Word: norfolk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...following is a letter from William F. Brazziel, director of General Education at Virginia State College, Norfolk, Va. It was written to the Harvard Education Review in reply to an article by Arthur A. Jensen stating that genetic differences between blacks and whites are the chief cause of the gap between white and black IQs as measured by traditional intelligence tests...
Perhaps another reason for the Nixon-Rogers bond is the remarkable similarity of background and development. Both were born to families of modest means in small towns 55 years ago, Rogers in Norfolk, N.Y., where his father was a cashier in a paper mill. Both boys went to work early, Rogers at age 14 as a photographer's assistant. They had to scrape for their education: scholarships, some help from his family and income from an assortment of jobs (dishwasher, waiter, door-to-door salesman of brushes) got Rogers through college at Colgate and law school at Cornell. Both...
...insurance adjuster in Norfolk, Va., was fired by his company because he allegedly referred claimants to certain attorneys. The insurance company informed the local credit bureau of his dismissal, whereupon the adjuster sued for slander and collected a $1,000 judgment. Because he sued, even though he won, he has since been classified as a "dangerous" credit risk, on the ground that he is "litigious." He has been unable to find employment, except as a $2-an-hour security guard...
...NORFOLK...
...Though the Byrd-machine placed Gov. Mills E. Godwin in office, he has gradually shifted over to the moderate faction of the party; the moderates under Sen. William B. Sprong's leadership are a swing group who now have widespread electoral support; the liberals led by Henry Howell of Norfolk have significant organizational and electoral support in black urban areas and white suburban communities around the District of Columbia as well as in Norfolk. If the moderates and conservatives don't unite behind moderate gubernatorial candidate William Battle in the 1969 party primary, then Howell, the liberal choice...