Word: southernism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Southern Trip...
...symbolic presence and voice of the black, of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, his inchoate rage distilled into visionary phrases: "I have a dream." There were other components in King's leadership: his unusual stature among whites (culminating in the Nobel Prize), the combination of his Southern rural style with Gandhian ideals, and an almost unassailable dignity respected by both blacks and whites. Negroes kiddingly called him "De Lawd," but it was particularly important that King was a kind of black father in a Negro society of matriarchal orientation. He was an example to the young of unique...
...equipped to give an opinion of a man's mental state, they bridle at being asked to say whether a man should be blamed for a specific act, since this goes well beyond the frontiers of their expertise. Frederick Hacker, a psychiatrist who teaches at the University of Southern California's law center, expresses a common professional view when he says " 'Should we blame him?' is a moral question, not a medical question...
...mile of water, less than in a large lake on earth. Spread over the planet's surface, it would be only a thousandth of an inch deep. There was about twice as much water vapor in the Northern Hemisphere (where it is now late summer) than in the southern half (where it is late winter). This suggests that the excess vapor in the north came from the melting...
...13th century Crusader basilica and an 18th century Franciscan church-that previously stood on the site. Despite the impressive work of Italian Architect Giovanni Muzio on the basilica itself, the feature that drew the largest crowds at consecration ceremonies last week was the great bronze doors in its southern portico (see facing page), designed by Connecticut Sculptor Fred Shrady...