Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...played with the idea of coming down here," she says of her first year at Harvard, now sitting in the Room. "I was never able to use it but wish that...
...just started as an idea I had to bring all of the 'closet Republicans' at Harvard out of their rooms and give them a chance to meet one another," Housman wrote in an e-mail message...
...just started as an idea I had to bring allof the `closet Republicans' at Harvard out oftheir rooms and give them a chance to meet oneanother," Housman wrote in an e-mail message...
...victory is not complete; Travis is determined to find out how they stack up against Jesuit, the best white team in the city. When the St. Augustine coach leaves suddenly, Father Verrett (Homicide's Andre Braugher) takes over as coach. A determined desegregationist from Baltimore, Verrett seizes on the idea of a game with Jesuit as a way to quicken the pace of reform in New Orleans...
Avoiding the tired Southern stereotypes that plague so many movies about the 60s, Passing Glory leaves audiences with a more realistic idea of what the atmosphere in segregated New Orleans must have been like. Many people had good reason to be frustrated, but progress did not always require violent events. The St. Augustine-Jesuit game paved the way for officially integrated competition in 1967. Because of Verrett and Grant, New Orleans finally got a real city championship. St. Augustine's success should hearten people who face inequality today by reminding them how much progress has been made since...