East Side view on Mississippi politics and progress
An East Side reader laments constitutional rights denial amid claims of industrial progress by Mr. Gartin and three opponents. The note argues segregation and protective legislation clash with growth, predicts decline of public schools, and labels future Mississippi governors as Snopes. Editorial context references April 1955.
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U. S
Mr. Gartin
Gartin
Mississippi
East Side
PDE
Crawfish politics and censorship in Mississippi satire
A partisan editorial rails at the idea of progressive reform, attacking a range of foes including Hodding Carter and Describes a political climate where censorship and fear stifle dissent. The piece personifies opposition as a backward crawfish and endorses leaders who demand conformity amid an election year. It mocks the idea that public schools should be controlled by the Legislature and condemns calls for academic freedom as treasonous.
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Institutions of High Learning
Pete
Hodding Carter
Delta
House of Representatives
Carter
Mississippi
Stone County
Joel Blass
Citizens Councils
Blass
Turmoil and moral conflict in a Yurii Lara affair
A lengthy review traces inner conflict and moral struggle amid revolutionary upheaval. It follows Yurii and the sixteen year old Lara through dialogues on beauty, power, Marxism, and faith, with scenes of dancing, danger, and a brutal train journey across Russia.
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Nicolai Nikolavich
Urals
Petrigrad
Yurii
Shevik
Duma
Yuki
Zhivago
Varykino
Robinson Crusoe
Larisa
Lariss
Questiqp
Lara
God
Earth
Heaven
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