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...blacks' new aggressive assertion of their separate identity helps to strengthen white segregationists, who are only too happy to keep them separate. Some whites see this new mood as racism in reverse. But to the extent that it celebrates black culture and nourishes black pride, it is a positive, important, undoubtedly permanent phenomenon. To the extent that black separatism represents a retreat in hate from U.S. society, it may be only a temporary phase; the hope is that, once blacks have gained necessary strength and confidence, they will turn back outward toward white America and deal with...
...Retreat from Integration" will undoubtedly strengthen the myth that racism and bigotry are unique to white America. Truth is, there isn't a country on earth where large populations of two different races live in harmony...
...Frank M. Johnson, 51, U.S district judge for southeastern Alabama. One of the first Southern judges to enforce the Supreme Court's 1954 school-desegregation decision, Johnson (TIME cover, May 12, 1967) is a scrupulously fair legal craftsman who has helped strengthen the forces of Southern moderation. No liberal save by right-wing Southern standards, he has followed the Supreme Court despite intense local pressure, sat on courts that abolished the Alabama poll tax and handed down the nation's first order requiring a state to reapportion voting districts. He is probably the finest Southern Republican trial judge...
...swimmers had lost Martie Chalfie and a great diver in Bill Murphy, but the sophomore stars were back, and there was a talented group from last year's freshman team to strengthen the lineup. It appeared at first that the team might finish behind Yale in the EISL. But the league was tougher this winter and the Crimson faltered in the crucial meets in February to end up in fourth place again with the same record...
...existence of the post of Provost can, in fact, strengthen the Presidency of Harvard by allowing the incumbent to concentrate his efforts on a smaller number of significant questions. It can open up the leadership of the University to insure that aloofness does not become a serious problem. And it guarantees that the second ranking officer of the University will give his undiluted attention to the educational affairs of this University. It would be unfortunate if the search for a new President of Harvard were guided by the hope of precluding a change in the structure of the Presidency. However...