Word: semis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...imparts a little less rosy glow to the South. This is the myth of the Redneck South, the South of Klan rallies, midnight lynchings, and torchlight processions. This dream has George Wallace as its star, not Thomas Jefferson. The supporting cast is made up of illiterate brutes and lumbering semi-humans who blindly destroy any thinking creature...
...innocuous white boy; I didn't realize what had happened until the barber had strapped me in and begun his lecture on the evils of liberalism, the North, and--most of all--long hair. In a way, I had to be grateful. For the rest of the summer, my semi-U.S. Marine appearance helped me avoid trouble...
...lives. But the majority, by extending their tourist visas, by seeking student or work permits, or simply by staying put, are postponing a final decision. They are referred to by their host countries in such vague terms as "tourists on extended vacation" and "travelers living in self-imposed semi-exile." Said Film Director Ivan Passer, visiting New York: "In Hungary, they didn't close the border until three months after the tanks came in. A month after that, thousands of people disappeared"-into prisons...
...more glamorous than Alabama; but Mississippi's notoriety has made it the target of many more civil rights projects than have ever come to Alabama. It's possible to make a good case for Southwest Georgia as the most segregated area in the country, but Georgia also contains semi-progressive Atlanta and black legislators like Julian Bond. South Carolina has Storm Thurmond, Louisiana has Leander Perez, and Arkansas and Tennessee have their residual rednecks. But for over-all misery--that combination of systematic oppression and debilitating poverty that makes black lives bleak--Alabama wins in a walk...
...this time NDC allies have taken over nine states outside the South, including Wisconsin and California and have substantial power (above forty per cent) in another ten. Including the semi-legitimate Georgia (Julian Bond) group and the newly recognized National Democratic Party of Alabama, the insurgent base is even greater...