Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...might expect Nat Nakasa to be bitter about South Africa. As an African, he has experienced a lifetime of restrictions under a system that discriminates between the races so strictly that Africans are not allowed to touch or handle the South African flag. "However distinguished an African may become," says Nakasa, "there is no hope of escaping his black skin. In fact, outstanding success in business or education often brings increased frustration...
...more important were the effects of President Kennedy's assassination. The shock of losing a President made most Americans wary of sudden changes in command and eager for continuity and stability. The bitter "Throw the bums out!" atmosphere of so many 1962 (and 1960 and 1963) state campaigns was replaced by a "Things are O.K.--keep the incumbents in" attitude...
...across the bridge and made for the church, chased by the sheriff's deputies and the horsemen. Many Negroes picked up cans and rocks and hurled them at the police. As the deputies crowded in, they were stopped by Selma's Public Safety Director Wilson Baker, a bitter enemy of Clark's who has done his thankless best to keep peace in the city. Said Baker to Clark: "Sheriff, keep your men back." Replied Clark: "Everything will be all right. I've already waited a month too damn long...
...Progress Gap." Moreover, Tucker's slum-clearance projects had generated bitter protests among the people who were displaced, mostly Negroes, and among those into whose neighborhoods the displaced were moved. Negro leaders threw their support to Cervantes despite the fact that Tucker had consistently backed ordinances barring discrimination in public accommodations, employment and housing. Finally, Cervantes charged that, for all Tucker's works, St. Louis had suffered a "progress gap," and simply promised to do more faster...
...three pieces which intrigues me is by a Wellesley sophomore, Carol Bosworth. What to call the article is the problem. She terms it "didactic effusions," which would put anybody off. It is really an extended reminiscence, punctuated with a sometimes, bitter, sometimes wise, philosophical narrative. With a good ear for dialogue--and dialect--and a sharp eye for detail, Miss Bosworth successfully evokes her childhood and early religious training. The interwoven commentary is equally precise, chopping up the "effusions" with such pungencies as "Jews are made and not born...