Black leadership shifts to politics over marches in 1960s
The piece notes a new direction in black leadership as public office holders rise nationwide. It highlights figures like James Farmer, Carl Stokes, Willie Brown Jr., and others shaping a political route to progress, replacing mass marches with elected power and federal engagement.
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Ther King Jr
Whitney M. Young Jr
James Farmer
South
Congress of Racial Equality
Bogalusa
Selma
Birmingham
Albany
Jackson
Miss
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Stokes
Willie Brown Jr
Brown
San Francisco
California
Assembly
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Congress
SNCC
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Julian Bond
Chicago
House Caucus
Jein
Augustus Hawkins
D-Calif
Tack Caucus
Nixon's Course On War Irreversible, Rogers Says
Secretary of State William P. Rogers spoke at Colgate University and faced a student pledge that 159 graduates would refuse combat duty in Southeast Asia if drafted. The turn of events included a counter statement by the valedictorian Thomas W. O'Brien and a brief interlude by Colgate president Thomas A. Bartlett. Rogers defended a firm policy while noting ongoing debate on withdrawals from Southeast Asia.
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Thomas A. Bartlett
O’brien
Bartlett
Rogers O’brien
Rogers
Southeast Asia
Doctor Divinsky Solves Hand in Chess Themed Card Scenario
In a column from Newspaper Enterprise Asia, Dr. Divinsky analyzes a card hand revealing a strategy based on trumps and a code word ARCH. He ruffs a club, cashes high spades, and ends with a decisive play leading West to a diamond loss.
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West
Win At Bridge by Oswald and Jacoby
Dr Nathan Divinsky of the University of British Columbia is noted for his hobbies in chess and bridge. According to friends his bridge play is not strictly scientific but he sometimes applies his mathematical and chess skills to a problem, starting with dummy’s ace of clubs.
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Nathan Divinsky
Faculty of Science
University of British Columbia
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Whitney Young
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Martin Lu
Time Magazine
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Willie Brown
Charles Evers
Payette
Bond
John Cashin
George C. Wallace
William Clay
D-Mo
Nixon
House Black Caucus
Clay
America
Joint Center For Political Studies
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jesse Jackson
Breadbasket
Harlem
Watts
Malcom X
Stokelyn Carmichael
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SCLC
Black United Fronts
Boston
Cairo
Black Panthers
Pride, Inc
San Francisco State College
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VT Te National Bank
Mt. Etna
Fornazzo
Dr. Divinsky
Dummvy
Newspaper Enterprise Asia
By Oswald
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FTC
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