"In Human Probability..."
Item
Title
"In Human Probability..."
Issue Date
13 June 1963
Issue
Vol. 62, No. 28
Issue Editor
Hank Black
Description
Written two days after the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door," Gov. George Wallace's unsuccessful attempt to prevent two Black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling at the University of Alabama. It contrasts Wallace with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, driving the opposition against these actions, and praises each for doing what he felt was right. It also shows appreciation for Wallace "for knowing when to quit."
Note: The title, as indicated in the article, comes from a quote from an 1888 speech by Southern journalist and speaker Henry Grady, regarding his contention that Black and white Southerners must learn to coexist, peacefully but separately, because the South will "never be quit of either."
Note: The title, as indicated in the article, comes from a quote from an 1888 speech by Southern journalist and speaker Henry Grady, regarding his contention that Black and white Southerners must learn to coexist, peacefully but separately, because the South will "never be quit of either."
Source
Related Content
Henry W. Grady, "The Future of the Two Races: What the South Owes the Negro, and What His Place in Progress Should Be", in Life and Labors of H. W. Grady, His Speeches, Writings, Etc. (Atlanta: H. C. Hudgins & co., 1890), pg. 176-217.