The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1994 Page: 2 of 28
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PO. Box 898
Canadian (Hemphill) Texas 79014
(806) 323-6461
BEN EZZELL Editor and Publisher
1948-1993
NANCY EZZELL Editor and Publisher
LAURIE EZZELL BROWN
Co-Editor
Photographer
TINA STOCK
Advertising Manager
Entered as second class matter December 20,
1945 at the Post Office at Canadian, Texas
under the act of March 3, 1879. Published
each Thursday afternoon at Canadian, lexas,
by Nancy M. Ezzell.
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THURSDAY 26 MAY 1994
was apparent and the divided nature of the
public’s response was predictable, Chief Justice
Earl Warren labored to produce unanimity and
wrote a short, clear opinion so that there would
be little room for argument about the intent of
the justices. “In the field of public education,” he
wrote, “the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has
no place.”
Considering the immensity of the transition
thus begun, the ruling itself was a modest one.
The court did not go beyond the field of public
education. It did not even craft a remedy for the
plaintiffs. And a year later, when that task was
approached, the court fell back on a vague direc-
tive that change should be undertaken “with all
deliberate speed.” There followed a decade of
resistance in which school boards simply ignored
the ruling, declared that students were free to
transfer if they wished or defiantly refused to
accept black children in all-white schools.
The passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,
which in part provided a mechanism for im-
plementing Brown by withholding federal funds
from recalcitrant districts, strengthened the
government’s hand but did not end the turmoil.
Affirmative remedies, including busing had to be
undertaken. And communities that had never
been segregated by law came under attack for
government policies that facilitated the separa-
tion of schoolchildren by race. It must be acknow-
ledged that today, 40 years after Brown was
decided, though official segregation has been dis-
mantled, integration of educational institutions
has not been achieved.
The pace of desegregation, which began to
[ DON’T GIVE A S--T what happens. I want you all to
^Lstonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment,
cover-up or anything else, if it’ll save it—save the plan.
That’s the whole point.
QSeldom DOES A SUPREME COURT
ruling have such a profound impact on the
country’s social structure, moral tone and con-
stitutional assumptions as to become a
benchmark event in the nation’s history. That
happened 40 years ago this month, when the
court handed down a decision in the school
desegregation case of Brown v. Board of Educa-
tion. Because the enormous impact of the ruling
I know it’s foolish, but when I carried them home that day, I
really though that they might grow up to be Celebrities. I
dreamed that I would watch them as they grew and blossomed,
that I would watch them come into fruition. Oh, how I relished
those thoughts as I sat on the Patio. But now...?” A bitter look
across his face followed one of resignation and disappointment.
Suddenly Robert grabbed Larry’s arm. “Look-here comes
Jack. Jack? Jack, what about your Sweetie? What about Flame?
Is your Better Boy better? What does Dr. Kennight say?” Both
men rushed at him, eager for any news.
“Robert, Larry: pull yourselves together! Kennight says we
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THE MOMENT WAS RIPE this week for a guest columnist. My
friend, Mr. Green Jeans (now how many of you remember him?)
McGarr found fertile ground in a this pulpy rendering of his
impressions of May First. In this column, McGarr has plummed
the depths of gardening in the Texas Panhandle, and exposed
every gardener’s deep-rooted fears of spring frost and hailstorms.
My thanks to John for lending this week’s Field Notes a
distinctly agrarian bent, and for baling me out. Sometimes,
column-writing is one tough row to hoe.
HUSHED VOICES QUIETLY ECHOED down the tiled
hallways. Punctuated by the gentle squeak of rubbersoled shoes,
deep male voices offered and sought solace in equal measure.
Passersby gave them a wide berth, creating a small island of
isolation within the sluggish river of humanity that flowed
through the building.
“Did they make it through the night, Larry?”
“We don’t know. They’ve already been through so much, I don’t
see how they can take much more. They’ve suffered so these last
few days....I don’t know.
In a way, their passing would be a mercy, but... but, oh, Robert,
I’ll miss them so! They were so strong, so full of potential!” Larry’s
bloodshot eyes filled with tears as he folded his sunburned arms
defensively across his chest.
“Why, Robert, why?” I gave them everything: the best food, a
good home, showered them with attention. And now this. THIS!!
I must have done something wrong, but why does my beautiful
Big Boy have to pay for my negligence?” Silent sobs racked his
thin body.
“Larry, stop blaming yourself! You, me, Jack, we all did the
best we could. Look at my Early Girls, my Romas: a week ago
they were straight and strong and beautiful. Now they’re twisted
and broken.
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1994, newspaper, May 26, 1994; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1286110/m1/2/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Advertising%22: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.