Word: petitioners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Things looked good for New York Republican Frank J. Becker, author of an amendment approving voluntary school prayers. Becker claimed 167 signatures on a discharge petition, only 51 short of the number required to get his proposal out of committee and onto the House floor. But opposition was stiffening for...
In Holmes, an active opposition attempted to discourage potential fasters. Thirty five girls initiated a counter-petition, which asserted that "We definitely support SNCC but cannot endorse the method and the precedent that would be set by RGA." One signer evidently considered even the counter-petition too extreme and substituted...
It seems futile to speak against violence this summer. Everyone headed south is opposed to it but convinced nevertheless that Mississippi will be a bloodbath. The fact is that the struggle of black Americans has evoked commitment from young white liberals unparalleled since the cold war began. In the North...
Accompanying the petition will be a fact sheet that charges in part:
The petition itself asks the soviet government to permit the functioning of synagogues and private prayer meetings, restore civil liberties guaranteed to all minority groups under the Russian constitution, and allow Jewish cultural and educational activities.