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McNeill Smith

He Stood Up When The Times Were Tough

McNeill Smith is running to retire Jesse Helms from
the U. S. Senate because North Carolina deserves better.
While Jesse Helms spent the 50's and 60's denouncing the
movement for civil rights and equal justice in the South,
Mac Smith was standing up for what he thought was right.

In 1959, Mac Smith was appointed the first chairman
of the North Carolina Civil Rights Advisory Committee.
His committee held hearings across the state and its
detailed report was among the first documenting systematic
discrimination at all levels of North Carolina life.

When the first sit-ins occurred in Greensboro in
1960, Mac Smith played a major role in negotiating a
settlement, which integrated the lunch counters. In
1963, he helped settle the disputes across the state
over desegregation of hotels, motels, and sit-down
restaurants.

The North Carolina Legislature was shocked by all of
this protest activity and the active participation in the
demonstrations by college students and professors. In
reaction to this, they passed the Speaker Ban Law, to
prevent certain classes of individuals from speaking on
college campuses.

Mac Smith represented a group of student leaders who
challenged the legality of the Speaker Ban. No other
lawyer in the entire state was willing to help. A North
Carolina federal court unanimously declared the law
unconstitutional in 1968.

 
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In 1970, Mac Smith was elected to the North Carolina
House of Representatives and two years later to the Senate.
As a legislator, Mac Smith has continued his fight for
human rights and equal justice. He was the chief sponsor
of the statewide kindergarten program, led the fight for a
new reading program, fought for a tough landlord-tenant
bill and was the chief spokesman for repealing the sales
tax on food and other tax reforms. Further, Mac sponsored
the bill to save the Community Action agencies and fought
for a strong sickle cell program.

As a member of the House of Delegates of the American
Bar Association, the ruling body for all of the nation's
lawyers, Mac has led the fight for affirmative action and
against capital punishment. Under Mac's leadership, the
bar filed a brief in the Bakke case declaring its support
for affirmative action.

Recently, Mac Smith spoke out on another tough issue,
the Wilmington 10. Mac wrote the Governor a letter and
called to urge him to commute the sentences and release
the prisoners. After the decision, Mac stated that the
Governor was on the right track but had not gone far enough.

Mac Smith has spent his life fighting for justice
and equality for all. He's stood up when the times were

tough. Send him to the United States Senate to keep up
the fight.

BE SURE TO VOTE ON TUESDAY, MAY 2nd

 
MeNeill Smith
for the U.S. Senate

HE STOOD UP WHEN THE THE TIMES WERE TOUGH

McNEILL SMITH was the first chairman of the North
Carolina Civil Rights Advisory Committee, 1959-63

McNEILL SMITH played a major role in settling the
lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro in 1960 and the
desegregation of hotels, motels, and sit-down
restaurants in 1963

McNEILL SMITH represented student leaders who challenged
the Speaker Ban Law, which was passed in reaction to
civil rights demonstrations in Raleigh. The law was
thrown out by a federal court in 1968.

McNEILL SMITH was the leader in the North Carolina
Senate for statewide public kindergartens, landlord-
tenant legislation, sickle cell programs, community
action agencies, tax reform, and many other vital
programs

McNEILL SMITH fought for affirmative action and against
capital punishment as a member of the House of Delegates
of The American Bar Association

McNEILL SMITH spoke out in favor of commuting sentences
of Wilmington 10 and releasing the prisoners, both
before and after the Governor's decision

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