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Word: sacrificin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...feel so deeply that segregation is a blot on our land that they have come down to help us destroy it." In the amen corner, old Mrs. Jones nodded her gray head beneath its round, straight hat, admiring, grave and grateful as if before a work of God: "Sacrificin' their summers an' all for the Movement." In the back of the church, four tight-trousered cats from the pool hall down the street looked a little incredulous. A carefully dressed young woman, a student from a nearby Negro college, turned a near chuckle into a slow, wry smile...

Author: By Peter Delissovoy, | Title: Failure in Albany II: The White Minority | 11/12/1963 | See Source »

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