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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
7
Stanley Wells and Steve Jordan are pictured performing babysitting tasks as part of their community service roles. The shot highlights their involvement in local youth support and civic engagement activities.
The article reports a reversal of historical patterns with the South ahead in integration and Northern and Western communities facing rising court actions and enforcement. It documents HEW figures showing higher black-white classroom mixing in the South than the North, rising busing, and political pressure for a constitutional amendment banning busing. It notes incidents in Pontiac Michigan, San Francisco, Detroit, and other cities, plus President Nixon’s stance and the broader legal momentum shaping desegregation efforts.
The article outlines enforcement methods under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It notes the Justice Department seeks voluntary compliance in Indianapolis, Pasadena and Chicago. Private suits are filed by Legal Defense Fund and Private Citizens Fund in multiple cities. HEW also pursues voluntary compliance in several states. State human rights commissions are used in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and California.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, created by Johnson and Johnson’s Robert W. Johnson, holds assets over a billion and will inherit 10 204 377 shares of Johnson and Johnson stock under his will. Johnson and Johnson produced surgical dressings and wartime munitions, with plant work in Miliopolis aiding postwar conversion.
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