but it cannot continue. our constitution, the foundation of our republican, forbids it. the principles of our freedom forbid it. and the law i will sign tonight forbids it. [ applause ] the civil rights act of 1964 is not going to create instant brotherhood. nobody pretends that. the attorney general gets the ability to bring lawsuits in education. three civil rights workers disappear. only one clue, the burned out car in which they were last seen riding. there is little hope they re still alive.
tolerate police by terror taking the law into their own hands. this is unacceptable. i believe the time has come for the president to step in. it s created a political ground swell for lyndon johnson to quickly, and this time, without nearly as much opposition as the civil rights act of 64. to push through the voting rights act of 1965. their cause must be our cause too. because it s not just negros, but, really, it s all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice, and we shall overcome. dr. king decided that the
they could not to have to get involved and it was after the encounter with wallace at the civil rights that civil rights became top priority. difficulties in discrimination exist in every city, in every state of the union, but law alone cannot make men see right. we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and as clear as the american constitution. that was the first time that the president made the question of ending racial segregation not because it s politically expedient to do so, because it is morally right to do so. next week, i shall ask the congress of the united states to act, to make a commitment that is not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in american life or law.
persons. the freedom riders essentially become rapted. the church was surrounded, and people were setting fire to cars. dr. king had gone over to montgomery from atlanta, and so king, too, along with the riders is trapped at this church. martin luther king junior placed a call to robert kennedy and said to the attorney general, something must be done. president kennedy called out the united states and placed the city you should marshal law. the city is now under marshal law and troops are on their way into montgomery. finally, with federal intervention, the freedom riders were put on a bus and headed to jackson.
and we had the very first sit-in in nashville. the students sit down at the lunch counter asking to be served, knowing full well that it s against the law. the new tactic came as a surprise, creating bewilderment and confusion in the white communities, and even among the negroes themselves. i think on this point you would have to agree with me that all people should obey just laws. by i would also say that an unjust law is no law at all, and when we find an unjust law, i