Word: blacks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cecil Cooper, Bernie Carbo, Dwight Evans, Juan Beniquez; 2. Bobby Richardson; 3. Johnny Podres; 4. Joe Black, John Wyatt, Jim Grant, Bob Gibson, Luis Tiant, John Odom; 5. Dale Mitchell batting for Sal Maglie; 6. Jim Mason; 7. Tom Matchick, Ray Oyler, Dick Tracewski, Mickey Stanley; 8. John Antonelli; 9. Jose Santiago; 10. Corrected question reads: who were the only two Mets to allow earned runs. Answer: Jerry Koosman and Tom Seaver; 11. Bruce Kison; 12. Whitey Ford; 13. Ken Brett; 14. Moe Drabowsky; 15. Howard Ehmke; 16. Bill Wambsganss; 17. Nippy Jones; 18. Lou Brock; 19. Denis Menke...
...FLICKERING TELEVISION IMAGE of a number of prominent black Americans linking hands with Palestinian leaders and singing "We shall overcome" signified an important new trend in Mid-East politics. It reflected not only the recent tension between American blacks and jews, triggered by Andrew Young's forced resignation as ambassador to the United Nations, but also the belief shared by a growing number of Americans that the United States should end its policy of refusing to negotiate with the Palestinian Liberation Organization...
Leaders of the PLO say privately they are now resigned to accept Israel's existence as a fact of life. For example, PLO head Yasser Arafat told visiting American black leaders last month he supports a U.N. resolution that, in part, "provides for the sovereignty of all states" in the Middle East. This concession reflects the PLO's search for legitimacy and echoes its general shift of direction since 1973 from terrorist tactics to diplomatic channels. Of course, the PLO still includes terrorist elements but they will subside only if moderation and diplomacy prove more effective than terrorism...
...Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court granted the three defendants a new trial on March 8, 1979 because the prosecution had violated the Commonwealth constitution by using its privilege of pre-emptory challenge to prevent jurors from serving solely on the basis of race. Mundy eliminated 13 black jurors in the original trial...
Students at the meeting related a story of a black student who had large darts thrown at him while he was walking past Winthrop House a few weekends...