Word: segregationism
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A year and a half ago, in response to pressure to do something about de facto segregation in Boston, the School Committee told parents that they could send their children to any school in the city where there was an empty seat.
The Commission will probably ask for minor changes in the structure of the more than 4000 local boards without questioning the existence of the local boards. The five men who sit for two or three hours a month as a local board often do not represent the people they classify...
President Truman issued an executive order in July of 1948 abolishing racial segregation in the armed forces. By the mid '50's the plan was an accomplished fact -- and the change had produced enough fascinating material on race relations to stuff a hundred theses. It might have taken decades of...
Pomp and circumstance has its place, and monarchy has the advantage of separating the pomp from the power. This is an enormous timesaver for the government, whose machinery can tick quietly behind the pageantry, processions and boredom of state visits. Besides, the separation is a safeguard against political demagoguery. Modern...
Though the Law School has nine Negroes, it also still has its die-hard segregationists. But most of them are clearly on the defensive. In the last few months, Dave Clark, a freshman, has become the standard bearer in a small-scale campaign to return segregation and conservatism to the...