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Fort Madison, Branch OF THE National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Fort Madison, Iowa 52627 October 24, 1967 Dear Friend; This is being sent, though you are a civil rights activist, civil rights 'drop out', an inactive member of the NAACP or one of the many who are just plain apathetic. The local Branch of the NAACP is presenting a dynamic and interesting public personality, in the interest of improving inter-group relations. Mr. Malvin R. Goode is a speaker who has a message for all of us, regardless of race, color or creed...or how or whether we have chosen to take a "stand" in the struggle for the rights of man. In the words of Roy Wilkens, as he addressed the delegates of the 1967 National Convention,..."Today, more than ever before, we must guard against all attempts to divert us from our principal endeavor, to make civil rights a tail to a variety of kites, political, personal or cultist. ...There is a vast amount of work yet to be done because of the undeniable, but painfully inadequate, forward movement we have registered. ...The assertation that the civil rights movement is dead is laughable. ...The diagnosis that the civil rights movement has collapsed is libel. The nearest thing to the truth is the charge that it is in a crisis. Now, a crisis, which is not unusual in this struggle, is the best testimony to the existence of vigorous life. ...We have a reservoir of strength within our own group as we have proved again and again since 1619. We showed our colors as early as 1744 when free Negroes established the first scool for their children in Charleston, South Carolina. Let those who say we have never done anything for ourselves ponder that beginning of a long, heartbreaking struggle upward. ...The path charted by the conditions of the day is not an easy one. But, I am as certain of winning our way forward at a faster and faster pace as I am of the sunrise. ...The Negro community, its detractors to the contrary, has the capacity to mobilize its resources and its powers. ....Let us be free. It is our sincere hope that [underline] all [/underline] of you will support this coming event will offer much uplifting inspiration to the most dedicated of civil rights workers, as well as alleviate some of the apathy and the complacency, which we know, today! University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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Fort Madison, Branch OF THE National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Fort Madison, Iowa 52627 October 24, 1967 Dear Friend; This is being sent, though you are a civil rights activist, civil rights 'drop out', an inactive member of the NAACP or one of the many who are just plain apathetic. The local Branch of the NAACP is presenting a dynamic and interesting public personality, in the interest of improving inter-group relations. Mr. Malvin R. Goode is a speaker who has a message for all of us, regardless of race, color or creed...or how or whether we have chosen to take a "stand" in the struggle for the rights of man. In the words of Roy Wilkens, as he addressed the delegates of the 1967 National Convention,..."Today, more than ever before, we must guard against all attempts to divert us from our principal endeavor, to make civil rights a tail to a variety of kites, political, personal or cultist. ...There is a vast amount of work yet to be done because of the undeniable, but painfully inadequate, forward movement we have registered. ...The assertation that the civil rights movement is dead is laughable. ...The diagnosis that the civil rights movement has collapsed is libel. The nearest thing to the truth is the charge that it is in a crisis. Now, a crisis, which is not unusual in this struggle, is the best testimony to the existence of vigorous life. ...We have a reservoir of strength within our own group as we have proved again and again since 1619. We showed our colors as early as 1744 when free Negroes established the first scool for their children in Charleston, South Carolina. Let those who say we have never done anything for ourselves ponder that beginning of a long, heartbreaking struggle upward. ...The path charted by the conditions of the day is not an easy one. But, I am as certain of winning our way forward at a faster and faster pace as I am of the sunrise. ...The Negro community, its detractors to the contrary, has the capacity to mobilize its resources and its powers. ....Let us be free. It is our sincere hope that [underline] all [/underline] of you will support this coming event will offer much uplifting inspiration to the most dedicated of civil rights workers, as well as alleviate some of the apathy and the complacency, which we know, today! University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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