic destiny. No good American wants our nation to miss its challenge for a thousand years!
What sub-type of article is it?
Education
Constitutional
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
School Integration
Desegregation
Supreme Court Ruling
Civil Rights
Atlanta Schools
Judge Hooper
Compliance With Law
What entities or persons were involved?
Judge Frank Hooper
Georgia General Assembly
Atlanta School Board
Supreme Court
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Compliance With School Integration Orders In The South
Stance / Tone
Strongly Pro Integration And Urging Compliance With Supreme Court Rulings
Key Figures
Judge Frank Hooper
Georgia General Assembly
Atlanta School Board
Supreme Court
Key Arguments
Judges Are Tired Of Pretense In Delaying School Integration
Compliance With The Law Of The Land Is The Only Straight Path
Circumventing Supreme Court Rulings Leads To Anarchy And Division
Full Freedom For All Americans Should Not Be Delayed
Liberty And Justice For All Enshrined In Founding Principles And Amendments
1954 Supreme Court Ruling On Public Schools Must Be Implemented
America Must Meet Its Historic Destiny Of Equality For All