Boycotts Target Johnson Civil Rights Bill Critics Lament Role
In Washington Senator Lyndon B. Johnson faced criticism from civil rights opponents as the Senate passed the civil rights bill. Across the South Negro communities plan Easter week boycotts of stores with segregation policies, led by Jackson Mississippi where up to 70 percent of 61,000 Negro residents may skip Easter finery. Similar actions spread to Florida Georgia South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia amid threats of retaliation from white groups and councils. Petersburg Virginia also saw calls for desegregation of lunch counters by a Negro group before Mondays deadline.
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UPI
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Pat McNamara
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United Press
Jackson
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Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
White Citizen’s Council
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Petersburg
YWCA Board backs sit in goal nationwide
The National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association endorsed the objectives of nonviolent sit in lunch counter demonstrations in the South. It urged managers of national chains to offer service at counters without discrimination and sent the policy to over 1,500 local YWCA units and student groups.
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National Board of the Young, Women's Christian Assn
South
Woolworth
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YWCA
Liberal militants urge boycott over firing of professor
In Champaign Urbana about 1,500 students joined protests led by the liberal Student Committee for Liberal Action against the firing of Lea F. Koch, a professor whose letter on sexual freedom was deemed offensive. University officials dismissed Koch, while students debated academic freedom amid a carnival weekend.
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Student Committee] For Liberal Action
Henry
CLA
David M. Rash
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