Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...respect you for it," I said. A stupid comment. You don't respect a guy for getting shot...
When McGrath first became commissioner, the custodial staffs of the state institutions regarded the psychiatrists from the Division of Legal Medicine as downright harmful intrusions into the custodial system; the "headshrinkers" reciprocated the lack of respect with comments about the "unfeeling" guards. So bitter was the feeling that McGrath's first speech as commissioner--to a group of correctional officers 48 hours after he assumed office--expressing a hope for good relations with the Division of Legal Medicine was greeted with a hostile and icy silence by his audience...
...code extends beyond Black Muslims--deep into the Negro community. It is a set of rules which designates the political and religious leaders of the community and defines the loyalty and respect which individuals owe to these leaders. The "code" allows Adam Clayton Powell (D.N.Y.) and William Dawson (D-III.) to be re-elected year after year and keeps Negro ministers in their pulpits until they are carried to the funeral parlor...
...nightmare. It took them nine hours instead of the usual five to negotiate six miles on snowshoes, edging their way down the steep switchback trails sideways like crabs. "We all had spills," said a weary Douglas when the party reached safety. "You learn to walk that canyon with great respect." But just the same, "Mrs. Douglas and I are coming out in the summer...
...throne of Jim Crow" by playing before a segregated audience. In Harlem, some juke joints ceremoniously smashed his records. "I'm an entertainer," he answered, "not a politician. I'm crusading in my own way. I feel I can help ease the tension by gaining the respect of both races all over the country...