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It could have been a scene from the civil rights movement of the 1960s: a large crowd of demonstrators, most of them black, marching in peaceful protest down an avenue in Washington, chanting slogans and carrying signs. But the series of rallies that have been taking place on Embassy Row...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protest: Marching Against Apartheid | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

In the home office, on the top floor of the Busch Reisinger Museum, the work goes on year round. A half-dozen academics, students from the Graduate School of Design, and an occasional undergraduate join in editing manuscripts in preparation for publication, lab analysis, and administrative tasks such as funding...

Author: By Ted Osius, | Title: Sardis Reveals Its Riches | 1/5/1984 | See Source »

But as Blacks saw the electoral power they could wield in the campaigns of Harold Washington, Wilson Goods, and Mel King, the idea of a Black candidate drew more support. At first these many possible candidates. Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.), with a long faithful history not only to fellow...

Author: By Mark E. Feinberg, | Title: A Leader for the Future | 10/1/1983 | See Source »

Regardless of this opposition, the measure has a good chance of passage in the Senate, and the real battle will probably take shape in the House, where several representatives have proposed progressive alternatives to S. 1630. Most notably, John Conyers Jr., (D-Mich.) has introduced a liberal omnibus reform bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Threat To Liberty | 2/24/1982 | See Source »

The Conyers bill has little chance of passage in either house, but it is expected to serve as a rallying point in the campaign to stop S. 1630. If that goal is achieved, the best we can hope for is a careful, step-by-step elimination of the contradictory, anachronistic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Threat To Liberty | 2/24/1982 | See Source »

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