Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thinking . . . that there was a moment or two in his epileptic condition almost before the fit itself . . . when suddenly amid the sadness . . . his brain seemed to catch fire at brief moments, and . . . his vital forces were strained to the utmost all at once. His sensation of being alive and his awareness increased tenfold at those moments which flashed by like lightning. His mind and heart wear flooded by a dazzling light. All his agitation, all has doubts and worries, seemed composed in a twinkling, culminating in a great calm full of serene and harmonious joy and hope, full of understanding...
Integration remains a vital issue despite the loud and widely publicized demands of the black neo-segregationists. It is noteworthy that Southern black folk who have suffered most from the chains of Jim Crow have been most consistent in pressing for acceleration of desegregation. Meanwhile, the N.A.A.C.P. continues its "traditional adversary role," aided now in many areas by the Federal Government, thanks to new legislation largely instigated and vigorously and persistently lobbied for by the N.A.A.C.P...
...their freedom: a lecture on quality control techniques involved in the production of napalm is not, in the context of this country's policies abroad, absolutely entitled to protection against protesting students. But there are no courses being taught in Harvard College whose disruption would demonstrably serve the vital interests of the Vietnamese or of anyone else. This is not to say that the ideas expressed in many courses may not have repressive or destructive implications. The point is merely that these implications. The point is merely that these implications cannot be fought by preventing teachers from expressing such ideas...
...close and honest consideration for black students. In his speech to the Faculty, Professor Rosovsky seemed more interested in defending the integrity and intent of the Rosovsky Committee and of its report than in honestly considering the desperate need for institutionalized communication between Faculty and blacks, or the vital necessity and great value of the black student's participation in the creation of Afro-American Studies at Harvard...
Black students have no desire to attack or usurp the authority of the Faculty--the Afro proposal in no way contravenes the spirit or substance of the Rosovsky report. We wish simply to have a say in this most vital matter. I for am tired of standing aside while the fate of black studies is decided, and I would urge the Faculty to accept the Afro proposal immediately and put an end to this lack of communication. CLYDE E. LINDSAY