Word: doored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...explaining his action, Elder said "it may be argued that, by fixing the ceiling at $2,200 for unmarried men but allowing $2,500 for married men, I am opening the door to an invidious discrimination. My reply would be that we should realistically face the fact that in 1955-56, of the 1490 men registered in our School, 563 were married...
...Next!" called the director as he opened the door to let a young man with a tan sweater, a crew cut, and a moist forehead leave. The girl in green, still clutching the script, entered the casting room. The large room was scattered with broken furniture, the floors were bare, the walls empty. The director's welcome echoed against the dirty windows while the producer smiled reassuringly from behind an ancient desk. They chatted for a few moments about the play and the weather--the director, the producer, and the young actress...
...director smiled, thanked her. The producer shook her hand and opened the door. In the waiting room a girl with long, dark, hair, who wore a black skirt and sweater chatted with the boy next to her. In the background the radios from the wireless club whined and sputtered. She placed a cigarette in the side of her mouth, struck the match three times until it lit, inhaled deeply, then turned her eyes slowly toward the doorway...
...opened the door and called, "Next...
...Sarah Roberts, a five-year-old Negro girl, knocked timidly at the door of a Boston public school and asked admission as a student. Her request was denied; the school was for whites, and her skin was black. This incident precipitated what was probably the first segregation case ever to reach a United States court...