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This speech titled "The Church and Desegregation" was delivered by Greensboro City Schools Superintendent Benjamin L. Smith to Centenary United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on March 13, 1955. In this presentation, Smith discusses the history of the South, reasoning that it will make desegregation difficult but that "an amazing amount of loyalty and goodwill has existed between the races." He says that desegregation is a necessary step, and calls for the support of the church. He goes on to discuss the history of church involvement in education and details why Christians must act according to their religion on the issue of desegregation.