A Call for Unity. A GROUP OF CLERGYMEN. Birmingham, Alabama was the scene of perhaps the most significant campaign of the. Civil Rights Movement, not.
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In Birmingham, recent public events have given indication that we all have opportunity for a new constructive and realistic approach to racial problems.
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However, we are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some of our Negro citizens, directed and led in part by outsiders. We recognize the natural impatience of people who feel that their hopes are slow in being realized.
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But we are convinced that these demonstrations are unwise and untimely. We agree rather with certain local Negro leadership which has called for honest and open negotiation of racial issues in our area. And we believe this kind of facing of issues can best be accomplished by citizens of our own metropolitan area, white and Negro, meeting with their knowledge and experiences of the local situation.
All of us need to face that responsibility and find proper channels for its accomplishment.
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We do not believe that these days of new hope are days when extreme measures are justified in Birmingham. We commend the community as a whole, and the local news media and law enforcement officials in particular, on the calm manner in which these demonstrations have been handled. We urge the public to continue to show restraint should the demonstrations continue, and the law enforcement officials to remain calm and continue to protect our city from violence. We further strongly urge our own Negro community to withdraw support from these demonstrations, and to unite locally in working peacefully for a better Birmingham.
When rights are consistently denied, a cause should be pressed in the courts and in negotiations among local leaders, and not in the streets.
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We appeal to both our white and Negro citizenry to observe the principles of law and order and common sense. Your email address will not be published. Curriculum Library Book Buy the Book. Guelzo Ambrose Bierce Amy A.
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Kennedy John Fiske John G. Foraker Joseph Bottum Joseph H. Just as we formerly pointed out that "hatred and violence have no sanction in our religious and political traditions," we also point out that such actions as incite to hatred and violence, however technically peaceful those actions may be, have not contributed to the resolution of our local problems.
We do not believe that these days of new hope are days when extreme measures are justified in Birmingham. We commend the community as a whole, and the local news media and law enforcement in particular, on the calm manner in which these demonstrations have been handled. We urge the public to continue to show restraint should the demonstrations continue, and the law enforcement official to remain calm and continue to protect our city from violence. We further strongly urge our own Negro community to withdraw support from these demonstrations, and to unite locally in working peacefully for a better Birmingham.
A call for unity
When rights are consistently denied, a cause should be pressed in the courts and in negotiations among local leaders, and not in the streets. We appeal to both our white and Negro citizenry to observe the principles of law and order and common sense. Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Mobile, Birmingham. Bishop Coadjutor, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. Citizens, take back your government!
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Public Statement by eight Alabama clergymen Denouncing Martin Luther King's efforts, April 12, On April 12, , while Martin Luther King was in the Birmingham jail because of his desegregation demonstrations, eight prominent Alabama clergymen published the following statement in the local newspapers urging blacks to withdraw their support from Martin Luther King and his demonstrations.
Bishop of Alabama Joseph A.