children should be treated. and here is the news. there is some mystery and some fear concerning three civil rights workers, two whites from new york city and a negro from mississippi. police say they arrested the three men for speeding yesterday, but released them after they posted bond. they have not been heard from since. they paid the fine and i released them and i escorted them to their car. and that s the last time we saw any of them. we got word that mickey and andy and james had been arrested. and there was no word what had happened to them.
alabama is now believed to be only a very short time away. the two negroes, vivian malone and jimmy hood, reportedly are en route from birmingham to the campus. governor wallace about ready to make his appearance on campus. coming into it, nobody knows what s going to happen. the justice department doesn t know what wallace is going to do. wallace doesn t know whether he s going to be put in jail. as governor and chief magistrate of the state of alabama, i deem it to be my solid obligation and duty to stand before you representing the rights and sovereignty of this state and its peoples. and now being mindful of my duties and responsibilities under the constitution of the united states, the constitution of the state of alabama, and seeking to preserve and maintain the peace and dignity of this state and the individual freedoms of the citizens thereof, do hereby denounce and forbid this illegal and
but it cannot continue. our constitution, foundation of our republic, the principals of our freedom forbid it. and the law i will sign tonight forbids it. [ applause ] senator hubert humphrey has called the civil rights bill the greatest piece of social legislation of our generation. tell somebody my stamp, make sure we get some more pens here. the civil rights act of 1964 is not going to create instant brotherhood. no one pretends that.
stop violating the law. three civil rights workers have disappeared in mississippi. they have not been heard from. our search has thus far produced only one clue, the burned-out station wagon in which the three were last seen riding. there is little hope they still alive. schwerner, chaney and goodman were found shot to death at the base of a recently built dam just six miles from the city of philadelphia. their bodies wrapped in plastic bags numbered one, two, and three were taken to the state medical center in jackson for identification and examination. the two white boys were shot once each through the heart. james chaney, the black youth, had been beaten with chains until every bone in his body was broken, then he was shot three times.
the energy that allows the march on washington to start coming together. we will keep this demonstration nonviolent. it will be peaceful. it will be dignified and disciplined. and i think it will have a great impact. in my judgment, there was perhaps only one man or woman in america who could have put that march together, and it was bayard rustin. we need the movement of best minds many of which are white as well as black. rustin was simply an organizational genius. he was the best and the brightest. do you feel that the president s civil rights program is actually not needed? i don t think it s needed.