while mr. boutwell is much more general person to mr. connor. they are both segregation ist dedicated to the maintenance of the status quo. i have hope that mr. boutwell will be reasonable enough to see the futility of massive resistance to desegregation. but he will not say this without pressure from devotees of civil rights. my friends, i must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determine legal and nonviolent pressure. lamentably it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. individuals may say the moral right and voluntarily give up their unjust posture, but as reinhold niebuhr has reminded us, groups tend to be more immoral than individuals. we know through painful experience that is never voluntarily given by oppressor. it must be demanded the oppressed. frankly i have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was well timed and the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. for years now i have heard the word white. it ri