Word: racially
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end Dulles got the word that Red China was extending its Quemoy cease-fire for another fortnight. "This is not a betrayal," Red China's local commanders felt it necessary to assure their troops in a special proclamation. "This is a racial righteousness. We must draw a clear-cut line between the Chinese and the Americans." The crude Communist pitch: to split Chinese Nationalists off from the U.S. But whatever Red China's reasons for cease-fire's extension, the first fact about Quemoy was that Red China, after 44 days of shelling...
...instigators of the violence were probably motivated by fear, said Siegenthaler. "In most counties the Negro population is large, and white parents rebel against thoughts of their children in the same schoolroom with Negroes." They fear that integration in schools could lead to inter-racial marriages...
...second group of questions dealt with racial discrimination in the U. S., the one feature of life here which came in for continual criticism. "We have heard about this Little Rock city; could you please tell us why the Negroes are being treated badly...
...students knew little about the facts of the racial situation; many thought, for example, that school segregation existed throughout the country. But there was an obvious emotional involvement in the Negroes' struggle for civil rights, illustrated by the repeated habit of terming them "our brothers." The Nigerians were pleased to note that, of our party of fourteen, five were colored...
...Sigmund, Jr. 5G, former vice-President of the International Student Association, listed four areas in which the organization's efforts are beneficial to Harvard. He cited the area of academic freedom, the bringing of students from behind the Iron Curtain to U.S. campuses, work done for integration and racial equality, and the area of student government relations with the University...