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Face it. Our fellowship fund is for practical purposes.

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

You can hear this line at 00:12:38 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Professor, please. This student finished highest in his class.

- I say simply on his record we've got to consider him for the fellowship.

- But a fellowship in a field where he'll get no employment'll only frustrate him.

- The city of Los Angeles sent him here to study...

- He studied. Now let's send him back to Los Angeles, not all over the world poking his head into this government and that government.

- What good reason will you give for turning him back?

- Race.

- Come now...

- Face it. Our fellowship fund is for practical purposes.

- We encourage students to work out their doctorates in subjects that will benefit them.

- If this Ralph Bunche can be persuaded to study, say physical education, or something more in keeping with his job potentialities, I'll be willing to give him his fellowship.

- Very well, gentlemen, I'll call him in and see if he'll change his mind. I'll report to you later.

- And as he trudged along a silent street in Jerusalem...

- He remembered how the embarrassed chairman had called him in and explained why he should not make the science of politics his field.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes 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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