Word: march
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jowled Lyndon Johnson at the end of March, peering out at America, through the close-up on a grainy black-and-white television screen: "Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your Presi . . ." The nation stunned, astonished, and millions of the young performing backflips...
...freak storm covered the city with 25 inches of snow that late March week, making conditions unfavorable for public protest. But it was the violence that would distress King more. Members of the Invaders, a local group of black militants, infiltrated his march with the garbage men. When windows were smashed, police moved in against orderly demonstrators and radicals alike. Despondent over the chaos and the rift in his once solid movement, King said, "Maybe the good people should just stand aside until the violence has run its course...
...many this new demand for sensitivity is an unwarranted nuisance; it is the battle cry of the hyper-sensitive. The four-decade march towards a reconsideration of our attitudes towards racism and sexism has suddenly stalled. There is a reluctance, even a resistance towards those who want to subject private attitudes, and trivial public expression to the standards of civil rights and feminism...
...late February and early March, the Office for the Arts at Harvard and Radcliffe will sponsor the "Radcliffe Filmmakers Reunion," says Learning from Performers Coordinator Susan A. Zielinski. Radcliffe graduates who have become successful filmmakers will meet with undergraduates and screen films from their student and professionial years. Some participants will also spend time discussing students' films, Zielinski says...
Lindsay Crouse, who starred in her husband David Mamet's House of Games, and conductor Christopher Hogwood will present workshops in late February and early March as part of the "Learning from Performers" series...