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...week's end, the strikers were gearing for a bitter struggle. They vowed to make night marches through white neighborhoods all summer. The International Longshoremen's Association privately told McNair that it would close down the busy port of Charleston if the strike is not settled promptly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Intransigence in Charleston | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

Promoted. Nevertheless, the state refused to investigate the incident, and Governor Robert McNair backed the police. Five of the nine defendants subsequently won promotions, and a federal grand jury refused to indict. Finally, the Justice Department brought misdemeanor charges against the nine. The state provided the cops' defense lawyers, including Assistant Attorney General Joseph C. Coleman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Carolina: The Orangeburg Incident | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

Wednesday, November 27 THE BOB HOPE SHOW (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Guests: Juliet Prowse, Sergio Mendes, Barbara McNair and Glen Campbell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Nov. 29, 1968 | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

...only real suspense in If He Hollers, Let Him Go, which calls itself a thriller, is waiting for the comely costar, Negro Singer Barbara McNair, to take her clothes off. Since she doffs her duds during the first half-hour, voyeurs can feel free to leave immediately afterward. There is nothing more for them-or anyone else, really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Skin Game | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

Before Lake does so, the action stops every few minutes, the screen turns a noxious color, and there appears a flashback showing how Lake got into this ghastly mess. It is in one of these scenes that Miss McNair turns up as Lake's girl Lily. No sooner has she appeared on-screen than she is writhing in St. Jacques' embrace. To make a film debut this way may have been a tactical and professional error. Except for her stylish vocalizing, Miss McNair displays more photogenic than histrionic talent, and in her first screen role she has already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Skin Game | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

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