Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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School Segregation: The Supreme Court's 1954 decision against segregation was an "affirmation and clarification of the essential liberties and the abiding principles by which America must live."
Aside from Ole Earl's downfall, Long-suffering Louisianans had something else to their credit. Trailing back in third place with 138,000-and thus out of the running-was State Senator William Rainach, who billed himself as the most diehard segregationist of all, warned the voters that they...
But one reality collides with another: Atlanta may face an even worse segregation crisis than Little Rock's. Under Georgia law, integration in a single school automatically shuts down the entire local system; nonfederal funds are cut off. Obvious solution is amending the law to allow integration in Atlanta...
Vandiver's actions should speak softer than his words. He can close Atlanta's schools for breaking the state segregation law, but Atlantans furnish 30% of the state's entire tax revenue, and they would scarcely relish paying to educate other Georgia children while their own are...
SOUTH AFRICA Condemned by the U.N. For the eighth time in as many years, the General Assembly of the U.N. last week passed a resolution condemning South Africa's official policy of apartheid, the segregation of whites and nonwhites. The vote this time was an overwhelming 62-3 (with...