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T HE.
C A M P u A> W
11 RROR
Vol. XXIV
March, 1948
No. 6
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER STUDENT
CONFERENCE TAKES STAND ON
CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE
Atlanta, Georgia - The opening of Negro
schools to white applicants, education
for agitation and legislation, moving the
Mason-Dixon line farther South by break-
mg down discrimination first in border
states; approval of the FEPC, development
of social programs to augment Supreme Court
decisions, advocacy of immediate rather
than the gradual type of action acceptable
to Southern liberals, and the testing of
more cases of doubtful legality in the lo
cal courts were among the recommendations
offered at the Atlanta University r enter
Conference on Civil Rights, February 27-28,
Under the sponsorship of the sociology
departments of Atlanta University, Clark
College, Morehouse College, and Spelman
College, as a project of the College Study
in Intergroup Relations (headed by Dr,
zell C. Hill of Atlanta University), the
two-day meet attracted more than 1,500 stu
dents including a representation from local
white and several out-of-town colleges. In
the closing session the Conference voted
for a Continuing Committee for the purpose
of implementing the suggested program.
In summary talks at the close of the
meeting, Dr, , • , A lexander, vice presi
dent of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, suggest
ed among other strategies the need for keep
ing discussions alive on civil rights issues
throughout the nation; the setting up of
an FERC in the federal government) getting
rid of segregation in the armed forces; con
centration on the ballot; and getting more
civil rights esses before the U.S, Supreme
Court.
President Benjamin E, Mays of Morehouse
cited the need for a sane rather than an
emotional ap roach to keep both Negro and
white people from becoming frustrated. He
pointed to the part that students are tak
ing today in going all out for eouality of
rights. The educator deplored the conser
vatism of colleges, churches and universi-
C,.LENDAR OF POUNDERS DAY EVENTS
Tuesday, April 6
Spelman College Servioes, 8:00 P.M.
Conducted by Atlanta-Spelman Club,
Mrs. Sammye Fuller Coan, President
Thursday, April 8
Campus Exercises - Center Campus,
10:00 A.M, Founders Day Pally and
Memorial Exercises, Howe Hall, 11:00,
A.M.
Friday, April 9
Annual Spring Concert, Atlanta Univer-
sity-Morehouse-Spelman, Sisters Chapel,
8:00 P.M.
Spelman College Broadcast under aus
pices of Atlanta-Spelman Club, on or
about April 9. v 'atch newspapier for
announcement.
Sunday, April 11
Founders Day Exercises, Sisters Chapel,
3:00 P.M.
ties in regard to civil rights issues in
the South,
George A. Mitchell of the Southern Re
gional Council spoke on the work of his
organization in securing civil rights in
this section.
At the open forum of the Conference Fr:
day evening in Sisters Chapel, Spelman Co‘.
lege, sponsored in cooperation with the
Southern Regional Council, six speakers a
peered on a panel to discuss the topic:
"New Perspectives on Civil Rights," Palp
McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitutio:
express a belief th't federal legislation
v r ould not 1 ork, and that reform must conni
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