Word: integrationism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The wave of demonstrations and marches by Birmingham's Negroes represents a radically new development in the fight for civil rights. The Administration's response indicates that it is unaware of the change in Martin Luther King's movement, his new determination not to end the agitation until his demands...
I agree that Dr. King's protest in Birmingham [April 19] was "poorly timed"-it was shamefully late. I, as a Negro, realize that pressuring a segregationist only further alienates him, but I also realize that pressure has done more in a decade than passiveness has accomplished in a...
White witnesses were asked whether they preferred maintaining segregation and having the schools closed or whether they favored preserving the public schools and allowing integration. In five of the ten districts, citizens decided to accept integration rather than have the schools closed.
The Sibley Commission succeeded in changing public opinion, said Galphin, because it posed the question as a choice between open or closed schools instead of segregation or integration. No one favored closed schools, Galphin said, although many failed to understand the question and responded by flatly declaring, "I'se for...
From the transcripts of the hearings, Galphin has found that local government officials were the largest group in favor of closing the schools and resisting integration.