For Race And Nation: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party by Schmaltz William H

Author:Schmaltz, William H. [Schmaltz, William H.]
Language: rus
Format: epub
Publisher: River's Bend Press
Published: 2013-05-01T21:00:00+00:00

At 11:15, as hundreds of thousands of civil rights marchers swarmed over the Mall, Karl Allen, ignoring two police warnings, made a short speech before being arrested: "We are here to protest by as peaceful means as possible the occupation of Washington by forces deadly to the welfare of our country." 44 Allen’s was the first of only three arrests that entire day.

Valiant 88 return to Arlington.

Rockwell assembled the "Valiant 87" supporters in a single file and led the procession across the Fourteenth Street bridge into Arlington. Asked about the failure of his extensive speaking tour through Virginia to attract sympathizers, Rockwell said, "The right wing, I’m sorry to say, is the most cowardly thing in the world. The Negroes are brave enough to go out and be arrested by the thousands. But the white man is a coward at this point. I’m ashamed of my race." 45

In the District Jail, Allen was surprised to find himself the only prisoner; all others had been temporarily moved to Reston, Virginia, in anticipation of mass arrests. Allen’s lawyer had him released in fifteen minutes on a $300 bond. Rockwell was amazed to see Allen back at headquarters so soon. 46 Allen was convicted of making a speech without a permit and sentenced to ten days in jail or a fifty-dollar fine; he appealed to the District Court of Appeals and won a reversal, because the government had failed to prove that his speech had been given on the Washington Monument grounds.

In California, the Western Division was having a tough time of its own. Ralph Forbes had arrived in Burbank to give a speech in McCambridge Park. Flanked by two stormtroopers, Forbes walked stiffly to the center of the park, where he was immediately encircled by reporters, television cameramen, and agitators. He stood quietly amidst the throng, his hands clenched at his sides. When the angry crowd began to quiet down, Forbes grabbed a clipboard that held his text and began to speak: "Fellow Americans."

The crowd, almost in one voice, began shouting, drowning him out. There were angry shouts and threats from the crowd, but a contingent of thirty policemen discouraged the agitators from becoming violent. Instead, the hecklers derided Forbes, yelling "Why don’t you go home?" and "Nazi rat, you’re as bad as communists." Forbes raised his voice and tried speaking again: "The civil rights march today in Washington is a communist-led march." The crowd booed and catcalled throughout his talk, but Forbes shouted through the turmoil. He ended his short speech, calmly picked up his briefcase, and returned to his car, looking straight ahead, his jaw tightly clenched.

To most observers, the March on Washington was a tremendous success for the civil rights movement and the Kennedy administration. There was no violence, King made his famous "I have a dream" speech, and Congress witnessed firsthand the widespread support for the movement: more than 25 percent of the marchers were white. But the march also marked the end of the nonviolent civil rights movement.

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