Word: integrationism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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In many ways it has become a microcosm of America two-thirds of the way through the century. The "South-side," the Southern central half of the state where tobacco is still a cash crop, was no longer the base for the Byrds-the elite-who had ruled the state...
The President was in Mississippi to get a look at the devastation caused by Hurricane Camille. But the visit also served as a test of Nixon's "Southern strategy," reflected by his appointment of South Carolina Judge Clement Haynsworth Jr. to the Supreme Court and by the slower pace...
Three weeks ago, the Nixon Administration asked a federal court to delay the enforcement of an order requiring 30 Mississippi school districts to integrate this fall. According to Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Robert Finch, the delay, which will forestall integration in these districts for at least a year, was...
Ironically, the procedure by which the courts could call on HEW for expert help had been regarded as a significant development in the drive for integration. By taking cases in groups, this approach would save time. Since the programs would be created by the Office of Education's personnel...
The Nixon Administration's caution has tended 'to blur the guidelines for school desegregation, casting doubt on the inevitability-or at least the near-term certainty-of enforced integration in the South. The result is a loss in valuable psychological momentum. For local Southern officials, the pressure to...