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in the civil rights field, I think this is what has
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precipitated this question primarily, and I would like
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to underscore what Mr. Sykes alluded to.
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I have manned the barricades of fighting for
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civil rights professionally, now, for twenty-five years
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in this State. I have no hesitation in saying that if
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you incorporate it in this Constitution, this proposed
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Constitution, provisions which I have been fighting for
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all these "years as principles of life, if you incorporate
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these provisions about equality of opportunity which
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means, not only education, but housing, public accommo-
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dations, employment, et cetera, I'm afraid this Consti-
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tution won't pass and f think the choice that you have,
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it's a very practical one and it's a very real one, and
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I hate to put this in the record, but I think it's true,
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your choice is one of either continuing, those of us that
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are in the civil rights struggle, continuing the fight
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for legislation, and it will come, it is coming, but more
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slowly, and not jeopardize the basic document or taking
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a chance on jeopardizing the basic document.
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I see no alternative. I would love to see
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