Statement Published in the Bennington Banner
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1968-04-12
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"We are white people.
It was our forefathers who came to this country in search of freedom and
yet who made black people into slaves; it was our forefathers who carried black
people from Africa to America in boats of New England timber.
We are white people.
It was our forefathers who signed the Declaration of Independence with
its claim that all men are created equal and yet who also signed the Constitution
of the United States of America whose original form treated black people as
three-fifths of a human being..."
In 1968: Williams B. Abernathy was the pastor at the North Bennington (VT) Congregational Church; Edward J. Bloustein was the president of Bennington College; Donald R. Brown was a social science faculty member at Bennington College; Robert Condon was a local business owner; Francis B. Flanagan was the pastor of Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Bennington; Gloria Gil was a co-founder of Bennington Potters; Chaim Gross was the rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Bennington; Lawrence F. Powers was a local politician and business owner; Leonard Rowe was a social science faculty member at Bennington College; James M. Toolan was the medical director of United Counseling Service.