"No one could be more sensitive than I to the tensions of the moment. Only God knows the surge of emotion within me striving for mastery. Only my love for Virginia and the pillar of the Almighty sustain me in this hour.''
So, with deep emotion, spoke Virginia's Governor J. (for James) Lindsay Almond Jr. last week to a special session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond. His duty, as he saw it, was a sad one. Faced with U.S. and Virginia Supreme Court orders (TIME, Feb. 2) to integrate four Negroes...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
