Word: segregationism
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The sentiment was laudable, but its source was a surprise. There, arguing for the nomination of a black attorney to the Federal Government's top civil rights position, sat South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond, who had once declared, "There's not enough troops in the Army to break down segregation...
Was that really the case? During two days of hearings on his nomination, a coalition of civil rights organizations assailed Lucas for his lack of qualifications. The former FBI agent and Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan conceded that he "was new to the law." A practicing attorney for only...
How beguilingly easy it has been for most white Americans to forget. How tempting to ignore the evidence that discrimination endures. How alluring is the myth that all those willing to work have shared in the surface prosperity of the 1980s. How glib are the assumptions that civil rights legislation...
Since the 1960s, there has been almost no measurable progress in housing integration. In 1980 housing in the 16 metropolitan areas with the largest black populations was rated 80 on a 0-to-100 scale on which 100 meant total segregation. These discriminatory patterns cannot be explained only by black...
On a more personal level, students confronted the consequences of another type of diversity for which Harvard so often congratulates itself. Masters this year requested a more random system of assigning students to the houses to avoid what they said was growing segregation by extracurricular or academic interest. The controversial...