Word: colorful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think about "sassoborro," the name her ebony-black father--his mouth curled in scorn used to call those with mulatto skin. She was grateful that they weren't there to see--and share--her shame. But she knew that...all anyone had to do was compare her color and the baby's to know what had happened--and with whom.... But before she fell asleep, Kizzy decided...she would never regard him as other than the grandson of an African...
Murphy, the voice of the New York Mets, and color partner Mildren, a former All-American quarterback at Oklahoma, huddled with producer Staeckel at the ABC control truck three hours before the game. Mildren, a graduate of the "Don Meredith twang school of broadcasting" diligently arrived in Cambridge on Thursday...
Today, 55,000 students are bused, and the enrollment in private academies, which peaked in 1972 (17,600 students attending 58 private schools), has dropped somewhat. Says one black student: "Black and white students get along better, do things together, and color is nothing." How Jacksonville managed to desegregate without widespread violence is accounted for by some by the taste of what the city got on "ax-handle Saturday." Others credit the blacks' patience and restraint, or the fatiguing 15 years of school-board resistance that gave whites time to adjust to the idea. But as one local observer...
...September Saturday morning, and the tribes have begun to move. The interstate highways that lace the South start to clog up with a glut of cars, campers and $25,000 motor homes complete with beds, baths, color TVs and banner-streaming antennas. Citizen's Band radios howl with rebel yells, chants and incantations: Eat 'em up, Dogs! Get 'em, Gators! Roll, Tide! The college football season has arrived. Everyone who could ferret out a ticket is going to The Game. Which The Game? It doesn't matter. The South is renewing its annual passion, and every...
Fluttering Flags. Football in the South is a social event, fashion show and year-round centerpiece for bragging. Its rituals are as firmly fixed as the firmament on high. In Knoxville, Tenn., fans strip the supermarkets of their favorite fruit: orange is a school color, a half-time snack and something to throw at offending referees. When 60,000 University of Florida loyalists gather for a game, the world's largest beach party is under way, fueled by whisky and Gatorade. At the University of Georgia, wardrobes are planned for the slow stroll to seats behind the fabled hedges...