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I hereby decree that the train can come in, provided it honors our customs.

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

You can hear this line at 00:25:48 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

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

- Derail the devilish thing!

- Gentlemen! I've got it! I'm a fair and square mayor, you know that.

- I promised Bunche personally I'd do it. Therefore, I say this Freedom Train oughta be allowed to come in.

- Now wait, wait 'til I finish...

- I hereby decree that the train can come in, provided it honors our customs.

- To be fair, we'll let the white folks read the Bill of Rights and the Constitution on Monday, and the colored folks can come in and read 'em on Tuesday.

- Anybody caught reading outta place will be put in jail. Now, how do you like that?

- Well now, they sure don't call you 'Fair 'n Square' for nothin'!

- Yes, now let that Freedom Train roll in. Let 'er roll.

- But he remembered urging... That no segregation of any individual or group of any kind on the basis of race or religion be allowed at any exhibition of the Freedom Train held anywhere.

[...]

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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