Clarence Mitchell address to the Canadian Institute of International Affairs

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Some opponents of civil rights will be unscrupulous enough
to sabotage measures that will protect the security of the entire
Western Hemisphere unless they are given assurances that there will
be a moratorium on protection of rights granted by the United States
Constitution.
The United States leaders who have vision know that we must
not, we dare not, and we shall not slew down our country's march
toward true equality for all of its citizens,,
Of course, there will be persons in high places, shapers of
public opinion, and plain hypocrites who will cry for moderation
and slow-downs. But wise men know that our country cannot survive
on a program that gives full rights to white people and only a
moderate amount of rights to colored people,,  They also know that
there is no rational answer to the question, "Who shall determine
what is moderate?"
The victims of racial discrimination are acutely aware of
the fact that it cannot be ended by vague platitudes and timid
experiments. Whenever state and local law enforcement officers
are determined to uphold the guarantees of freedom in our country,
there is no real threat from mobs and hoodlums. Those who resort
to violence for the purpose of driving colored citizens from their
homes or keeping their children out cf public schools do so because
state and local law enforcement officers tolerate or promote such
action.