Racial Relations Arkansas

Federal agents firing tear-gas canisters into a mobile home arrested the founder of the White Patriot Party and three other reputed white supremacists Thursday, authorities said. The pre-dawn raid came less than a week after 15 suspected white supremacists were arrested in Arkansas and Colorado on a federal indictment charging them with conspiracy to overthrow the government. Among the four arrested Thursday was Glenn Miller, 46, of Raleigh, N.C.

The idea has become a fixture of Bill Clinton's campaign: "All my life, I have been an agent of change," he says. As Arkansas governor, he tells audiences around the nation, "I have taken on the entrenched interests" to fight for change. And, indeed, Clinton's five terms as his state's chief executive, covering 12 of the last 14 years, have brought considerable change to Arkansas, particularly in two crucial areas for a poor Southern state--race relations and education.

A black activist punched a white supremacist on camera in a television studio, then endorsed him over a black candidate for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. Robert (Say) McIntosh said he wanted to get back at runoff candidate Ralph Forbes for preventing him from burning an American flag in a demonstration on the steps of the state Capitol last July. "That's for stepping on my rights!" McIntosh told Forbes after he stopped hitting the candidate and got up off the studio floor at KARK.

A black activist punched a white supremacist on camera in a television studio, then endorsed him over a black candidate for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. Robert (Say) McIntosh said he wanted to get back at runoff candidate Ralph Forbes for preventing him from burning an American flag in a demonstration on the steps of the state Capitol last July. "That's for stepping on my rights!" McIntosh told Forbes after he stopped hitting the candidate and got up off the studio floor at KARK.

The idea has become a fixture of Bill Clinton's campaign: "All my life, I have been an agent of change," he says. As Arkansas governor, he tells audiences around the nation, "I have taken on the entrenched interests" to fight for change. And, indeed, Clinton's five terms as his state's chief executive, covering 12 of the last 14 years, have brought considerable change to Arkansas, particularly in two crucial areas for a poor Southern state--race relations and education.

The most poignant moment Terrance Roberts remembers from high school is being a gangly, sensitive, 15-year-old black kid confronted on the athletic field by a beefy white kid named McCauley who was brandishing a baseball bat. A bunch of other white kids formed a circle around them. "The only thing I could think of was to look McCauley in the eye and not break the gaze," recalled Roberts, an assistant dean at UCLA's school of social welfare.

The most poignant moment Terrance Roberts remembers from high school is being a gangly, sensitive, 15-year-old black kid confronted on the athletic field by a beefy white kid named McCauley who was brandishing a baseball bat. A bunch of other white kids formed a circle around them. "The only thing I could think of was to look McCauley in the eye and not break the gaze," recalled Roberts, an assistant dean at UCLA's school of social welfare.

Federal agents firing tear-gas canisters into a mobile home arrested the founder of the White Patriot Party and three other reputed white supremacists Thursday, authorities said. The pre-dawn raid came less than a week after 15 suspected white supremacists were arrested in Arkansas and Colorado on a federal indictment charging them with conspiracy to overthrow the government. Among the four arrested Thursday was Glenn Miller, 46, of Raleigh, N.C.