Word: marcher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...side, a couple of distinguished-looking gentlemen were arguing. One, a passerby, was disputing the effectiveness of peace marches. After a while he pulled out his credentials. The other gentleman, a marcher, responded, "Well, I have a Ph.D. in physics. We don't have to brag to each other...
...minister, discovered the complexity of what he calls the '?Q.N." (for Qualified Negro) problem in the early '60s. After opening hundreds of jobs through a quiet, three-year consumers' boycott (in Sullivan's euphemism, a "selective-buying campaign") that never used a picket or a marcher, he discovered to his chagrin that he could not find enough skilled Negroes to fill the jobs. Realizing that "integration without preparation is frustration"-now one of his favorite slogans-he decided to set up his own training program, and with other Negro ministers, established the Opportunities Industrialization Center (O.I.C...
Taking It Easy. Typical of ministers who have decided to express their convictions more cautiously is the Rev. Noah Inbody of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Skokie, Ill. A Selma marcher, he returned home full of zeal for open housing, lost several wealthy parishioners as a result of strong sermons on the subject, faced the threat of losing touch completely with his middle-class suburban congregation. Although his opinions have not changed, Inbody no longer takes an active part in civil rights work. "I've had to take it easy," he admits. "I don't go out and pound...
...marchers had been walking for more than four hours, and now they had come to a rest on the lawn of the Quincy police station. A large group of local youths who had been trailing and taunting the marchers gathered nearby; gradually, they wandered over and began talking. Two of them approached a marcher, who was sitting exhausted under a large tree...
...know," said one of the boys with calm and deliberate hostility, "that you are a roaring, screaming, flying asshole." He repeated the declaration several times, but got no response. The marcher sat quietly, slowly running his hand over the smooth grass...