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...rural Johnson County's Democratic primary, and 400 Negroes had registered to vote. Two hundred and forty-nine men & women climbed solemnly out of the cars, holding black oilcloth bags. Heads down* to evade the gaze of curious bystanders, they took out the white sheets and sugar-sack masks of the Ku Klux Klan and hurriedly pulled them on. Then, in slow single file, they marched to the paved square before the town's dilapidated courthouse, where a crowd of 700 waited to applaud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: Sheet, Sugar Sack & Cross | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

...other men who want to live in the College will be accommodated in the dormitories, said Dean Watson. Of the 5400 enrolled in the College, 4168 will sack down in College buildings. The remainder, married or single, prefer to live at home, be explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Sees First Enrollment Drop Since War as 5200 Register Today | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...charge of the CRIMSON until February 1, 1949 will be a board headed by Selig S. Harrison '48, President. Other executives include William S. Fairfield '50, Managing Editor: Paul Sack '48, Business Manager; Joel Raphaelson '49, Editorial Chairman; George G. Daniels '48, Executive Editor; Burton S. Glinn '46, Photographic Chairman; Thomas C. Simons '50, Advertising Manager. Positions on the board are: S. William Green '50, News Editor; Robert Carswell '49, Sports Editor; Stephen N. Cady '48, Associate Sports Editor; David G. Braston '46, Staff Artist; Gilbert H. Boas '49, Circulation Manager; David E. Lilienthal Jr. '49 Librarian; Charles W. Bailey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: S. S. Harrison New Crime President; Wm. S. Fairfield Is Managing Editor | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...sent to Rodzinski: "I used to think the Capone mob retarded civilization in Chicago, but tonight I feel that the Orchestra Hall boys [the trustees] have made Al and his gang look like Robin Hood and his merry men. ... So they huddled upstairs and gave you the black sack. . . . God help the knowing ears of Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Out Goes Rodzinski | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Uncle Edward makes a sudden spring at Charles, puts the sack over his head, and holds him still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Dinner at 7:30 | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

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