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Word: negroness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Professor Leo Wiener of Harvard published a magnificent volume...devoted to the thesis that Maya and Nahuatl languages were derived from the Mandingo of Negro Africa. Some three thousand Maya-Mexican and African words were presented as evidence...

Author: By Peter Frawley, | Title: The Great American Excursion | 2/16/1977 | See Source »

Alex Haley and the TV producers had the Lome Greene character farming cotton in Spotsylvania County, Va.; it should have been tobacco. Harold Cruse, author of The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, observes: "When you see Leslie Uggams and her long polished nails, you just have to laugh." Although Cruse liked Roots, he thought "the ending was contrived, commercialized and romanticized. For one thing, under those conditions, you don't just tie up a plantation owner to a tree and then get into a wagon and casually drive away as if there weren't bloodhounds and night riders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Living with the 'Peculiar Institution' | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...Negro baby born in America today--regardless of the section of the state in which he is born--has about one-half as much chance of completing college--one-third as much chance of becoming a professional man--twice as much chance of becoming unemployed--about one-seventh as much chance of earning $10,000 per year--a life expenctancy that is seven years less--and the prospects of earning only half as much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leonard's Speech | 1/14/1977 | See Source »

...Negro Ensemble Company has always displayed a remarkable ardor and virtuosity in performance. The caliber of the plays has sometimes lagged behind. In The Brownsville Raid, the company has a grand theme to work with-a harsh miscarriage of justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Blind Injustice | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

Partly Vance has had so few critics because he has never allowed himself to become cemented in fixed positions on issues. Carter first met Vance when he was Governor of Georgia and Vance was involved in promoting the United Negro College Fund. Over the years, Carter consulted with Vance on various matters, and the two developed a liking for each other. In 1973 they both became members of the Trilateral Commission, an organization sponsored by David Rockefeller that seeks to promote closer ties among the countries of Western Europe, North America and Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: Vance and Lance: The Selection Begins | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

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