National Affairs: Desegregation's Hot Spots

Pudgy Ed Turner, a Democratic candidate for Congress from Maryland's First District, paused for an instant in his speech to an Eastern Shore audience one day last week. Then he got off a remark that, on the surface, seemed singularly unexciting. Said Turner: "You know how I stand on our traditional way of life here on the Shore." His listeners immediately began stomping the floor, broke into wild whoops and hollers of approval. For the Eastern Shoremen did know how Ed Turner stands; he stands foursquare for the continued segregation of whites and...

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