Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only "the most militant side of the Negro Revolution" would regard the decision as signifying the futility of fighting segregation through legal channels, he said.
Three Harvard professors last night belittled claims of triumph by supporters of the neighborhood school policy in the wake of the Supreme Court's refusal to review a case involving de facto segregation in public schools.
The case had been brought by Negroes in Gary, Ind., who argued that it is unconstitutional for a school board to "acquiesce" in school segregation resulting from housing patterns. The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled against the plaintiffs last October, and the Supreme Court refused Monday to...
"The Negro is undoubtedly hurt" by segregation, said Friedman, and "the appropriate recourse is to try to persuade people that they are wrong."
Finally, the parallel implied between my position and that of the White Citizens Council is not fruitful. I detest segregation, although I may not always faithfully follow the SNCC view.