Gradually more and better jobs in most fields have opened up and appointments to higher positions in government have been made. But such outrages as the burning of churches and attempts to exclude qualified Negroes from universities. continue. The recent sending to some northern States of persons called "reverse freedom riders" but really political refugees. underlines tragically how far we still have to go to change the attitudes and institutions that are based on prejudice and tradition. The Federal Government cannot force people to change their thinking. but it can and should compel changes in their actions. When groups in certain States started the "reverse freedom rider" gimmick. designed to embarrass people in nonsegregation States at the expense of innocent Negroes.
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