Word: southernism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...school's founders, who are also members of the resurgent white Citizens' Council: "Integration is the corruption of the true American heritage by alien concept and ideology." More discreetly, most of the new private schools advertise "quality education," a slogan appealing to the genuine fear of many Southern whites that a massive influx of black students into formerly white public schools will slow down learning...
Narrow Curriculum. So it may, but meanwhile the segregation academies have had a hard time delivering "quality education." The problem is mainly a lack of money. Because few of the parents are wealthy, tuition fees must be kept modest (average: $300 a year). Attempts by Southern legislatures to help the segregation academies by providing state tuition grants have been struck down by federal courts. Thus the schools are now forced to live inadequately off tuition, plus whatever meager gifts they can attract...
...public school rate. The range of the curriculum tends to be narrow. Such semiessentials as labs, libraries and gymnasiums are frequently lacking. Accreditation is hard to come by, and graduates consequently face severely restricted choices in planning for higher education. On the whole, concluded a recent report by the Southern Regional Council, the segregation academies ironically offer the white pupil "an education that is not 'separate but equal,' but separate and inferior...
Teaching Prejudice. The growth of Southern segregation academies poses two distinct dangers. One is to the students who attend them. Pointing out that many of the teachers are segregationists who fled jobs in public schools to escape integration, the Southern Regional Council warns: "Their potential danger to the minds of children is enhanced because many of these schools at least tacitly approve of their prejudices." Often the approval is more than tacit: several segregation academies in South Carolina honor their graduates with diplomas and "survivor pins," which show a Confederate flag with the word survivor engraved across...
...post-season bowl games. Royal was named Coach of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America in 1961 and 1963; he is the only coach ever to win that honor twice. He may be on his way to a third title. Recently his boys whipped conference archrival Southern Methodist 45-14 in Dallas' Cotton Bowl to bring their 1969 record to 6-0. That victory secured their ranking as the nation's No. 2 team and established the Longhorns as the only serious challenger to Ohio State for the No. 1 position in the nation...