And they want to let Negro and white folks read 'em together! Imagine! Negro and white folks reading the Constitution together! That'll overthrow anybody's government.

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12 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - Peace Mediator classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:25:03 in the radio play.

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- I've talked to this political scientist, Ralph Bunche, who advised me to let it in. No harm.

- Why this here... what they call it? 'Freedom Train,' or something silly like that... Why the cargo on that train is loaded. Dynamite.

- And you know what they intend to do?

- They got them 'Bill of Rights' on there on exhibition.

- Did this Ralph Bunche tell you that?

- And they want to let Negro and white folks read 'em together! Imagine! Negro and white folks reading the Constitution together! That'll overthrow anybody's government.

- For Negroes and whites to read that there Constitution together in the South is... is unconstitutional!

- Mayor, you gotta stop that Freedom Train!

- But what can I do?

- It's a Trojan horse! That's what it is!

- Derail the devilish thing!

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Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Quotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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