Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"I believe sin emanates from the heart," Wallace said, admitting that "if you negregate anyone because you hate him. that's sinful." He claimed, however, that he supported segregation because it was in the interests of both races.
Later, during a discussion with Vermont's Gov. Phillip Hoff broadcast over WNAC-TV, Wallace argued that segregation was "a political, not a moral question."
The target was School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis, 61, who has long resisted Negro pressure, exerted through the board of education, to take drastic measures to mitigate segregation. Early in October, protesting that the board was moving into his area of authority, he resigned.
By this unyielding stand, Ben Willis confirmed himself as the symbol of the position that the job of the schools is education, not breaking down de facto segregation. In telegrams to the school board and by packing public meetings of the board, white homeowners backed Willis. Businessmen and educators chimed...
An even greater opportunity exists on the secondary and elementary school levels. In many Southern states and in too many Northern cities, Negroes attend public schools in which poor morale, inadequate staffing, and the low socio-economic level of their students often cause education to fail completely. The widespread protests...