Word: racial
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...class minister who had helped organize the courthouse march. They promised that if the boycott were called off, Negroes would be in uniform by the third week in April; not seeing a way to effect the boycott in any event, Lowery agreed. The businessmen kept their promise. "When these racial things flare up, who gets it in the neck?" rasped one of them afterwards. "City Hall? Hell...
City officials hoped aloud that the move would ensure racial peace. They said it would improve the law enforcement in Negro neighborhoods. It had certainly removed from the list of civil rights demands the most galling example of discrimination...
...objectively measurable criteria that they are doing an outstanding job in helping the children of the poor. Such criteria migiht include the improvement in the percentage of poor children who complete high school; their improvement in achievement tests; and their vigor and success in achieving meaningful integration for racial balance...
...most extreme racial segregation occurs in Westinghouse, which is 92.9 per cent Negro, Herron Hill, which is 99.8 per cent Negro, and Fifth Avenue, which is 92.9 per cent Negro and in several high schools which are virtually all-white...
...large enough to accommodate the assembly of services and equipment necessary to provide a broad range of courses appropriate to children in grades 5 through 8. Of course, assignment of the middle school children to those existing buildings must be done in a manner which will prevent overcrowding or racial segregation...