I thought this was a John Semmens article....he really said this???????
In time, their chorus would well up and reach President Johnson. And he would send them protection, and speak to the nation, echoing their call for America and the world to hear: We shall overcome. (Applause.) What enormous faith these men and women had. Faith in God, but also faith in America.Aside from accusing Americans of being double-minded and worshiping America (he avoids saying the phrase United States), he turns the fellow who said Ill have those (N-words) voting Democratic for the next two hundred years into a hero, which really ought to be about as Uncle Tom as one can get.