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...movie theaters and restaurants—that helped the South start overcoming Jim Crow Laws. The Northern strategy of gathering outside public buildings to which blacks were denied admittance, calling the cops, and thus creating a non-violent spectacle provided the essential format for Southern protests such as sit-ins. But Sugrue argues that the North fought just as long and hard, if not longer and harder, for full rights. After the Civil Rights movement gained some headway and anti-discrimation laws were passed, it was easier for the South to become integrated because it was actively reversing...
...listen for what they say, I sit back, and I applaud what a good job they are doing. The content is theirs, the initiative is theirs, the talent is theirs, all the credit goes to them,” he said...
...wind turbine that "can generate 1.5 kilowatts ... enough to power the average lightbulb for 15 hours" [Dec. 1]. And that, he admits, is on a day with "decent wind." A few nuclear plants can power more lightbulbs than that, and you don't have to sit around waiting for a breeze. Americans need to look at how France is getting nearly 80% of its electricity. Stephanie Gutmann, PIERMONT...
...Mumbai sometime soon, and I’ll have my drink at Leopold’s. I won’t be able to do it with any sense of victory. I’ll fidget and spend too much time watching the people passing by. But I will sit at that corner table for a few minutes. Deep breath, I’ll tell myself. This is how things...
...Although the Norton Anthology of English Literature will no longer be required to sit on the bookshelves of every English concentrator, those who are loyal to the English canon may still be able to get their fix: courses in the “Poets” and “Shakespeares” categories would explore foundational works like “Hamlet” and “The Canterbury Tales...