Segregation Voices

Segregation Voices. . , "But never, never, 10,000 times never, do we find as white Southerners, any guilt complex concerning our belief in and the practice of separation of the races because it is the edict of God in the Holy Bible." , Dr. Henry L. Lyon, minister of Highland Avenue Baptist Church, , Montgomery's largest church (November 1957), "I would rather see [the city parks] plowed up and planted in corn, rather than see them integrated." , Clyde Sellers, Montgomery police commissioner (December 1958), "Nothing is more misleading than the statement that racial segregation is an un-Christian thing. It simply is not true and is not supported by the authority of the Holy Bible." , Dr. G. Stanley Frazer, pastor of St. James Methodist Church (August 1954) , "In effect, the Montgomery police force is now an arm of the White Citizens Council." , Montgomery Advertiser (January 1956) , "We hold it is obligatory upon the Negro race and upon all other colored races in America to recognize that they are living in the land of the white race by courtesy of the white race. They must not lose sight of the fact that the white race is the ruling race by right of inheritance and that it does not intend to surrender this right or to compromise it with any other race-black, yellow or brown." , Ku Klux Klan leaflet (August 1964) , "I don't care what laws are passed or what the Supreme Court rules, the will of the people is the law of the land and the will of the people in Alabama is to continue segregation in our schools." , James Faulkner, Alabama state senator (May 1957) , "If we don't stop these Africans, we'll wake up some day and find Martin L. King in the White House." , James O. Eastland, Mississippi senator, , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (March 1956) , "I am, of course, opposed to integration in Alabama and the South, and will do all in my power to maintain segregation." , Lister Hill, Alabama senator (March 1956) , [2nd marker] , "Anybody with any sense knows that Negro children and white children are not going to school together in Alabama any time in the near future... In fact, not in a long time." , James E. Folsom, Alabama governor (February 1956), "I not only consider separation of the races Christian, but I consider it to be morally right. In fact, separation of the races is one of the main teachings of the Holy Bible." , Dr. Henry L. Lyon, minister of Highland Avenue Baptist Church, , Montgomery's largest church (November 1957), "Negro maids and cooks...[are] fighting to destroy our social fabric just as much as the Negro radicals who are leading them." , W.A. Gayle, mayor of Montgomery (January 1956) , "Montgomery would have been a much better place if there had never been any Martin Luther King. And that goes for Ralph D. Abernathy, too." , Sam Engelhardt, Alabama state senator (August 1956) , "We shall never submit to the demands of integrationists. The white race shall forever remain white." , Walter B. Jones, Montgomery County Circuit Court judge (March 1957), "If you allow the n-----s to go back on the buses and sit in the front seats we're going to burn down fifty houses in one night, including yours." , Ku Klux Klan letter to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (November 1956), "Segregation is a way of life to the South... No good could be accomplished by abolishing segregation." , YMCA Youth Legislature (April 1955) , "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to abolish the Negro race, proper methods should be used. Among these are guns, bows and arrows, sling shots and knives. We hold these truths to be self evident that all whites are created equal with certain rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of dead n-----s." , White Citizens Council handbill (February 1956) , "The people of Alabama are not going to put up with integration." , C.C. "Jack" Owen, president of Alabama Public Service Commission (November 1956)