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...miles-in so conspicuous a car being sought by police would be almost as bold a move as the shooting itself. Adding to the confusion was a new report that there had been two white Mustangs parked near the rooming house on Memphis' South Main Street, the origin of the single fatal bullet...
...were pure "soul"; a succession of black-robed speakers praised the memory of Dr. King in fustian oratory rich with Biblical imagery. In effect, it was a crystalline demonstration of the fact that Negro churches, by and large, are fundamentalist in outlook and still bear the marks of their origin as the spiritual hope of a people who once were slaves...
...song and preaching. Although barred from joining white churches, Negroes were visited by white evangelists, who instilled in them the fervor and faith of oldtime religion.* The Negro accepted the doctrines but brought to the spirit of worship an intensity arising from repression. Hymns reflected both the African origin of the Negro and the agony of his existence. Sermons emphasized the vision of beatitude in the promised land; the congregation-condemned to submission and silence elsewhere-was free here to give public vent to its yearnings in cries of "Amen." Says John Lewis of Atlanta, former chairman of the Student...
Lyndon Johnson now has before him for signature a law just passed by House and Senate requiring that all federal juries be picked at random from rolls that fully reflect "a fair cross section of the community" without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin or economic status. Since Johnson requested the bill, there is little doubt that he will sign it most happily...
...sounds more as if he were proselvtizing a new religion than discussing a social problem. He told a Harvard audience last Friday, "The most important element of all, and something that makes natural beauty worth being concerned about, is life--the unbroken living chain that extends back to the origin of life on earth. From a long-ago beginning down to each of us here, it has never failed to reproduce itself well." The concept of "organic wholeness" is more than just an observation; it is an ethic, and Brower is calling for the cultivation of a conscience...