Focuses on recent Federal legislation involving employment, as well as the political attitudes of the President and the American Association of School Administrators. Progress and problems relative to school desegregation are included in short reports from 20 states. (DM)

The Massachusetts Teachers Association Human Relations Committee has developed programs for instruction on the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (LH)

Combined with the overabundance of free time caused by unemployment, pachuco gangs in Chicano neighborhoods became very active during the 1940s. Houston had its own pachuco gangs that not only had feuds with each other but also clashed with Houston police. (NQ)

The idea of civil disobedience is clarified, its relationship to the democratic way of life is discussed, and some guidelines are formulated for justifying its use. (Author/KM)

An analysis of external intervention in civil strife reveals the varying degrees and circumstances under which it occurs. It is predicted that external involvement in widespread domestic conflict is markedly a feature of the international system and is likely to increase. (JB)

The news media function as a demolition squad, in that they attempt to locate the leadership mechanisms of black revolutionary time bombs and expose their inner workings at a time well in advance of the resolution of their internal contradictions and the realization of their explosive potential. (Author/DM)

Law confidence in collective security contributes to the need for and the resistance to gun control policies. Time-series data on legal gun demand in Detroit from 1951 to 1977 are consistent with a model in which individuals respond to high violent crime rates, civil disorders, and police strength. (Author/RM)

The story of one environmentalist currently serving time in a federal penitentiary presents personal perspectives on engaging in illegal activities to expose environmental destruction to the public. (MCO)

Describes the Nashville (Tennessee) lunch-counter sit-ins in 1960, civil-rights demonstrations led by students, and the resultant boycott of downtown businesses by blacks and sympathetic, or uneasy, whites. Many participants in the Nashville sit-ins went on to larger roles in the civil-rights movement. (SLD)

In the course of investigating disorders on college campuses, the Committee conducted preliminary inquiries and later took sworn testimony from witnesses concerning the following institutions: Harvard University, Columbia University, City College of New York, Brooklyn College, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Voorhees…

The handbook for secondary students advocates nonviolent action, not passivity nor retaliation toward injustices. Emphasis is upon helping students to understand nonviolent action; to be familiar with training information on courses, time requirements, problems, costs, and procedures; and to deal with direct objectives toward peaceful social…

Examines legislative responses to campus unrest. (Author)

In an address to Association of American Colleges (Houston, Texas, January 1970), author says the new youth movement is aiming at moral development. (IR)