Word: segregationism
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The school board has spent most of its time agitating race relations with such former members as Louise Day (You know where I stand) Hicks and John Kerrigan, who sent his daughter to a private school when he was school committee chairman. While in the 1960s the system's black...
Johnson's approval by the Senate is a near certainty. The appointment not only delighted liberals but also drew surprising praise from some segregationists, who were forced to acknowledge Johnson's fairness and integrity. Johnson, 58, has probably handed down more important and innovative rulings than any trial...
In a sense, of course, it will. Presley was not, as he has so often been called, "the father of rock 'n' roll," but he was the first to consolidate all its divergent roots into a single, surly, hard-driving style. Rock had its origins deep in rhythm...
Even to Rhodesians accustomed to Smith's wily maneuvers, the announcement came as a surprise. Primarily, his action was aimed at heading off a right-wing challenge from the newly formed Rhodesian Action Party (R.A.P.), led by a dozen M.P.s who defected from Smith's Rhodesian Front Party...
Worthy was born in Boston in the 1920s, the son of a doctor. During Worthy's formative years, his parents actively participated in the NAACP's struggle against segregation. A product of an intellectual family environment. Worthy was admitted to Boston Latin ("very rigid discipline but I learned a great...