Show I The Filibuster The recent series of events at the University of Mississippi relating to the enrollment of Negro James Meredith is of major concern to the members of the Council both in our role as students and as We are all aware that segregation is one of the most important internal problems facing the United States and therefore we feel it our responsibility to express our views on this recent in- We oppose segregation on moral and legal No group of or segment of society has the right to subject any other individual to an inferior position within our This upholds the American commitment to the free society to individual to personal liberty and to equality of We would strive to uphold this principle and guard against its The Supreme Court in its 1954 decision of Brown the Board of Education of Topeka stated the of the separate but equal The court in this decision felt that the separate but equal doctrine deprived citizens of equal protection of laws guaranteed by the j amendment We feel that the actions of the Federal Government are justifiable to the and only to the to which our government is striving to uphold the afore mentioned We realize that an equally important and more complicated question of State's is and in this instance we cannot help but be somewhat sympathetic with the feelings of the citizens of the state of We realize that there are many responsible and concerned citizens and students in the State of we see no justi- for the violence on the part of the residents and students participating in the Contrary to this irresponsible action a method is provided in this nation whereby an individual or group of individuals can petition to correct those grievances that they may hold to the proper If Governor Barnett and his fellow Mississippians feel that their rights are being encroached let them act through legal channels and not through induced Jonathan P. West JLynn D. Davidson James McBride Deanne Simmons P. David Ted DeMars Andrea Foote Gabriel |