“Many public officials are using the power of their offices to defy the law of the land. Through their irresponsible actions, their inflammatory statements, and their dissemination of distortions and half-truths, they have succeeded in arousing abnormal fears and morbid antipathies within the minds of underprivileged and uneducated whites, leaving them in such a state of excitement and confusion that they are led to acts of meanness and violence that no normal person would commit.” ViolenceLiesPoliticiansFearsMeannessWhitesDistortionsPublic OfficialsInflamingRiling Up Book:Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story Source: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story