Word: taliaferro
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...protest, Negroes-who outnumber whites almost 2 to 1 in Taliaferro County-mounted a daily campaign to board the public school buses that carry white children to nearby communities. By last week the daily scrimmage had aroused one of Georgia's worst racial flare-ups in years. The Ku Klux Klan announced its own drive to "increase tension" in Crawfordville, and for good measure Georgia Klan Dragon Calvin Craig got himself arrested on assault and battery charges for roughing up a Crawfordville Negro demonstrator. Hosea Williams, a Southern Negro leader directing the Crawfordville campaign, vowed that he would "call...
...knoll in the middle of the town stands the old Taliaferro County courthouse, an ugly red brick building rising above a frayed lawn. The town is the birthplace of Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy. A state park a hundred yards from the courthouse bears his name, and his statue stands on the lawn...
...Texas, and hundreds of other dignitaries from all over the U.S. At the door of the church, William ("Fishbait") Miller, longtime chief doorkeeper of the House, greeted the distinguished mourners and quietly ushered them to their seats. Out front, an overflow crowd of the friends and neighbors of Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn waited in the street...
Died. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, 79, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for a record 49 years. Speaker for an unmatched 17 (more than twice as long as his nearest competitor, Henry Clay); of cancer; in Bonham, Texas (see THE NATION...
Persuasion & Reason. Samuel Taliaferro (pronounced Tolliver) Rayburn has served in the House longer than any other man-nearly 49 years, more than a quarter of the history of that body. He was Speaker for 17 years, more than twice as long as his nearest competitor, Henry Clay. He served with-Rayburn rejected the word under-eight Presidents, through three wars and countless world crises. In nearly half a century on Capitol Hill, Rayburn watched and guided more than 3,500 Congressmen, including Jack Kennedy. Rayburn was a careful leader and a firm believer in the art of the possible...