Word: civically
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Startled by the explosion of black violence, Miami's civic leaders invited nationally known blacks to come try to cool the anger. Among them: former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director Benjamin Hooks, Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph Lowery and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of Chicago. But when Young tried to speak to a post-riot rally of some 800 blacks, he was shouted down and had to leave with a protective escort. "What the hell are you doing here?" one angry black screamed at Young as he arrived for the meeting in Liberty City. "The only...
...loser of the Texas Rangers, a team that Chiles took over as principal owner last week. To Chiles, his $4 million investment in the team is another example of what he will do to cure the country's ills. Says he: "I bought the club as a general civic duty. We have to improve the quality of life here...
...DuRoss, his daughter Anne Ford Uzielli and her statehouse steady, New York Governor Hugh Carey, the semi-retired automaker appeared at a banquet thrown by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to receive its first American Heritage Award in recognition of his years of civic service. After being praised by National Urban League President Vernon Jordan for his commitment to the ideal of "an open, integrated society," the prizewinner declared that shoring up U S. industry would do as much as anything to bring about "a more just social order...
...Civic pride is the key to keeping America beautiful
...same time, school board members and other civic and community leaders should realize that implementing an unwise plan simply because it is at hand could be devastating not only to the city's reaction to racial balance but also to the attempts of the schools to provide sound education. Those who question the redistricting plan must share their concerns at the public hearing scheduled for later this month; the school committee must also decide whether it thinks the proposal is the best method of both educating and desegregating pupils...