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...legislative proposal was a routine bill to extend the life of the Civil Rights Commission for two years. In 1962, and again in 1963, the President's legislative recommendations almost exclusively concerned voting rights. Not until last November did Kennedy get around to fulfilling his campaign promise to abolish discrimination in housing with a "stroke of the pen." That act came after Negroes had taken to mailing him pens as sarcastic reminders, and even then it was a grievous disappointment to Negroes because of its limited scope...
Before the effects of past discrimination can be eroded away, the U.S. must abolish present discrimination. Some well-meaning whites exhort the Negroes to lift themselves up, study, aspire, become qualified, earn the equality they demand. Discrimination, the argument runs, would dwindle much more rapidly if disparities of culture and training were overcome. That is true enough, but the Negroes cannot wait that long. After generations of submission to segregation, they are marching in the streets, chanting "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom...
...thirds of the states to propose constitutional amendments, which, "without further action by Congress," would go into effect upon ratification by three-quarters of the states. The Constitution provides that upon "application" by two-thirds of the states, Congress "shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments." The amendment would abolish the convention clause, make it theoretically possible, because of disproportional representation in state legislatures, for legislators representing less than 20% of the U.S. population to alter the Constitution. 2) Place the apportionment of seats in state legislatures beyond the reach of the U.S. Constitution and the federal courts. This amendment...
...tyranny," pleaded for coexistence with the U.S., and angrily threatened nuclear war if the U.S. dared lay a hand on Cuba. He even rang in the American Declaration of Independence, quoting: "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive . . . it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it." "Not bad words," said Khrushchev approvingly...
...militancy, Douglass was a practical man. When Garrison denounced the U.S. Constitution and urged the dissolution of the Union. Douglass broke with him, fearing that slaves would be helpless if left to the mercies of the South. He hoped to abolish slavery by the ballot and became a stalwart of the Republican Party, later helped to swing the Negro vote to a series of Republican Presidents. He was finally rewarded with the post of Minister to Haiti...