Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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On the other hand, the Democratic platform is quite specific. "We pledge enactment of federal legislation prohibiting discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, or national origin and establishment of a federal agency to enforce that prohibition." The plank also advocates legislation against segregation in inter-state transportation, against...
Carrington, who is national vice-chairman of Students for Stevenson, called Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower a "Johnny-come-lately" in civil rights. According to Carrington, Eisenhower testified before Congress in favor of segregation in the armed forces, and refused to lend his name while president of Columbia University to...
Civil Rights. "We must make equality of opportunity a living fact for every American, regardless of race, color or creed . . . There can be no second-class Americans . . . For 20 years, leaders of the Administration have been making promises . . . And yet after those 20 years, racial segregation still exists in our...
The latter Fund was on the C.C. list the year before, and at that time some students had protested because its group fostered segregation. "It is apparent that the Council purposely changed the name of the Jim Crow Weed this year to deceive students," the club fumed.
I am an Illinois resident and a Republican. I know that Stevenson is a high minded liberal of good character. But what about the Democratic Party he has to lead? It advocates civil rights vociferously every four years, but the Democratic South blocks these measures and continues legalized segregation decade...