"Celebrate
Hansberry's Victory at Forum Meet"
Chicago
Alfred Brock
A victory celebration program dedicated to the five lawyers in the Hansberry case was sponsored by the Chicago City-Wide Forum, Sunday at Good Shepherd Congregational Church, before a representative audience which assembled to ascertain the significance of the decision handed down by the United State Supreme Court on November 12, and the next steps to be taken in the fight against restrictive covenants.
The Hansberry versus Lee case which resulted in victory for Carl A.
Hansberry, was brought against him for purchasing property at
Traces Evil to Source
"These covenants," said Mr. Hansberry, "are usually caused by insidious propaganda, chiefly through the newspapers and movies, constantly depicting the Negro at his worst; and absentee landlords.
"What can be done? We can use the full force of the law to attack malicious propaganda, do away with absentee landlords, fight for increased education along political and industrial lines, and for full social and citizenship equality," he concluded.
Assistant Attorney General Loring B. Moore recounted the history of the case and the events which led to its being brought to the nation's highest tribunal.
In discussing "Where do we go from the Hansberry decision?" Atty. Truman K. Gibson, Jr. said "There must be an intelligent awareness of where we stand in the changes going on about us, and we must be prepared to take advantage of these changes and insist on our rights."
Victory has not yet been obtained," said Ald. Earl B. Dickerson.
"The victory of the Hansberry case assures us only of the right to live in
the
Other speakers were Miss Josephine Matson of the Chicago PanHellenic Council; Atty. DeFrantz R. Williams, the Cook County Bar Association; Atty. George A. Blakey, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Mrs. Bessie Willis, Chicago Council of Negro Organizations, and Golden R. Darby of the Negro Chamber of Commerce.
Congratulatory telegrams were read by Atty. Ulysses S. Keys, president of the forum.
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