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Reading the report (May 12) of Stokely Carmichael's oration at Harvard was a weird experience. I wondered who among black students at Harvard today could possibly think that the warmed-over two-penny rhetoric of Carmichael had any relevance whatsoever to the current needs of Afro-Americans. I also wondered why such black students would be so dependent emotionally upon Carmichael's brand of ideological nonsense that they thought he was worth an honorarium ranging, no doubt, between $1000-2000. What a waste... Martin Kilson Professor of Government
...wasn't aware that you had also assumed the function of college humorist. However, my particular complaint is about a notice that was definitely not funny. This item appeared on Saturday, April 10, under the heading of "Ethnic Purity." The notice announced that the Institute of Politics fellow Gilbert Carmichael and his former campaign manager were to speak about the "New South." The implication of the title, especially after the controversy over Jimmy Carter's use of that phrase, is that Carmichael and the rest of the "New South" are racist and/or are in reality supporters of racist policies...
...support from voters who are confident about America's future. The soft accent, the moderation on issues, the emphasis on "Trust me," even his fundamentalist religiosity, seem attuned to the times. "Jimmy Carter is a positive and upward and loving candidate," observes former Mississippi Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Gil Carmichael. "His spiritual issue is probably one of the best gut issues." Yet Carter's course is also hazardous. He has so stressed his honesty, freshness and reasonableness that any slip into a clear deception or another heated controversy might seem a betrayal. His "ethnic purity" remark was a precarious...
...bells" in the minds of the jurors, reminding them of a bank robbery that did occur. Long before the jury was sequestered for Patty's trial, the press had reported that a grand jury was investigating her possible connection with the raid on the Crocker National Bank in Carmichael, a Sacramento suburb, on April 21, 1975. During the robbery, one woman was killed. Said Carter: "If you talk about banks in the Sacramento area, it seems to me it is raising the flag of the homicide question." And that, he felt, might unfairly harm Patty's case...
...Carmichael also said he thought the endorsement of Jackson this week from Daniel P. Moynihan, professor of Government, played a major part in the Jackson victory. "They even love Moynihan down in the south now," he said...