Word: whitely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While the training and promotion problems are perhaps most severe with black "helpers." they also concern whites. "All of our men-black or white-want to know, What does it take to move up?" Berry said. He added that the question was especially crucial for blacks. "since they are trying to find themselves, trying to establish their identity...
...stark hopelessness could not be ignored as you walked past the White House with your tiny candle and yelled out a dead man's name. You couldn't see the mansion because those with the hands on the buttons had switched on lights which blinded your vision as you passed. You couldn't even see the line of candles going up Pennsylvania Avenue. They were too weak...
...cops gathered to meet them. First three or four motorcycles would arrive. Then the tear gas would be hurled. Then the cycles would sweep down the sidewalk. The object was to scatter the crowd and disperse them. If the kids had stayed together and marched either toward the White House, seven blocks away, or into the nearby ghetto Washington might have gone up in smoke...
After a wait of an hour, I had walked out of three circus tents in Arlington National Cemetery with Tinsley's name written on a piece of white cardboard which was strung around my neck. The two of us were taking a four-and-a-half-mile walk through Washington in the cold, the rain, and the dark...
...walked through the streets of this city which I had never seen before. After marching most of the route, we came in sight of a great blur of light. All that we could see was the brightness attacking our eyes, and we were told that it was the White House. So those of us who were live people had to shout the name on the card around each of our necks. I felt very angry now. I yelled as loudly as I was able to, but inside, Richard Nixon was probably snoring...