Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The brainstorm of New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, this amendment would withhold federal funds from any school district that refused to obey the Supreme Court decision prohibiting segregation in public schools. Powell argues that no federal money should be spent on segregated school programs because such construction would invite...
These are the same school districts that have been dilatory about complying with the desegregation decision. Powell maintains, and with some justice, that, if Southern districts refuse to desegregate, Congress should make continued segregation costly for them. His proposal, however, would, in effect, block federal aid from all school districts...
The disappointing thing about Mr. Stevenson's views lies not so much in what he says as in what he leaves unsaid. Almost all his opinions seem designed to fit neatly within the currently-accepted range of alternatives and to avoid any issues that might be too unorthodox politically. Thus...
An Echoing Phrase. But it was another phrase in Nixon's speech that riled his perennial Democratic enemies and nettled Republican friends too. Outlining the Eisenhower Administration's accomplishments ("Prosperity without war, full employment outside of uniform, and security without regimentation and control"), Nixon spoke of great gains...
Meanwhile, about 20 students signed a petition asking that Autherine be allowed to come back to her classes. Then, at a convocation of 7,500 students, President Oliver Cromwell Carmichael finally took a stand. He demanded that all students help maintain order to "remove the cloud which, in the minds...