Word: segregationism
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"All along, we have sought to carry out the protest on high moral standards . . . rooted in the deep soils of the Christian faith. We have carefully avoided bitterness. [The] months have not at all been easy . . . Our feet have often been tired and our automobiles worn, but we have kept...
It soon turned out that Carmichael and Alabama had different ideas about what the university should be. While Carmichael tried to tighten academic standards, he refused to share the concern of some alumni over the fact that 'Bama's oncegreat football team has won only two games in...
A dissenting opinion regarding the importance of the South was voiced by Alfred C. Hanford, professor of Government, a Republican. Hanford felt that the South will be secure to the Democrats as long as Southern party members take "the attitude they do" toward segregation.
Oscar Handlin, professor of History, rebutted in this month's Atlantic Monthly an article by Herbert R. Sass describing the South's position on racial segregation.
Sass's argument for segregation maintained that racial "separation" is an American heritage and an evolutionary law. He felt, however, that if untutored children were placed in close contact with another race, this law might be ignored.