This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.  If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. However, if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Just as William Wirt Winchester, a century ago, put preservation of the Winchester Repeating Arms  corporation above all else, so should we put the creation of a true city—a single society, and a single American identity—as a major goal. Toward that goal, we propose the following objectives for national action:

Opening up all opportunities to those who are restricted by racial segregation and discrimination, and eliminating all barriers to their choice jobs, education, and housing so people can live in peace and a secure environment.

Removing the frustration of powerlessness among the disadvantaged by providing the means to deal with the problems that affect their own lives and by increasing the capacity of our public and private institutions to respond to those problems, so people have their needs met by our leaders who are getting paid tax payer money to deal with these situations. This will decrease taxpayer waste of revenue.

Increasing the communication across racial lines to destroy stereotypes, halt polarization, end distrust and hostility and create common ground for efforts toward common goals of public order and social justice.

There are those who oppose these aims as rewarding the rioters. They are wrong. A great nation is not so easily intimidated. We propose these aims to fulfill our pledge of equality and to meet the fundamental needs of a democratic and civilized society—domestic peace, social justice, and urban centers that are citadels of human spirit.

There are others who say that violence is necessary—that fear alone can prod the Nation to act decisively on behalf of the racial minorities. They are too wrong. Violence and disorder compound injustice; they must be ended and they will be ended.

Our strategy is neither blind repression nor capitulation to lawlessness. Rather it is the affirmation of common possibilities, for all, within a single society.

1. What was the basic conclusion? Explain their findings.
2. What proposals did they make?
3. What is the result of violence?
4. What five categories did the Commission identify for assassination?
5. What were the characteristics of a typical assassin?