Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...alleys, dual entrances at theaters, and "Motel for Colored" signs, Ted headed to the Silver Moon. About ten minutes after I had finished my greasy coffee there, Ted strolled by. Ted was usually pretty circumspect in his anti-redneck sabotage, but at the Silver Moon he lost all self-control for a minute. Looking through the grimy window, he saw a row of thick-bodied workers, laughing with the surly waitress. On the window, forming a kind of frame for the people, were Wallace and More Power for Police stickers. All in all, it made a perfect picture...
White involvement faded however, as black parents joined their demonstrating children and the protests spread throughout the city. Encouraged by community groups, parents started chanting for community control of school; before long, demonstrations became near-riots and the School Committee was crying for the national guard. Only after Mayor White intervened, promising an investigation of community grievances against the school system, did the schools regain a facade of normality...
...first demand came from students looking for more control over their school lives. The crisis was in large part a spontaneous cry for student power, and it was to some degree successful. Students won the power to make their own dress codes, and in at least one case--Boston Latin--they actually voted to retain the coat and tie rule...
...Straus family, which has run the firm founded by Rowland Hussey Macy, a onetime Yankee whaler, since 1888, bought it out in 1896 and still has effective control with only 5% of the company's stock...
Lebensraum could be the political cry of the street hips. When he was in New York, Morea and his Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers literally battled the police for control of the Lower East Side. This summer he moved to Boston, where the street hip community has been engaged in a hassle over sleeping rights on the Boston Common. After receiving many complaints from Charles St. merchants and residents, White slapped a curfew on the Common. Night after night, there were dozens of arrests. Some nights, there was violence. One of those nights, Morea got embroiled in a massive street...