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APPENDIX E RESOLUTION 5C 48-17 PASSED BY THE DELEGATES TO THE FIFTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 22–25, 1948 WHEREAS: racial segregation in any form, whether practiced by a Government management, the armed forces, or on the college campus, is a direct denial of the basic equality of man, and; WHEREAS: it is evident that civil rights is now an issue of paramount and immediate practical significance to all Americans and; WHEREAS: the necessity of providing for the protection of the Basic Freedoms of millions of American citizens transcends any alleged violations of states rights and legality, and considerations of politics and expedience, therefore; BE IT RESOLVED: That the NFCCS endorse the report of the President’s Commission on Civil Rights and recommends enactment of its recommendations into law by the Congress of the United States. 204  Black, White, and Catholic: New Orleans Interracialism 1947–1956 Resolution 5C 48–17, NFCCS Fifth National Congress, April 22–25, 1948, National Federation of Catholic College Students. records, Manhattanville College Archives, Pleasantville, NY. Anderson final pages 8/10/05 9:15 AM Page 204 ...

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