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Word: cuninggim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Case of Fire. Dr. Merrimon Cuninggim, dean of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, ticked off the South's "moth-eaten and decrepit" defenses of segregation (e.g., "The Negroes lack our standards in health, morality and marital fidelity"), scoffed in answer: "Then, if so, let's get to work on them. What do we do when the house catches fire, even the back room? Take a walk? . . . Most of us are getting tired of seeing ministers and laymen react as Southerners first and Christians second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christianity v. Jim Crow | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

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