Word: registeration
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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But, Johnson conceded, the immediate purpose of his visit dealt with the South. The founding fathers, he recalled, believed that "the most basic right of all was the right to choose your own leaders." Yet, he said, "the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and...
In the years following, Farouk became a citizen of Monaco but spent most of his time in Rome. He grew ever more gross and more persistent in the pursuit of women. And it was mostly women, last week, who crowded around his bier at Rome's municipal morgue. His...
The four-day pilgrimage climaxes a drive to register Alabama Negroes which was launched from Selma nearly ten weeks ago by King. King has estimated that the march cost his organization about $50,000. Funds come from contributions. King's march into Montgomery came nearly ten years after he began...
Thus, two months ago, King zeroed in on Selma. A magnetic leader and a spellbinding orator, he rounded up hundreds of Negroes at a time, led them on marches to the county courthouse to register to vote. Always, Clark awaited them, either turning them away or arresting them for contempt...
Jeanne's parents became a divided family. First the war separated them. Her father was in the south of France; her mother, as an enemy alien, was obliged to stay in Paris to register daily with the police. During the occupation, the family moved into a Paris apartment above...