Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Congress of Racial Equality chose as its convention theme "The Black Ghetto: An Awakening Giant." CORE was convinced that the black masses -- the lower-classes of the Negro community -- had been relatively unaffected by the civil rights movement. They had no power -- no control over their private and public lives -- and CORE believed they should have a program...
Floyd McKissick, CORE's new National Director, was left with the duty of explaining that the dream -- at least for lower-class Negroes -- had never existed...
...explain to Dr. King that non-violence is a tactic restricted to mass demonstrations. And that mass demonstrations generate no power that can be of tangible use to the lower-class black community, that brotherly love can be carried to an absurd extreme. For Roy Wilkins, he had angry words: "I think it is regrettable that Mr. Wilkins, a man whom I respect, has reached the point where he does not understand the (Negro) community, possibly because of lack of contact." Speaking to the white community, he maintained that those who left CORE were unjustified. "They were afraid. Many...
...starts as the Dodgers swept to the National League pennant. The Dodgers also had 17-game Winner Claude Osteen, and a bullpen staff headed by Phil ("The Vulture") Regan, whose 1966 performance was nothing short of fantastic: 14 victories, only one loss, and an earned-run average (1.62) even lower than Sandy Koufax...
Consumers so far have not pared their personal spending. Retail chains set sales records in September, though the rises were much lower than earlier this year. Some businessmen in Boston, Denver and Los Angeles have noticed a reluctance to buy luxury goods; but Government economists predict that total consumer purchasing will stay strong because wages are increasing so rapidly...