Word: klux
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...president's failure to take even a cosmetic, symbolic stand. After national circulation of the Klitgaard study, Bok vigorously apologized for any hurt caused by its disclosure, but issued no disclaimer of the report's findings. And these local events took place against a national backdrop of a Ku Klux Klan revival, an increase in racial tension in the South, and the election of a president who stands as a potential threat to affirmative action and civil rights...
Among the crowd were several Harvard students and recent alumni, including Dayna L. Cunningham '81, who said she came because the American people cannot afford to be intimidated by the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the New Right...
...liberal's duty for the next four years, Lewis asserts, is to preserve and strengthen the progressive philosophy, especially in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties. He contends that overt racism is growing throughout the nation, citing the increasingly visible Ku Klux Klan as one example of this trend. Lewis attributes recent expressions of racism to hard economic times: "We feel powerless in the world, people are not as content, and it is easier to be generous when things are going well...
Appearing as an invited speaker, Allan Weisinger, an extension student, accused Wilson of helping to bolster movements such as the Ku Klux Klan and the right-wing National Front of England...
...naturally as a walk around the block, and are sometimes just as risky. KKK announces a fearless ambition guaranteed to turn both sides of the color line to a common, angry red: "I am bigger than a nigger/ Wanna be an all American man/ Wanna join the Ku Klux Klan/ Play in a rock 'n' roll band." Wielding lyrics that take wide swipes at the collective social conscience, the Bus Boys are a much needed addition to the contemporary rock music scene, which goes light on social issues and white on rhythm. There goes the neighborhood, indeed...