Word: racial
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There are no racial implications involved," said Detective Lieutenant R. L. Heathcoe...
Even before the white backlash set in, a number of other factors had conspired to make the Southern "racial situation" less visible than it had been in the '50's. After the civil rights acts passed in the early '60's, most Northern whites breathed a sigh of moral relief. Most of the tangible evidences of bigotry were gone: federal inspectors found few "Colored" drinking fountains left. The "White Only" posters were reluctantly removed from the train stations and busses; the black names made their way onto the voting lists; and whites and blacks settled down to the teeth-gritting...
...even bigger than Richard Nixon's or Hubert Humphrey's, and usually twice as enthusiastic. Often they are downright fanatical. Even in such relatively tranquil and liberal states as Connecticut, Kansas and Washington, Wallace support is abundantly in evidence. "We have no racial issues," says Washington's Republican Representative Catherine May. "Who are these people in a liberal state who will spend a buck for a Wallace sticker...
...state; the liberals are poorly organized; the future at this point is not very bright. There are a few hopeful signs, however, the black militant community--particularly the Topeka health worker's unions--have had good rapport with McCarthy forces, and may provide the basis for a bi-racial coalition. The reformers met scattered success in the August party primary--they now control about fifteen per cent of the precincts. Liberals have high level allies within the party hierachy who may be able to help if a liberal coalition can get off the ground as it did in Colorado...
Following Humphrey's defeat in November, the new liberal coalition of urban blacks and white suburbanites centered around Detroit and Lansing will in all probability take control of the party from old, worn labor-liberal leadership. In the early August party primaries, however, the bi-racial coalition which now calls itself the New Caucus took more than forty per cent of the state. Their muscle was reflected in the September 1 state convention when party leaders in a harmony effort neglected to bring up a resolution calling for a Humphrey endorsement. With Humphrey's anticipated defeat, New Caucus forces will...