Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...forced the leaders to put off a big march scheduled for this week until June 19 (known as "Juneteenth Day" for the anniversary of the freeing of the slaves in Texas in 1865). They also sent out an emergency summons to Bayard Rustin to handle the march, which may prove to be their smartest move yet; Rustin is the master organizer who turned the 1963 March on Washington into a nonpareil of nonviolence...
Such veiled threats can prove to be a two-edged sword. They can maintain interest in the campaign at a high pitch, but they are also likely to infuriate enough Congressmen to wreck all chances of achieving significant legislative gains...
...Democratic national leadership hopes to avert a replay of the turmoil at Atlantic City in 1964 when insurgent blacks and white civil rights activists, calling themselves the Mississippi Democratic Freedom Party, invaded the convention floor. Nonetheless, the Negroes' success last week may prove short-lived. Segregationists among more than 400 whites dominating the state meeting in July could still bulldoze through an all-white slate of delegates, arguing that Negroes had been duly included in the initial selection process. Evers and other black delegates are preparing for an eventual challenge, joining the Freedom Democrats in what could become another...
...does not sufficiently prove his thesis. Indeed, he gives the impression of having researched this book the way Sinclair Lewis used to research a novel: by filling a trunk not only with his own notes but also with every newspaper or magazine clipping that might some day serve to make a point. Many of his statistics come from Government reports, and he naturally leans most heavily on the bleakest. Still, some of the citations are deeply disturbing: children under 18 compose 42% of America's poor; the average Negro who finishes high school has a mathematical ability below eighth...
...cells become specialized and how they sometimes change from one specific function to another. These questions are crucial for man's understanding of the cell's nature. Furthermore, since cancerous cells are previously normal ones which, for some reason, begin to change and spread wildly, his research may eventually prove to be valuable in the fight against cancer...