Word: registeration
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Casual as a man singing in the shower, he dipped and soared to either end of his register with effortless ease, deftly switched from sustained pianissimos to quaking explosions of wall-to-wall thun der. But for all his raw power, the brightly burnished timbre of his voice carries a...
In Washington last week the U.S. Communist Party went on trial for the second time-for failing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union. Whatever the outcome, the party can hardly claim it has a prejudiced jury.
The problem is that in many areas eligible Negroes are simply not applying to register. "The novelty has worn off," confesses one civil rights worker. Federal examiners in several counties have cut down their office hours for want of applicants. In Jones County, Miss., recently, a federal registrar waited all...
New Crusade. One reason for the slowdown, of course, is that late fall is the peak of the cotton-picking season, and many Negroes are too busy toting to worry about voting. Also, without doubt, many fear white retaliation if they register. Nonetheless, admits Clarence Mitchell, N.A.A.C.P.'s chief...
Speaking on "The South: What Now?", Carter also sug-tested that lagging interest in voter registeration drives will make progress in civil liberties difficult. Now that it is possible to register, he said, the tedious block by block of recruiting voters will be unexciting and less satisfying than earlier civil rights work...