1.   At the time syphilis was a scourge of Southern rural blacks and just as much a stigma as AIDS is today.

2.   A sense of the past, of traditions that helped Southern blacks live and thrive, seems to have eroded in the trek north, Ms. Wilson said.

3.   Air Force brats who had traveled their whole lives shared parks with Southern blacks and whites who had hardly made it out of town.

4.   But so far, the GOP has failed to take advantage of their potential to incorporate southern blacks.

5.   But strains of conservatism can be found even among churchgoing Southern blacks, whose belief in family values can be as strong as any enunciated by pious politicians.

6.   But with discontent rising among Southern blacks, the civil rights movement is starting to spread, touching all of their lives.

7.   For the young whites, it was a revelation of what Southern blacks were up against.

8.   He used his booming voice to recruit Southern blacks to participate in nonviolent marches and ease resistance among the white establishment.

9.   Helped King in his effort to publicize the suffering of Southern blacks.

10.   Herman grew up in Mobile when white resistance to integration was peaking and Southern blacks were awakening to their political power.