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Editorial
December 29, 1961
Minneapolis Spokesman
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
Editorial praises CORE's $282,000 spent on Freedom Rides and NAACP's legal support, highlighting the high cost of fighting for racial equality in America. It urges contributions and affirms the value of such civil rights efforts.
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Freedom Is Costly
It costs money—real money—to win freedom. Just how costly it is staggers the imagination. CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) announced this week that already it has spent more than $282,000 on the Freedom Rides. This sum includes the cost of bail bonds, legal fees, legal expenses, travel for Freedom Riders to stand trial, training for the Riders, hospital bills, telephone calls, telegrams and printing.
This does not include overhead, office expenses or fund-raising costs. Nor does it include salaries for CORE workers. This $282,000 was spent directly on the Freedom Rides.
With expenses mounting up in this fashion, it is no wonder that CORE's national director, James Farmer, this week had words of praise for Jack Greenberg, new director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, for assuming the legal burden of defending the Freedom Riders in court.
In announcing that they will share the financial burden of defending the Freedom Riders in court, CORE and the NAACP demonstrate a unity of determination and purpose to see that justice is done. It is ironic, however, that in a land which professes democracy and justice for all, it is necessary for a group of citizens to spend over a quarter million dollars to fight for the freedom which should be theirs as a matter of course. If the NAACP ever totaled up the cost of all of the cases it has taken to the United States Supreme Court, the amount truly would be a staggering revelation.
We are glad to see the NAACP join CORE in the legal defense of the Freedom Riders. The young people who risked their liberty and safety for a principle deserve all of the legal help they can get.
The Freedom Riders and the sit-in demonstrators who proceeded them have performed a great service to American democracy. Many doors, lunch counters and bus terminal waiting rooms have been opened as a result of their efforts which may have remained closed for many more months, perhaps years, had they not staged their dramatic protests.
Freedom is costly, but it is worth every cent and every dollar that must be spent to bring America's practices in line with her principles.
Both CORE and the NAACP will welcome contributions at this time.—K.C. CALL.
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Don'ts
Clothes Will Carry Cooking Odor, If Left Near Cooking.
Freedom Is Costly
It costs money—real money—to win freedom. Just how costly it is staggers the imagination. CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) announced this week that already it has spent more than $282,000 on the Freedom Rides. This sum includes the cost of bail bonds, legal fees, legal expenses, travel for Freedom Riders to stand trial, training for the Riders, hospital bills, telephone calls, telegrams and printing.
This does not include overhead, office expenses or fund-raising costs. Nor does it include salaries for CORE workers. This $282,000 was spent directly on the Freedom Rides.
With expenses mounting up in this fashion, it is no wonder that CORE's national director, James Farmer, this week had words of praise for Jack Greenberg, new director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, for assuming the legal burden of defending the Freedom Riders in court.
In announcing that they will share the financial burden of defending the Freedom Riders in court, CORE and the NAACP demonstrate a unity of determination and purpose to see that justice is done. It is ironic, however, that in a land which professes democracy and justice for all, it is necessary for a group of citizens to spend over a quarter million dollars to fight for the freedom which should be theirs as a matter of course. If the NAACP ever totaled up the cost of all of the cases it has taken to the United States Supreme Court, the amount truly would be a staggering revelation.
We are glad to see the NAACP join CORE in the legal defense of the Freedom Riders. The young people who risked their liberty and safety for a principle deserve all of the legal help they can get.
The Freedom Riders and the sit-in demonstrators who proceeded them have performed a great service to American democracy. Many doors, lunch counters and bus terminal waiting rooms have been opened as a result of their efforts which may have remained closed for many more months, perhaps years, had they not staged their dramatic protests.
Freedom is costly, but it is worth every cent and every dollar that must be spent to bring America's practices in line with her principles.
Both CORE and the NAACP will welcome contributions at this time.—K.C. CALL.
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Freedom Rides
Core
Naacp
Civil Rights
Racial Equality
Legal Defense
What entities or persons were involved?
Core
James Farmer
Jack Greenberg
Naacp
Freedom Riders
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Cost And Support For Freedom Rides
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Civil Rights Efforts
Key Figures
Core
James Farmer
Jack Greenberg
Naacp
Freedom Riders
Key Arguments
Freedom Rides Have Cost Core Over $282,000 In Direct Expenses
Naacp Sharing Legal Defense Burden Shows Unity
Ironic Need To Spend Heavily For Basic Freedoms In Democratic America
Freedom Riders Deserve Full Legal Support
Their Protests Have Opened Many Facilities To Integration
Freedom Is Worth The Cost To Align Practices With Principles