Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"It seems to us quite obvious that the Eastland investigation has been aimed with particular emphasis at the New York Times ... It seems to us to be a further obvious conclusion that the Times has been singled out for this attack precisely because of the vigor of its opposition to...
¶Newscaster Richard T. Sutcliffe, associate director of press, radio & television for the United Lutheran Church in Amer ica, broadcast his list of the ten top religious news stories of 1955: 1) the illness, recovery and vision of Pope Pius XII, 2) Christian missionaries released by Red China, 3) Evangelist...
But the decisions that men saw changing the skylines of the cities, turning poor farm land into prosperous factories (and parking lots), bringing new credit and buying power into backward areas-these were the decisions of American businessmen. (In fact, while the Supreme Court attacked segregation in schools, businessmen attacked...
As Sligh concluded - and the meeting ended - Meany and Sligh ran into each other in the emptying hotel ballroom, and began to argue angrily. Sligh said that the merged union might "pull strings behind the scenes and direct the destinies of the nation" through a "ghost government." Indignantly Meany shot...
The NAACP has followed this course with notable success. In the North, NAACP groups have led civic campaigns to lessen race tension, using noise as a key weapon. Numerous state and municipal FEPC laws have followed NAACP-inspired pressure. The supreme court cases on segregation in education, transportation, and recreational...