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...Virginia's former (1950 to 1954) Governor John S. Battle, 67, a resonant voice for political moderation in the Southern Democratic Party. Battle, who prevented a Southern walkout at the 1952 Democratic Convention, is a segregationist but not a violent racist, as governor made large strides in improving Virginia's Negro schools. He promises to represent the "strong Southern view," i.e., anti-integration, pro-law and order...
...Executive Committee of the Harvard Society for Minority Rights voted unanimously yesterday to invite Wang here for some date early in December. The Dartmouth-educated racist has expressed a desire to organize White Citizens Councils at all the Ivy League colleges...
...unforeseen actions of Governor Orval Faubus and a small group of racist agitators subverted the integration of Central High School. Faced with violence and blatant disregard for the law, the federal government adopted the use of armed troops to enforce the Court's historic decision...
...integration hotspots of 1956, Clinton, Tenn., was the hottest. Incited to riot by Yankee Racist John Kasper, Clinton roughnecks tried to chase Negro pupils away from high school, beat up a Baptist minister, forced Governor Frank Clement to call out the National Guard, and brought on a court case in which Kasper and six others were found guilty of criminal contempt (TIME. Aug. 5). Last week Clinton High School opened for the 1957-58 school year with eight Negroes present. It was a calm day: the troublemaking minority squelched, integration had been established in Clinton. Tennessee's next test...
...Racist John Kasper, of New Jersey, though attracting only small crowds, was in town to stir up as much mischief as he could. Parents of six of the 13 Negro children got threatening phone calls. One caller told a mother that her six-year-old daughter would be strung up by her toes. Someone told another mother that acid would be hurled at her son. Said a woman who identified herself as a "Ku Kluxer": "You'd better not send your child to a white school, because we'll beat her to death and bomb your house...