Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...LEWIS A. LINCOLN...
...After Lincoln, Meek headed at 75 m.p.h. to Paxton, thence to Bloomington and finally to Pontiac, where he spoke that night in a grade-school gymnasium. When his speech was over, he hustled outside. There, with the moonbeams filtering down through the elms, he stood for nearly an hour; in that time he shook some 470 hands. To one man he commented: "What a nice sweater." Spotting a G.O.P. precinct worker, he said: "You're doing a grand job." A middle-aged woman got a "You sure look good tonight, ma'am," and a toothless oldster...
Next night at Lincoln, he played the same tune again. But he charged that since "Attorney General Hyman Albert Yanowitz. alias H. Albert Young," had never changed his name legally, he should be forced to resign. Finally, Bowles declared that he would welcome the support of Negroes who "sincerely" believed in segregation. But Negroes would attend N.A.A.W.P. meetings only on a segregated basis: "The only thing we'll do together is to pledge allegiance to the flag...
...University Press, will also make them available in microfilm to 16 U.S. libraries. Among the items in the collection: the complete diaries of Presidents John and John Quincy and Diplomat Charles Francis; letters and manuscripts of Historians Brooks and Henry; family correspondence with everyone from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to the Duke of Wellington...
Next day, when Milford's schools reopened after having been temporarily closed, only 456 out of 1,562 students attended. Later the boycott spread to nearby Lincoln, where 116 out of 146 pupils refused to go to the elementary school. That night a motorcade cruised through the county with such banners as "Stay Out of School:", "Kick 'Em Out;" and in a field opposite the Milford high school, a wooden cross was set on fire. Finally the Milford school board decided to give in, ordered the eleven Negroes dropped from the rolls. Crowed Bryant Bowles: "The only thing...