Word: arrington
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Birmingham, of course, has not been totally transformed. "We don't make any claim that we've licked racism," says Mayor Vann, "but we've learned to face the problem candidly and not play games." City Councilman Richard Arrington complains that much of what has been done so far in Birmingham is "still very much tokenism." Arrington protests, for instance, that blacks "still have difficulty cracking the suburbs." Mayor Vann worries about white flight from the city; black leaders complain that Birmingham may not be able to provide jobs to match new expectations, and that housing integration...
...last ten years, the Miles faculty has carried out an active, organizational commitment to Birmingham's black community. Richard Arrington, a Miles graduate, one-time dean and now one of two blacks on the Birmingham City Council, calls the Miles experience "an awakening to community responsibility" as well as an education. "The college has always called for responsible student involvement in the community," Arrington said, "and students talk to me often about returning to Birmingham and the importance of organization." In the early sixties, Miles students organized a newsmaking boycott that forced downtown businesses to integrate their facilities...
...work-study option, act as intellectual and practical circuits between Miles' students, the black community and the city of Birmingham. "Our job is to hook Miles into the power structure of Birmingham," he says. Monro's view of education coincides with the double commitment of the college which Arrington described, and accounts for the dual set of problems which Miles faces. Yet Monro consistently maintains a low profile--which perhaps is the reason he has been so effective. "A white man can work at a black college, provided that the black community runs it," Monro says. "There's no question...