Word: durr
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...California, Australia's Roy Emerson and the U.S.'s Billie Jean King the No. 1 -ranked male and female amateurs in the world, both signed pro contracts, along with three other ranking women: Britain's Ann Haydon Jones, France's Francoise Durr and the J.S.'s Rosemary Casals. "This does a great deal to clear my conscience," said Billie Jean. "I'll admit I made my living as an amateur-but it wasn't close to what I can make...
Speaking to a Dunster House Forum, Durr said that the South's Bible Belt heritage means that "Being saved is half the fun of sinning." Because of the South's obsession with sin and repentance, it interprets any criticism as confession of having sinned. Thus, Durr said, a Southerner who speaks out on the race problem is considered to be accusing the South of sinning. Ostracism faces anyone so bold...
...Democratic Party will resurge in Alabama because the state is poor and needs Federal aid, Durr predicted, but to do so it will have to overcome the "McCarthyism" with which the South "has just caught up." "Red and black have become so confused that any action for civil rights is of emotional necessity called Communist-inspired," he added...
...church is also part of the conspiracy of silence, Durr said. He recalled that when he was young, ministers used to give sermons on brotherhood at least once every six months; "I haven't heard a sermon on the general subject of brotherhood in ten years...
Comparing George Wallace to "a sky-rocket which will drop of its own accord," Durr expressed guarded optimism for the future progress of moderation in Alabama. Having "cut himself off from Washington," Wallace will face defeat on "bread-and-butter issues." But after Wallace, he said the "great silence" must still be faced...