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Conciliation - A New Factor in the South's Progress - Page 5

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Hays, Brooks

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Speech on the need for conciliation 5 The restlessness of the minority is understandable. The Negro has suffered greatly and he is seeking prompt adjustment of his grievance. He has moved patiently through a long tunnel with the light of hope ahead. He expects the responsible leadership of the region and the nation to keep that light burning. Where there is indifference by members of the white race to the plight of those at the Negro community's lowest levels, this indifference may also be shared by favored segments of the Negro population. I am told by some of the Negro leaders that a problem exists in inducing the successful and prosperous Negro not to forget his own humble beginnings or turn away from those of his own race who are less fortunate in a material sense. This resembles the dull response by some of the white race to the adversity of their poor rural cousins - thus indicating that it is a human problem as well as racial. It is ironic, too, that some of the white majority who remain in unfavorable economic positions not only withhold sympathy and aid, but actually exhibit an antipathy for the Negroes whose aspirations for improved status are identical with their own. Let us recognize the common evils, acknowledge our common humanity, and exalt our common faith.
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Created Date:
July 27, 1963
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