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You ere being applauded by every
Eon Mayor Allen:
You hendled the
decent A merican here in Dallas.
situation perfectly. Perhaps other cities will now
Oye Ballas Morning News
The News, oldest business institution in Texas, was established in 1852
while Texas was @ Republic
E. M. (Ted) Dealey
Publisher
sen ene
same
Se
H. Ben Decherd Jr.
Chairman, Executive Committee
7*Sfsnatng Bale
James M. Moroney Jr,
Vice-President and Treasurer.
Dick West
Editorial Editor
eae
- William C. Smellage
: . Secretary
: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1966
People are blaming Ralph McGill too
The Trials of Atlanta
=
do the
’ UNTIL THIS week, the City of At-
Janta had maintained a glowing repu-
- tation as one of the hardest-working
communities in the building of inter-
racial harmony and progress. Through
the efforts and cooperation of whites
_and Negroes, it established itself as a
model of peaceful integration, a model
studied by other Southern communi-
ties trying to’ solve their own racial
problems.
' Then Stokely Carmichael came to
_town with his inflammatory sales
pitch for “black power” and his rant-
-ings against “the white devils.” And
‘on Tuesday night, Carmichael’s loud-
* speaker campaign came to fruition
. with the rioting of a mob. This mob
+ attacked the mayor, who tried to rea-
"son with its members. It attacked the
» policemen who tried to restore order.
» But it did more—it attacked the’con-
. . cept Atlanta has rep--eenecd, the con-
-_~ e~ euat Peal Compromise and cooper.
- ation can achieve a spirit in which all
=. .¥aces can work together to build a
_ better city.
_~ THIS WAS perhaps the greatest
damage that the mob did. Now other
. city fathers may be tempted to shrug
their shoulders and say: “What's the
_ use? Atlanta has done as much as any
_ “City in the South to make cooperative
integration work, and look what hap-
ned.”
“. Dallas citizens in particular may
be discouraged by Atlanta’s experi-
ence, for the two cities are very much
alike in their populations, in their
economies and in their attempts to
» build through interracial cooperation.
... But before we decide to abandon
the path that Dallas and Atlanta have
oa See VS e
eae
~*
ee ae
a
ewe
Fr ee,
be Higher. Higher. Hiol 1eKr
tried to follow, it would serve us well
to look deeper into the events of the
current week. There is more to the
story than the headlined activities of
Carmichael’s SNCC barnstormers or
of the hundreds of young rioters.
We should note that there were
Negro as well as white leaders who
tried, at the risk of their safety, to
quell the violence. There were Negro
as well as white policemen who skill-
fully restored order before the riot
turned into a bloodbath.
And, perhaps most important, the
Negro Atlantans, local civil-rights
leaders and ministers, were the ones
who organized a door-to-door cam-
paign the following day to counter
Carmichael’s efforts to turn the city
into a battleground.
IN SHORT, in Atlanta, there is a
durable fabric of society, a fabric that
has been woven of both white and
black threads through the years of co-
Operation. The efforts of these years
have not been as dramatic or as well-
publicized as the riot, but in the final
analysis they should prove to be more
lasting in their results.
These results of the work of men
of good will will not be destroyed
overnight by men of Carmichael’s
stripe. Rational Atlantans of both
races cannot stand by and see their
community torn asunder, because
those of both races know that they
have a stake in its future,
The Rev. Samuel Williams, presi-
dent of the Atlanta chapter of the
NAACP, summed it up most succinct-
ly when he declared: -
“Atlanta is not by far a perfect
city but it is too great to be destroyed
by simpleminded bigotry,”
SS
Meee MAY
ON!
hearin,
vestige
Do ne
Los aan
Sam Yi
same a
you ile
fights.
cial nc
other |
ers and
ers, bo
Eon Mayor Allen:
You hendled the
decent A merican here in Dallas.
situation perfectly. Perhaps other cities will now
Oye Ballas Morning News
The News, oldest business institution in Texas, was established in 1852
while Texas was @ Republic
E. M. (Ted) Dealey
Publisher
sen ene
same
Se
H. Ben Decherd Jr.
Chairman, Executive Committee
7*Sfsnatng Bale
James M. Moroney Jr,
Vice-President and Treasurer.
Dick West
Editorial Editor
eae
- William C. Smellage
: . Secretary
: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1966
People are blaming Ralph McGill too
The Trials of Atlanta
=
do the
’ UNTIL THIS week, the City of At-
Janta had maintained a glowing repu-
- tation as one of the hardest-working
communities in the building of inter-
racial harmony and progress. Through
the efforts and cooperation of whites
_and Negroes, it established itself as a
model of peaceful integration, a model
studied by other Southern communi-
ties trying to’ solve their own racial
problems.
' Then Stokely Carmichael came to
_town with his inflammatory sales
pitch for “black power” and his rant-
-ings against “the white devils.” And
‘on Tuesday night, Carmichael’s loud-
* speaker campaign came to fruition
. with the rioting of a mob. This mob
+ attacked the mayor, who tried to rea-
"son with its members. It attacked the
» policemen who tried to restore order.
» But it did more—it attacked the’con-
. . cept Atlanta has rep--eenecd, the con-
-_~ e~ euat Peal Compromise and cooper.
- ation can achieve a spirit in which all
=. .¥aces can work together to build a
_ better city.
_~ THIS WAS perhaps the greatest
damage that the mob did. Now other
. city fathers may be tempted to shrug
their shoulders and say: “What's the
_ use? Atlanta has done as much as any
_ “City in the South to make cooperative
integration work, and look what hap-
ned.”
“. Dallas citizens in particular may
be discouraged by Atlanta’s experi-
ence, for the two cities are very much
alike in their populations, in their
economies and in their attempts to
» build through interracial cooperation.
... But before we decide to abandon
the path that Dallas and Atlanta have
oa See VS e
eae
~*
ee ae
a
ewe
Fr ee,
be Higher. Higher. Hiol 1eKr
tried to follow, it would serve us well
to look deeper into the events of the
current week. There is more to the
story than the headlined activities of
Carmichael’s SNCC barnstormers or
of the hundreds of young rioters.
We should note that there were
Negro as well as white leaders who
tried, at the risk of their safety, to
quell the violence. There were Negro
as well as white policemen who skill-
fully restored order before the riot
turned into a bloodbath.
And, perhaps most important, the
Negro Atlantans, local civil-rights
leaders and ministers, were the ones
who organized a door-to-door cam-
paign the following day to counter
Carmichael’s efforts to turn the city
into a battleground.
IN SHORT, in Atlanta, there is a
durable fabric of society, a fabric that
has been woven of both white and
black threads through the years of co-
Operation. The efforts of these years
have not been as dramatic or as well-
publicized as the riot, but in the final
analysis they should prove to be more
lasting in their results.
These results of the work of men
of good will will not be destroyed
overnight by men of Carmichael’s
stripe. Rational Atlantans of both
races cannot stand by and see their
community torn asunder, because
those of both races know that they
have a stake in its future,
The Rev. Samuel Williams, presi-
dent of the Atlanta chapter of the
NAACP, summed it up most succinct-
ly when he declared: -
“Atlanta is not by far a perfect
city but it is too great to be destroyed
by simpleminded bigotry,”
SS
Meee MAY
ON!
hearin,
vestige
Do ne
Los aan
Sam Yi
same a
you ile
fights.
cial nc
other |
ers and
ers, bo
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