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Thurgood Marshall — Part 3

194 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Sep 11, 1962 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Thurgood Marshall · 183 pages OCR'd
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se * STMOWAS BR. GLASS, Excestive Ecitor = * Oke Mos rh) _ Published by The nt Kews, frc., Lynchborg, Virgina Formerly Carter Gisss & fons, Twblishers PHILIP LIGHTFOOT SCRUGGS, Editor F. JAMES MURDOCH, Amnonciate Editor DEL P. S3ITH, Managing Editor 8 . Snesday, Avgest 22, 1°37 The “Wait and see what I de when * T get on the Supreme Court. | will . end every ‘Whitcy’ to jail J can.” / wxeThurgood Marshall, reeently % ? _ : Negro lawyer who undoubtedly will .- , named by President Johnson to the « US. Supreme Court. The preceding remark by the : be approved by the Sonate to fill retiring Justice Tom Clark's scat jon the highest court in tho Innd, ‘. $ ’ ' ‘was qnoted by the Washington ; Observer newaletler in a report re- ‘vealing-aevorat of Marshall's Com- muniat-front eonriections. The nowaletter pointed out that a apecial report of the House Com- » mittes on Un-American Activities ghown that Marahall waa affilinted ' ith the American League Aghinst “! War and Faacism—an organization f ; t ‘ f launched by the American Comma- ‘gist Party in the early 1950s. Anoth- er Communist-front connection cited : by the Observer: “Alarshall also 7 ‘wan a member of tho International : Juridieal Arsociation, n front anil olfahoot af the Internalional Labor s Defense, the Jeral arm of tho Ameri- ean Communiat Party.” Narshal) alse was named as A : qember of tho left-wing National . Lawyers Guild, and as co-signer of “+a telerrams to Congress derhanding > that the notorious Holly weod write era not be elted for contempt y a * gofusing to testify before the new H, The aay ted th: that ame me J. “ Distoriers shall's remarx about eending “every Whiter’ to jail I can’ was made in a closed-door Negro “leadership” meeting at Howard University in October, 1961. Kewsweoek mapazine of Septem. ‘Ler 18, 1981, quotes Marshall as paying: “We've negotiated too quict- ly and too reasonably for too long. We'vo made up our minds to harass the lezal hell out of the school boards.’ From here on out, we're ‘ going to be unreasonable, undecent and un-cverrihing else.” Including an-American. This in the man the Senate ix expecied to confirm aa a Justice of the US. Supreme Court, where ho will ait in judgment an “Whiter” and on cases involving “civil rights” a—_a field in which, for 25 years as an NAACP lawyer, he represent- ed one sido. . i) *:8 On tho court he will find a elique -oaf “zou) brothers” — Chief Justice Warren, Fortas Douglas and Tirene nan. All five have perronal politi- eal and = arociological fdeolorica which ren counter to the philesophy of the Conrlilution—the Conalitn- tion each takes an oath te ephold! The opinions of theae five “Hberan:::” will continue to diatert the shape | of American society, inslitations and eulturo for rears to come. Thus arc we miiecd My peraons who hold us mand therehy do-tre e are not fit to Aver 7” as.os0n a Ha ee rete beac ele cg Oe te dee ee tas Pa ee ee ewe. - oe ti Ce ee ee
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