Word: dixons
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Meanwhile, south of the Mason-Dixon line...Joseph T. Smitherman was the segregationist mayor of Selma, Ala., during the famous 1965 civil rights march, but by all accounts he wasn't the worst of segregationists and played no role in the beatings that occurred. As times changed, Smitherman's politics were right enough to appeal to Selma's white voters and centrist enough that he didn't get thrown out as an anachronism. He was running for a 10th re-election when, on Sept. 12 at age 70, he finally came up on the short end of a vote. James...
DIED. JULIAN DIXON, 66, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee and a senior member of the congressional Black Caucus who represented his west Los Angeles district for 22 years; of an apparent heart attack; in Los Angeles. A strong civil rights advocate and lobbyist for the District of Columbia, Dixon served on congressional ethics and defense-spending committees...
...original idea of the construction was as an educational campus with the school and the library," says Vincent L. Dixon, a supporter of the Broadway site...
Daley tried to bridge the gap and put his foot down about all the leaks. He also invited back the old Gore hands that Coelho had banished--such as Ron Klain and Monica Dixon--and sent them to Nashville. He put another old Gore hand, Greg Simon, on the plane as the designated grownup. But Daley's rule was this: You have to give up your day jobs, all your other entanglements, for the duration. Simon came on unpaid--and brought his own cell phone to save even that expense...
...Dixon said the curriculum reforms would have positive effects on race relations on a campus where, he said, "Students of color do not feel secure...