Word: racial
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Racial Gaffe. Last week, as the candidates passed the midway point in the New Hampshire primary campaign ending on March 12, Nixon continued campaigning at a stately pace. He delivered two speeches in Wisconsin, scene of the nation's second primary, then returned to the Granite State for several weekend appearances with his wife Pat, Daughters Julie, 19, and Tricia, 21, and Julie's 19-year-old fiancé, David Eisenhower...
Only once did Nixon lose his footing. In Rhinelander, Wis., a TV interviewer asked him about Viet Nam. "This country cannot tolerate a long war," Nixon blurted. "The Asians have no respect for human lives. They don't care about body counts." The implicit racial slur invited attack, particularly against a candidate advocating vigorous prosecution...
...black animosity can breed an antidote to its own racial poison. In Chicago, where the white community dismissed Martin Luther King's 1966 civil rights crusade with a hatful of vapid promises, black pocketbook power has become an effective, constructive force. In less than two years, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, 26, a burly, apothegmatizing King lieutenant who praises the Lord and believes in the might of economics, has wrested work from ghetto businessmen for 3,000 of his flock and boosted South Side Negroes' annual income by $22 million...
Time Inc. President James A. Linen stressed his company's interest in the city of Newark. "In spite of recent problems of racial conflict and urban blight," he said, "we have been most impressed with the community's remarkable spirit and resiliency. In keeping with the Newark News's tradition of community service, we hope and believe that we can make a significant contribution to the city's growth and well-being...
...would take over in June from Kenneth Schermerhorn, who is moving to the Milwaukee Symphony. The orchestra insisted that it chose Lewis only because he is talented, and not because he is Negro. Still, in a city with an estimated 55% Negro population and a recent history of racial frustration, the appointment seems astute sociologically as well as musically...