Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Three days ago members of the white community voiced their fears. A large ad in McComb's weekly newspaper began, "We are no longer dealing with the question of segregation. We are faced with the possibility that the life of this community is at stake."
"I don't care," said eleven-year-old Ann Marie Dark. "My parents do." Ann was one of 148 students transferred, for reasons of racial balance, from a New York City junior high that has been 95% white to a school whose pupils have been 71% Negro and Puerto...
Moses rises from the back of the church. He states that he believes the administration will try and trap the MFDP by offering a new compromise. "They promised," continues Moses, "to abolish segregation in Mississippi politics. I asked Humphrey if that meant the federal government would aid in voter registration...
At 3 p.m. Walter Reuther informs Rauh of the new administration proposal--the plan eventually approved by the convention. The traditional party will be seated after signing a loyalty oath; 1968 convention rules will prohibit segregation in Democratic Party affairs; Edwin King and Aaron Henry will be seated as delegates...
At 3 p.m. Walter Reuther informs Rauh of the new administration proposal--the plan eventually approved by the convention. The traditional party will be seated after signing a loyalty oath; 1968 convention rules will prohibit segregation in Democratic Party affairs; Edwin King and Aaron Henry will be seated as delegates...