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NAACP newsletters, Fort Madison Branch, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1969

Page 003

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-3- NAACP attorneys in the case were Miss Barbara Morris of New York City and George Howard, Jr. of Pine Bluff, Ark. The Appeals Court decision was handed down by Circuit Judges Floyd R. Gibson and Harry A. Blackmun, with Judge Myron H. Bright concurring." -from, The Crisis, -August, September, 1969 [Cartoon Text] "Southern" Strategy Sanders THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Sanders, in the Milwaukee Journal "Look at it from the middle position. Goodness, you can't expect to get the same rights as white people overnight!" "...Man can be free. Don't be alrmed, if I am reluctant yet In spite of court decisions and legislation still wet that fulfill the legal requirements of democracy; I still look for hypocrisy. You see, I am mentally affected too By promises long overdue, And seeing my faith and trust met By betrayls; and yet I will make another try Upon the hope of democracy to rely."... -from, When Is A Man Free?, by Elreta Melton Alexander University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
 
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