On the other hand, the hostile reactions of Wilkins and Farmer, the appeal of the argument that "when you mix Vietnam and. Civil rights, you confuse the issue," and the lack of consistent and significant participation in antiwar demonstrations are evidences of the counterpressures on the Negro leadership and large sections of the Negro people. Such pressures include: the crippling effects of the political ties between the leading civil-rights groups and the Johnson administration, the terrible and crushing problems of the day=toeday civil-rights battles, the pervasive suspicion of white-led and dominated movements and organizations (a characteristic of the antiwar movement to date is the overwhelming preponder-=ance of whites). . ,
The living link between the civil-rights movement and the antiwar movement is the large group of students who are active in both. . The continuing disillusionment with the Democratic party, . the growing concern over the threat of a catastrophic world war, -the developing links between American Negro freedom fighters and the freedom struggles in Africa, Asia and Cuba impel the civil-rights movement to engage more vigorously in the antiwar campaign in the United States. The final word on the alliance between the civil rights and antiwar movements has not been stated yet. The question will continue to agitate the "freedom now" ranks and leadership.
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