Word: lynching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spite of the consideration due the circumstances under which it was written, I must protest Martin Luther King's statement, "But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim...
...Administration and was tapped to prosecute the Puerto Rican nationalists who, in 1954, shot up the Congress. Operating out of a Buenos Aires office decorated with a scarlet rug, wildly abstract art and carved African statuettes, Nuñez has set an ambitious goal: to make Valardel the Merrill Lynch of Argentina. "We have reached the point," says reform-minded Nuñez, "where it is necessary to prove not only that private initiative can make possible sound development but that the private sector can gain self-confidence through its ability to get a job done...
...time beaten only by the eventual winner. Hayes Jones, Aworl was placed in the first semifinal along with three of the other four heat winners. He jumped the gun once and then got off to a bad start, just missing third place at the finish. Crimson hurdler Tony Lynch, needed in the second semifinal, went on to finish fourth in the final...
...Balsar, whose crime was a $4 robbery, felt he was being punished too severely and took his case to the State Supreme Court. The higher court agreed that there was some merit in his plea and ruled that he be resentenced. In a fit of generosity, Judge Stewart Lynch reduced the sentence to 15 years and 10 lashes. Balsar will be flogged...
...when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that "Funtown" is closed to colored children...