Word: galphin
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...southern journalist noted significant advances which have been made "not because Georgia is a particularly liberal state, but simply because it has felt the tide of inevitable change." More and more, southern attitudes are chang- ing because "the people are being told that change is coming," said Galphin. They see the change in the events that are occurring and they feel in it their own hearts...
...Bruce M. Galphin, a reporter on race relations for the Atlanta Constitution, gave a journalist's view Wednesday of the forces and events which distinguished Atlanta from the more explosive chapters in desegregation history, before the Lowell House Forum on the South...
Currently studying as a Nieman Fellow at the University, Galphin emphasized that the press has unique opportunities to pave and smooth the path to improved race relations. In this respect, the Constitution has been one of the most responsible papers in the South...
...keys to the success of the Atlanta desegregation move, Galphin observed, was that the public had been prepared for change by the city's press and by its leading groups and figures. In contrast, the "voices of reason and moderation" were rarely heard in New Orleans because the city's papers failed to "provide a forum for liberal voices." New Orleans' business and civic leaders, as well as the local papers, all "played ostrich and hoped that the problem would go away," said Galphin...
Along with the desegregation of Atlanta's schools, lunch counters, and other public facilities, Galphin noted that Georgia itself has seen in the last year the abolishment of the county-unit system of primary voting. The system for years enabled staunch segregationists to be elected by favoring the rural counties over the more liberal urban vote. This summer, combined statewide vote tabulations resulted in the selection of the moderate Carl Sanders as the Democratic gubernatorial candidate over the radical segregationist Marvin Griffin...