Word: teachers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jones HI, the middle-class Detroit Negro who was the first defector to arrive. A Swedish resident since January 1967, Jones had been given an apartment in suburban Stockholm, found work for himself as a dancing teacher and for his German-born wife as a secretary, and fathered a son. Yet last week Jones let it be known that he had had his fill of Sweden. Complaining that "the Swedes have a natural prejudice against black people," he presented himself to the American embassy in Stockholm and asked for transportation back to his unit in West Germany, where he faced...
...since grown to 150,000 members in 36 states. Though its supporters include some conservative Protestants and Orthodox Jews, the organization is 85% Roman Catholic-a fact reflecting the financial difficulties of the nation's Catholic parochial schools, which are hard pressed to keep up with rising teacher salaries and equipment costs. One of CEF's major arguments is that unless these schools receive more state help, they may collapse and saddle the public schools with their pupils. "It is not only our problem," insists CEF Michigan Director Stuart Hubbell, a Catholic. "All we are saying is give...
...dozen minor keys. Like so many other bright, blonde British birds, she invites comparison with Julie Christie; but in nine films so far, Suzy, now 30, has begun to shape a screen personality all her own. She first drew U.S. viewers' notice as Sidney Poitier's admiring teacher friend in To Sir, with Love, then as the terrorized hostage of The Penthouse. In her two latest films, she displays a widening range, an ability to mix comedy, glamour and poignancy, that eerily evokes memories of her late namesake, Kay Kendall...
...imagine the things I was trying to put together. A boys doll with a girls body. Writing poetry on the walls, wondering why black is look on as fear. Even in grade school. I was taught that black was the sign of badness. The little jokes the teacher use to tell us. About white and black objects. These things couldn't register in my mind, because I didn't have...
...efforts to help students academically led us to assume a "we-know-what's-best-for-you" attitude -- an attitude implicit in the teacher's role. As college students, this was a presumptuous role to assume. Even more important was the fact that Shaw Negroes instinctively linked this attitude to the white man's role. Shaw students are used to being told what is best for them, but not, need-less to say, from white students their...