Word: civilizer
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...dispute arose early in April when HEW officials demanded to see all the files of wage and salary employees in order to determine whether the University was complying with provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act forbidding discrimination in employment practices. The officials also claimed they had the legal right to view "all University records," presumably including student files, and medical and psychiatric records...
disgusted with the abuses of American society; they were the alienated generation. Their social consciences had been activated by the hope and progress of the civil rights movement in the early 1960's. But in the past two years, they had been sickened by the violence in the cities which gave clear evidence of promises still unfulfilled. Their faith in American society and in its symbols of authority had been undermined by the tragic assassinations of the leaders who had been symbols of hope...
Certainly it is apparent that racism is not a regional phenomenon now that the self-righteousness espoused by the rest of the nation during the early days of the civil rights movement has given way to angry calls for law and order. Yet the illusion persists that the South is somehow evil, that it is a foreign country within our borders...
...Project on Corporate Responsibility is campaigning to force General Motors to change its current policy on environmental protection, automobile safety features, public health, and civil rights. The reform group will try to elect three new directors, and to introduce nine shareholders proposals at GM's annual meeting...
Testifying in opposition to the bill, Gerald F. Berlin, the chairman of the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, called it "unworkable and unconstitutional." Berlin maintained that existing legislation on parades is enough to protect the city...