Word: rurals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rural minorities who control the State legislatures of the nation have seen the future, and they do not like it. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, their days of complete domination are numbered; in coming years, the city man will begin to get something approximating an equal voice in the management of his own affairs. In the South, where fear of Federal intervention on behalf of the Negro has robbed legislators of all sense of proportion, the reaction against this vision of democracy has been particularly violent...
...From a Rural Route...
...Rural Route 3 Batavia...
...week's end De Gaulle returned to the haven of his villa at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises, and 49 bottles of champagne were emptied at a party given for his rural neighbors. De Gaulle seemed tired, his eyes red-rimmed and sunken. Yet he had proved once more his ability to rouse grass-roots enthusiasm whenever he chose. If there were still any doubters, they would be able to watch De Gaulle work his magic again next month, when he plans to tour the Vendee in western France...
...Many rural Negroes earn only $7 a week, with a wife and three or four children to support," he explained. "If they register to vote, the sharecroppers may be deprived of their land but they have very little to start with, and are constantly in debt. Their standard of living is terrible. They have nothing to lose...