Word: brickmason
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nose; his brown eyes scanned a document in the Conner case. He peered up from under bushy brows; a hush fell. The room was jammed with veniremen: Negroes as well as whites, women as well as men-a Johnson jury. Only one Negro survived defense challenges-an elderly Negro brickmason who later voted for conviction-but that might have happened in northern Maine. At one point, a defense lawyer mocked a Negro witness in the patronizing accents of Catfish Row. Objection by the prosecution. "Sustained," snapped Johnson. "Such remarks have no bearing on this case." At another point, a Government...
...September 12 Democratic primary (the only kind that counts in Georgia) is not much. Of his four rivals, one is a woman who claims, "I don't know why Georgia couldn't have a woman Governor. Europe has had its queens." Another is a Bible-quoting farmer-brickmason whose plat form is prayer, but who doesn't have one in this contest. Only Carl Sanders. 37. a good-looking state senator, seems to have a chance against Griffin. Sanders has the backing of a host of anti-Griffinites, including Georgia's key newspapers (the "Atlanta integrationist...
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