Loyola News: Loyola Rally Supports Selma March

An article on the front page of the Loyola News discusses a rally in support of the Montgomery to Selma marches, which held on March 25 at the Law School auditorium at Loyola's Lewis Towers campus. Attendees included priests, nuns, and students from Loyola, Mundelein, and Xavier College. A number of speakers discussed the marches that had just occurred and the lessons that Chicagoans ought to take from them. Father James F. Maguire, Loyola President, spoke first about how the Selma march fit with other news stories in the headlines, and was encouraged to see students attend and give their support to the march. Dr. Mundi of the Loyola Sociology department discussed how "there are many people who do not understand the 'adventure' being embarked upon by the American people. This 'adventure' is the belief in the radical equality of all men. He said that Selma was an 'extremely difficult lesson to be learned.'"
First-hand witness Father Weber spoke of the terror marchers experienced, and said "after Selma, comfortable existence is no longer comfortable."
Sister Mary Peter, B.V.M. "a veteran of Civil Rights struggles," discussed the Catholic Interracial Council's efforts to support demonstrators and educate their parishes. Father Owen McAteer of St. Agatha's parish in Chicago was also an eyewitness and saw a need for demonstrations in Illinois just as much as Alabama.

1965-04-02

The Loyola News, Vol. XLIV No. 23, 1965-04-02, page 1

University Archives and Special Collections

University Archives and Special Collections, The Loyola News, Vol. XLIV No. 23, 1965-04-02, page 1

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