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Thus, two months ago, King zeroed in on Selma. A magnetic leader and a spellbinding orator, he rounded up hundreds of Negroes at a time, led them on marches to the county courthouse to register to vote. Always, Clark awaited them, either turning them away or arresting them for contempt of court, truancy, juvenile delinquency and parading without a permit. Those who actually reached the registrars were required to file complicated applications and take incredibly difficult "literacy" tests that few if any could pass. Several times the drive faltered-but each time Clark revived it by committing some new outrage...
Selma Lawyer W. McLean Pitts, attorney for Sheriff Clark, demanded that the court cite Martin Luther King for contempt. The judge leveled a cold eye at Attorney Pitts, explained with asperity that contempt is a matter for the court to decide...
Replied Savio: "I understand fully the shameless hypocrisy to which the court has been reduced." After an electric silence, Crittenden asked Savio if he cared to repeat his statement. Savio did, and louder. "Mr. Savio," said the judge, "I'm going to cite you for contempt of court." Savio spent 28 hours in jail. His followers predictably held a mass rally to protest the court's action...
...dignity. They leave his buddies on the railroad gang little choice but to act our a dirty joke for them down in Shanty-own. They leave his father to fight a bottle in a hotel room, under the care of a younger woman whose love only reinforces his self-contempt...
Some amid see their briefs as frank lobbying-demonstration that powerful groups back an appellant's cause. Indeed, such pressure flooded the Supreme Court in 1948 when 40 organizations filed for the Hollywood "unfriendly ten," screenwriters who had been convicted of contempt of Congress. The court refused to review the case (Lawson v. U.S.). Trade associations have also failed to snow the court with briefs trumpeting the size and power of their members...