Word: bama
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dave cannot stand the pompous Philistinism of Frank and his circle, gravitates toward Parkman's lower depths, a kind of Mermaid Tavern setting where the young toughs drink, brawl and frolic with the "pigs" who work at the brassiere factory. The arbiter of this elegant bunch is 'Bama Dillert, a gambler without a river boat. 'Bama is a cool autocrat of the poker table, and Dave Hirsh shortly becomes his equally cool partner. 'Bama believes that luck is a function of the brain and that man will eventually master it ("maybe thats the next stage...
...soon turned out that Carmichael and Alabama had different ideas about what the university should be. While Carmichael tried to tighten academic standards, he refused to share the concern of some alumni over the fact that 'Bama's oncegreat football team has won only two games in the last 23. To many old grads he became the original longhair. But even worse: he broadly hinted that the university might one day have to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision against segregation...
...more "moderate" than admitting one Negro girl to a Southern university of several thousand students. Yet had Autherine J. Lucy remained on the University of Alabama campus last February 6, a mob would probably have murdered her. Angry shouts of "Where's the nigger?" "Get her!" "Kill her!" "Keep 'Bama White" were the answers which moderation received here. Less than one month after she registered, Miss Lucy was expelled from the University by the Board of Trustees. "Moderation" had failed, although in fact the incident was considerably more complex than it appeared on the surface...
...more "moderate" than admitting one Negro girl to a Southern university of several thousand students. Yet had Autherine J. Lucy remained on the University of Alabama campus last February 6, a mob would probably have murdered her. Angry shouts of "Where's the nigger?" "Get her!" "Kill her!" "Keep 'Bama White" were the answers which moderation received here. Less than one month after she registered, Miss Lucy was expelled from the University by the Board of Trustees. "Moderation" had failed, although in fact the incident was considerably more complex than it appeared on the surface...
...good college life. They have few dates, seldom become campus leaders, are often looked down on by fellow students as hired freaks. "They're supposed to play ball and that's all," explained a campus poet. Despite these disadvantages, the muscular young men of 'Bama have put up with their lot, accepting it as a fair price to pay for a degree and the quick fame of the sports pages...