Kerner Urges Failure of Racism as Cause of Disorders
Editorial by Otto Kerner former governor and judge argues that white racism is the core driver of America's racial disorders. He summarizes the Civil Disorders Commission findings, contrasts poverty with racism, and highlights disparities in arrests, income, housing, education, and life expectancy.
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Otto Kerner
America
Kerner
United States Court of Appeals
Chicago
National Advisory Commission On
Riot Study Commission
Commission
Mr. Kerner
Judge Kerner
Percy endorsement shows independence in Illinois GOP
Sen. Charles Percy and Rep. Paul Findley break with many Illinois Republicans by backing Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. The move risks party unity amid Nixon admiration and questions about a potential Nixon-Percy ticket for November.
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Charles Percy
Nelson Rockefeller
Illinois
Mr. Percy
Barry Goldwater
U. S
Paul Findley
Pittsfield
Gov. Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
California
Percy
Findley
Nixon
Rockefeller
Sen
Vietnam
Richard Ogilvie
Residents oppose Peabody mining harm on Rt 3 Marion
In Marion County residents along Route 3 condemn Peabody Energy strip mining for damaging homes breeding dust and forcing road relocations without consent. County officials acknowledge no state laws curb strip mining yet discuss road questions, while the mine superintendent deflects responsibility citing non mining traffic and legal road use permissions.
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the Southern Illnoisan
Rt. 3
Marion
Peabody Energy Coal Co
Coal Company
Frank Curlee
Charles D. Crockett
Theodore South
Raymond Triplet
Virgil Loyd
Evelyn Nation
Loren Stephens
R.R
Grover Haynes
Haynes
Fred Thane
Thane
Crenshaw
Rt. 13
Highway Department
Bill Eveland
Eveland
Mayor Daley in a slump shifts to Kennedy as VP pick
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, initially backing President Johnson, unexpectedly endorses Senator Edward Kennedy for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Kennedy then withdraws from VP consideration citing family responsibilities, leaving Daley’s presidential endorsement unclear ahead of the convention.
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Ilinois
Nixon
Percy
Sen
Richard Daley
Chicago
Lyndon Johnson
Illinois
Daley
Edward Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Mayor
Rise of black militancy and the civil rights struggle
James Baldwin reflects on Stokely Carmichael and the rise of black power, arguing that American cowardice and racism fuel the militancy. He recalls Selma, prison-like policing, and passport bans, urging whites to face the truth of racial oppression and the need for transformation.
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James Baldwin
Stokely Carmichael
Deep South
America
Stokely
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Republic
Paris
New York
Mr. Carmichael
Selma
Court House
Wallace
Alabama
Montgomery
Bobby Kennedy
Federick Douglas
Paul Robeson
Muhammad Ali
Harlem
Havana
United States
Asia
Great Western House
Laocoon
David Felts
A.B
Mp.j
Historian's widow writes I Ruth Autobiography of a Marriage
Ruth Painter Randall widow of James G. Randall presents I Ruth Autobiography of a Marriage, recounting the courtship and life of the Lincoln biographer and his wife. The book joins Randall family volumes like Mary Lincoln and Lincoln's Sons, geared to young readers though appealing to adults and Civil War enthusiasts.
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Abraham Lincoln
Mary
Jefferson Davis
Varina
John C. Fremont
Jessie
George Armstrong Custer
Elizabeth
Ruth Painter Randall
James G. Randall
Ruth
Littie, Brown
Mary Lincoln
Roanoke College
Roanoke
Randall
Illinois State Historical Society
Paul Angle
Carl Sandburg
Frank Friedel
Ben Thomas
Irving Dilliard
Bruce Weirick
Harry and
Delores Pratt
W. E. Baringer
Grace Catton
Newton Farr
Dr. Randall
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Chariton Heston
James Laldwin
Harry Belafonte
Marlon Brando
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