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...edge of Kentucky, is the Cumberland mountains and the southern Appalachians. It has no political machines to run amok during elections, although the Republican label and the last name 'Baker' carry plenty of support. The schoolchildren, mostly sons and daughters of coal miners and farmers, attend lily white public schools and eat free lunches. Bussing has never mattered because Scott County has not had a single black resident for at least the last seven years. On Saturday afternoons the pick-up trucks drive into town with rifles and shotguns in the gun racks. And on Sunday, families attend church...
Although the report from Scott County looks strong, Baker will need more than one county to get to the White House. To lure female support, Baker supports the Equal Rights Amendment, though his record shows that he did not vote in favor of a time extension for its ratification...
...plot follows Arthur, Jimmy, Julia, and Hall from their childhood world of church, home and family, through the Civil Rights Movement, to Europe and Africa, through flirtings with Islam or drugs and finally to the mostly white professional world in which they begin to build their futures. All the characters seem bound to each other either by love, blood, or the church, reflecting a perception about black life that Baldwin began fleshing out several novels ago, but all must grapple with some personal demons before they can enjoy their love for one another...
DIED. Archibald B. Roosevelt, 85, war-hero son of President Theodore Roosevelt; following a stroke; in Stuart, Fla. "Archie" first made headlines at age seven by sliding down a banister straight into a White House reception. He was wounded and highly decorated as an infantry officer in both World Wars, conflicts that none of his three brothers survived. Roosevelt was an investment banker by profession, a conservationist by avocation and a bedrock McCarthyite Republican by political creed. His death makes Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 95, T.R.'s sole surviving child...
Responding to Saturday's article entitled "Black Harvard Woman is Injured, Says White Demonstrator Attacked Her," I must say that as the unfortunate victim I am offended by his headline. The use of the word "says" is an insult to my credibility, and evokes a sense of doubt as to whether or not the incident was racially motivated. In addition, the tone of the article does not convey the emotional trauma experienced, only the physical damage. A strict presentation of facts does not allow a reader to understand how it feels to have one's rights violated for reasons that...