Sentences with phrase «violent racial incidents»
More than half of the 1,865 10th - to 12th - graders surveyed by the polling firm had knowledge of violent racial incidents; about one - fifth said such incidents happened «very often,» and 36 percent said they happened «once in a while.»
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The national crusade for civil rights, a struggle still incomplete; the rise of student activism, spurred by the Vietnam war; and a couple of violent racial incidents in Ames ripened the atmosphere for the students of Iowa State to champion Trice, who had given his life for the school.
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A majority of high - school students have witnessed or heard about racial incidents with violent overtones, and nearly half would either join in or approve of the action, according to a recent poll by Louis Harris and Associates.