"Mr. Local Custom Must Die"

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The paper examines the article "Mr. Local Custom Must Die" that conveys the depth of frustration felt by the southern Black in 1960. The paper explains that although the desegregation of the army and the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision "Brown vs. Board of Education" paved the way for future change, there was little of that change visible to a black man in the South in 1960.

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The Setting for the Article

From the Paper:

"As the author mentions, hopes had been raised in the past, only to be dashed by subsequent stonewalling by the aristocracy of the southern power structure.
"There had been two events in the recent history of the author which provided encouragement that the black family might come closer to equality with their white counterparts: the integration of the armed forces following the Second World War, and the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brown Foundation for Educational Equity. "Brown versus School Board." 2004. Brown v. Board. 25 June 2007 <http://brownvboard.org/summary/>.
• McMillan, G. E. (1960, July 5) "Sit-Downs, the South's New Time Bomb." 5 July 1960. Look Magazine, pp. 21-25.
• RBP Associates. "Civil Rights Act of 1964." 13 August 1996. US AID Department of State. 25 June 2007 <http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/civilr19.htm>.
• Truman Presidential Library. "Desegregation of the Armed Forces." Truman Library. 25 June 2007 <http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php?action=chronology>.

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