Word: segregationism
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Faubus' major opponent is Little Rock Attorney Sidney McMath. 49, who was Governor from 1949-53. A former Faubus ally, McMath split with the Governor by criticizing his extremist tactics in opposing school integration in Little Rock in 1957-58. Besides McMath, Faubus will have to contend with five...
Most of the South's big cities-influenced by local businessmen, pressured by well-organized Negro communities, shaken by federal court orders, and sobered by the violent racial outbreaks that keep erupting from time to time-have gradually developed a new attitude toward segregation. To them, segregation is still...
New Impetus. Birmingham's Negroes for years were unable to get together. Until recently, their only voice seemed to be that of Fred Shuttlesworth, now 40, a Baptist minister whose stubborn courage was sometimes mitigated by his fondness for melodrama. Shuttlesworth threw himself against Birmingham's segregation barriers...
For all Shuttlesworth's efforts, Birmingham remains almost totally segregated. Yet now, at least, the cause has become common. The impetus came from the Negro students of tiny, unaccredited Miles College on the outskirts of town. Protesting the segregation and lack of Negro employment opportunities in Birmingham department stores...
Time to Talk. Many merchants favored negotiations and a possible loosening of the city's strict segregation ordinances. Said the segregationist Birmingham News: "It is time for Birmingham citizens to sit down and talk together." But Connor, running for Governor against popular "Kissin' Jim" Folsom and five other...