Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When one group proposed to seek a U.S.-Russian student-exchange program to further "communication"-a surefire controversy in 1948-there was little inflamed oratory. The motion was merely voted down, 235-69. An almost inevitable resolution on segregation packed a surprise: it was far milder than the U.S. Supreme...
Although the Supreme Court has yet to decree how its sweeping decision against school segregation shall be put into effect, the decision was felt nonetheless last week as the U.S. opened its new school term. Items:
Tennessee, one of the few states to abandon the wait-and-see lethargy of state capitals, has tackled the problem on a statewide basis. The state has asked permission to file a brief next month as a friend of the Supreme Court. Tennessee's brief is expected to suggest...
Oklahoma public schools have taken no action to end segregation this semester, but Roman Catholic parochial schools are mixing 1,000 Negro pupils with 13,000 whites.
The delay ruffled Philip Partridge, 43, the county engineer, who is white and a vehement opponent of racial segregation. He reasoned that if the Negro school did not exist the authorities would have to desegregate immediately. Accordingly, he set fire to the Negro school. After $4,000 worth of damage...