Word: alabama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...motorcades, voters pawing candidate, and motels for five, occasionally six, hours a night. First it was in Kansas, where Alf Landon gave him a surprisingly warm introduction. Then on to Tennessee. Crowds were huge, no surprise considering Bobby's celebrity. But they were also friendly. We even went to Alabama, George Wallace country, then to Indiana, where, just before the deadline, Kennedy officially entered the Indiana primary...
...played goal for Maine in the late 1970s, scored (get this) a shorthanded goal for the Black Bears while the opposing goalie was still in the net...Thanks to *** Morris at Alaska-Fairbanks for her input this year for The Hockey Notebook II. Thanks also to Julie Woltjen at Alabama-Huntsville, Joe Bertagna '73 and Steve Armstrong for cross-checking the Clarkson mascot...
...College must also be certain that the monument does not glorify the South. The Civil War was primarily a political and economic struggle. But the Confederacy, Dixie, and the Stars and Bars have all become symbols of hate. In Alabama, the state capitol is topped by a confederate flag. It wasn't placed there during reconstruction, but during the battle over desegregation...
Honoring the Confederacy would open up the wounds of the 1960's, not the 1860's. Few people remain bitter over theCivil War. But memories of Alabama police chiefs, water cannons, and attack dogs still linger in the minds of millions of Americans. Most Americans can still remember the debate over the Civil Rights Act. They remember the words to "We Shall Overcome" and the day Martin Luther King was gunned down in Memphis...
...sense as I travel around the nation something is going on. There are several thousand people outdoors--something is going on. From Aspen to Alabama--something is going on....Hope has been unleashed...