Word: segregationism
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She made no attempt to resist arrest for violating city segregation ordinances. Still, in an event which compressed past and future into the liquid nugget of the present, her stand echoed the tradition of subtle resistance that had characterized the efforts black people have made to obtain justice in America...
The white view of blacks seems to have changed, too. Integration is becoming accepted, except when attempts are made to eliminate de facto segregation by busing. This is about the same reception integration has received in the rest of the country. This doesn't mean, however, that the race question...
Not Equal. The decision was written by one of President Nixon's own appointees: Chief Justice Warren Burger. His most quotable passages seemed to acknowledge, but to dismiss Nixon's defense of neighborhood schools. "All things being equal, with no history of discrimination," Burger wrote, "it might well...
The Stennis amendment more simply would extend school segregation to cover instances of de facto as well as de jure discrimination.
Forced Hand. Both the Senate debate and the Supreme Court decision served as reminders that racial friction still sharply divides the nation. President Nixon's negative stance against strong federal action may be politically popular North and South, but the courts still insist on immediate action as a matter...