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itself, of the democratic way of life by which she lives, by which she has come to occupy the place of leadership among the nations of the earth. For at this very moment both our domestic and foreign policies need desperately an affirmative action on civil rights. Racial and religious minorities form a sizable:,;segment of our population. Continued marginal living for them, continued discrimination and segregation and exclusion, continued second-class citizenship has bred unrest and dissatisfaction. As long as disfranchisement, segregation, mob violence, sub-standard housing, Jim crow education, and sharply restricted employment opportunities constitute their lot, no hosannas will be raised among them by fervent and even feverish pleas to sustain our way of life. Unemployment is twice as great among minority groups as it is among the population as a whole. Democracy will be safe when every citizen has a stake in saving it. Our foreign policy is embarrassed constantly by the glaring imperfections in our democratic structure, but even more so by the failure of our Federal government to act in securing democratic civil rights for all its citizens. Some of us—and they are persons who are opposed to an effective FEPC in the U.S.A.—are now talking about using guns to save democracy in Formosa. Others would use both money and guns to save democracy in Europe. Few of these oeople realize chat democracy cannot be carried to victory in either a cold or hot war on a bayonet or a dollar bill. It will win only if it is a strong, functioning way of living full of precious meaning for men and women who yearn for Justice, peace, and security. In this setting our Congress has moved to tighten, rather than loosen, the machinery for action. It looks fearfully backward. It yearns for the good old days.
Object Description
Title | Kelly Alexander, Sr. speech fragments and Kelly Alexander, Jr. Charlotte City Council address |
Series | Series 1, Addresses and Statements |
Digital Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998 |
Creator | Alexander, Kelly M. |
Date Created | 1959, 1977, 1987 |
Series Description | Addresses and speeches by figures in the NAACP organization, including Kelly Alexander, Sr. and Jr., Clarence Mitchell and Roy Wilkins. There are also speeches by Charlotte leaders, including Hugh McColl and Stanford Brookshire. |
Collection Description | This collection documents the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, and a few photographs. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination, police misconduct, and the Charlotte Area Fund. |
Subjects--Names |
Alexander, Kelly M. Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948- Alexander, Alfred L., 1952- |
Subjects--Organizations |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch. |
Subjects--Topics |
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina African Americans--Political activity--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Housing--North Carolina--Charlotte Racism--Political aspects--North Carolina--Charlotte Race discrimination--North Carolina--Charlotte Police brutality--North Carolina--Charlotte Police misconduct--North Carolina--Charlotte |
Subjects--Locations |
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century |
Coverage--Place |
Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) |
Box Number | 1 |
Folder Number | 12 |
Language | eng |
Object Type | Text |
Digital Format | Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif |
Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
Finding Aid | https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701 |
Original Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP |
Digital Collection Home Page | http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll20 |
Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
Digital Publisher | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
Rights | These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library. |
Location of Original | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
Grant Information | Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. |
Identifier | naacp-ms508-0101012 |
Date Digitized | 2016-01-25 |
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Title | naacp-ms508-0101012-25 |
OCR Transcript | itself, of the democratic way of life by which she lives, by which she has come to occupy the place of leadership among the nations of the earth. For at this very moment both our domestic and foreign policies need desperately an affirmative action on civil rights. Racial and religious minorities form a sizable:,;segment of our population. Continued marginal living for them, continued discrimination and segregation and exclusion, continued second-class citizenship has bred unrest and dissatisfaction. As long as disfranchisement, segregation, mob violence, sub-standard housing, Jim crow education, and sharply restricted employment opportunities constitute their lot, no hosannas will be raised among them by fervent and even feverish pleas to sustain our way of life. Unemployment is twice as great among minority groups as it is among the population as a whole. Democracy will be safe when every citizen has a stake in saving it. Our foreign policy is embarrassed constantly by the glaring imperfections in our democratic structure, but even more so by the failure of our Federal government to act in securing democratic civil rights for all its citizens. Some of us—and they are persons who are opposed to an effective FEPC in the U.S.A.—are now talking about using guns to save democracy in Formosa. Others would use both money and guns to save democracy in Europe. Few of these oeople realize chat democracy cannot be carried to victory in either a cold or hot war on a bayonet or a dollar bill. It will win only if it is a strong, functioning way of living full of precious meaning for men and women who yearn for Justice, peace, and security. In this setting our Congress has moved to tighten, rather than loosen, the machinery for action. It looks fearfully backward. It yearns for the good old days. |
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