Kempton, Murray, 439
Kennedy, Ethel, 496
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 271, 496
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 271
Kennedy, President John F., 205, 214, 222, 235, 241, 252, 257, 265, 266, 284, 293
assassination, 270–272
King and, 158–162, 165, 166, 169, 170, 172, 173, 179, 207, 246–248, 270–272
televised civil rights talk, 244, 245
Vietnam, 373
Kennedy, Robert, 165, 172–177, 179, 197, 200, 201, 205, 214, 217, 230, 238, 241, 244, 246, 248, 250, 257, 467, 496
King and, 264–267, 495
presidential candidate, 467, 468
Vietnam, 431, 432, 444
Kennedy administration, 206, 243, 244
Kerner, Otto, 409, 414
Kerner Commission report, 466, 467
Killens, John, 268
Kilpatrick, James J., 166–169
King, Alberta Williams (Mrs. Martin Luther, Sr.), 3–8, 488, 497
King, Alfred Daniel, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 95, 221, 318, 487, 488
King, Bernice Albertine (Bunny), 216
King, Christine (Willie), 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 95
King, Coretta Scott (Mrs. Martin Luther, Jr.), 128, 134, 138, 139, 284, 340, 341, 356, 359, 361, 465
assassination, 492, 493
in Atlanta, 150, 152, 161, 163, 165, 206, 222, 270, 312, 331, 332, 338, 383
in Chicago, 388, 408
children, 64, 88, 89, 92, 95, 125, 181, 182, 198, 215, 216, 338
King’s funeral, 494–498
march through Mississippi, 404
in Montgomery, 61, 64, 67, 69, 88, 89, 92, 95, 98, 102, 103, 112, 134
Nobel prize trip, 318–321
peace activities, 381, 431, 440
visit to Ghana, 116, 117
visit to India, 140–144
in Washington, 256, 257, 263
King, Dexter, 198
King, Lonnie, 161, 162, 170
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Abernathy and, 183
arrests and trials, 86, 95–97, 134–136, 152, 155, 156, 162, 163, 191, 192, 220, 221, 298, 338, 340, 341, 449
assassination of, 490–493
children, 64, 88, 89, 92, 95, 125, 181, 182, 198, 215, 216, 276
courtship and marriage, 42–45
critics, 127, 128, 130, 150, 177, 180, 192, 195, 197, 240, 253, 254, 269, 281, 298, 308, 330, 352, 413, 449
death preoccupation, 455, 456, 473, 486
“Drum Major for Justice, A,” 458, 496
early experience with segregation, 10–12, 16, 17, 29, 30, 49
early years and education, 3–5, 8–12, 14, 16–20, 23–47, 60, 132
Eisenhower and, 133, 134, 139, 159
family, 5, 6, 14
FBI and, 201, 264–267, 284, 294, 314–318, 331–334, 432, 437, 440, 444, 449, 453, 454, 457
fund-raising, 214, 249, 270, 449, 457
funeral, 494–498
greatest gift, 372
“Hammer of Civil Rights, The,” 292
health, 101, 107, 117, 125, 138, 281, 284, 312, 345
honors, 149, 279, 298, 337–339
John F. Kennedy and, 158–162, 165, 166, 169, 170, 172, 173, 179, 207, 246–248, 270–272
L. B. Johnson and, 272–275, 322, 343, 344, 347, 355, 369, 375, 395, 445, 446, 453, 457
“Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 223–230, 238, 252, 304
“Letter from a Selma Jail,” 342, 343
Malcolm X and, 251–253
Nobel prize trip, 312, 313, 317–321
personal traits, 14–16, 41, 60, 149, 178, 280–286, 288–290
radio and television, 138, 166–169, 180, 243, 376
sexual transgressions, 265, 283
speaking tours, 253, 336, 361, 394, 414
stabbing of, 138–140
state income tax indictment, 152–156
strain, 465, 466, 472
Strength to Love, 283, 295
Stride Toward Freedom, 125, 127–132, 137, 249, 270
threats against, 87, 88, 101, 103, 338, 454, 455, 472, 486
“Three Dimensions of a Complete Life, The,” 48, 319
view of America’s salvation, 468, 469
visit to Ghana, 116, 117
visit to India, 125, 127, 140–144
Where Do We Go from Here?, 422–427, 450
Why We Can’t Wait, 256, 269, 270, 295, 302–304
King, Martin Luther, III (Marty), 125, 181, 216, 270, 297, 383, 404, 495
King, Reverend Martin Luther, Sr., 3–5, 8, 12, 13, 20, 36, 45, 50, 57, 149, 150, 163, 165, 170, 319, 320, 436, 493, 495
education, 6, 7
marriage, 7
Montgomery incident, 92–95
King, Yolanda (Yoki), 64, 88, 89, 92, 95, 181, 182, 198, 276, 383, 404, 495
“King-Spock” presidential ticket, 442
“Knock at Midnight, A,” 410, 411
Kopkind, Andrew, 446
Ku Klux Klan, 14, 22, 51, 62, 71, 87, 108, 163, 164, 166, 174, 205, 241, 268, 306, 317, 338, 454
in Mississippi, 306, 308
in St. Augustine, 293, 294, 295, 300
in Selma, 328, 361, 365
Kunstler, Lotte, 178
Kunstler, William, 178
Kyles, Reverend Samuel, 488–490
Lafayette, Bernard, Jr., 457
Lahey Clinic, 101
Lamar, Nat, 270
Lawndale, 387, 389
Lawson, James, 469–471, 483, 489
Lawson, James, Jr., 151, 154
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 316, 343, 370
Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open housing, 415
Lee, Bernard, 161, 162, 183, 232, 270, 280, 283, 294, 299, 328, 361, 363, 377, 405, 451, 462, 472, 476, 482, 489, 491, 495
Lee, Cager, 346, 358
Lenin, Nikolai, 26, 27
Lenud, Philip, 41, 42
Leoline, Sister Mary, 358
Letherer, James, 358, 361
“Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 223–230, 238, 252, 304
“Letter from a Selma Jail,” 342, 343
Levinson, Stanley, 108, 124, 131, 152, 243, 265, 266, 281, 291, 365, 375, 426, 437
Communism and, 247–251, 267
Lewis, John, 151, 309, 330, 334, 347, 348, 353, 359, 459
Lewis, Rufus, 67, 68, 72
Liberation, 230, 237, 242
Life magazine, 161, 162, 437
Life of Gandhi (Fischer), 32
Lincoln, Abraham, 10, 59, 100, 169, 208, 209, 263, 272, 370
Lincoln Memorial, 256, 257, 259
Lingo, Al, 235, 239, 240, 330, 339, 345, 346, 347, 351, 371
Little Rock school crisis, 124
Liuzzo, Viola, 365
Loeb, Henry, 469, 477
Logan, Dr. Arthur, 476
Logan, Marian, 476
Lokos, Lionel, 446
London Times, 494
Look, 271, 272, 460
Louis, Joe, 426
Lovett School, 216
Lowery, Reverend Joseph, 332
Lowndes County Freedom Organization, 396
Lucy, Autherine, 92
Luthuli, Chief Albert, 118, 312
Maddox, Lester, 497
Malcolm X, 251–253, 340, 341
Mallock, Douglas, 105, 106
Manchester, William, 421
Manucy, Holsted “Hoss,” 293, 296, 299, 305
Marshall, Burke, 197, 230, 235, 238, 244, 248, 250
Marshall, Thurgood, 93, 173, 495
Marx, Karl, 26
Maxwell Air Force Base, 175
Maynard, Dr. Aubré D., 138, 139
Maynard, Robert C., 365
Mays, Dr. Benjamin, 19, 20, 23, 25, 47, 93, 337, 439, 497
Mays, Willie, 426
Mazo, Earl, 122
McCall, Walter, 29
McCarthy, Eugene, 467, 468
McCarthyism, 36, 267
McCone report, 378
McGill, Ralph, 134, 313, 337
McKissick,
Floyd, 396, 398, 401–405, 439, 440, 496
McNair, Christopher, 268
McNair, Denise, 267
Meany, George, 185–187, 456
Mehta, Ved, 290
Memphis movement, 469, 472, 477–479, 481–483, 487–490
media reports on, 480
“Mountaintop speech,” 484–487
nonviolent march after assassination, 494
Memphis Commercial Appeal, 480
Meredith, James, 206, 395, 396
Metropolitan Opera, 210
Middle East policy, 474
Miki, Takeo, 494, 495
Miller, Perry, 137
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 308, 310
Mississippi march, 396–405
Mississippi People-to-People tours (King), 306–309, 472
Mitchell, Clarence, 370
Mitchell, Oscar, 163, 165
Mobile bus boycott, 108
Model Cities plan, 394, 445
Montgomery, mass march to, 346–348, 350–352, 355–364, 372
Montgomery Advertiser, 66, 77, 83, 109
Montgomery bus boycott, 66, 67, 70–107, 131, 362
aftermath, 107–112
Montgomery crisis, 62, 63
Montgomery Improvement Association, 67–84, 87, 88, 94, 95, 99, 103, 105, 107, 115, 136
Morehouse College, 6, 7, 28, 47, 495
Morgan, Charles, Jr., 268
Morgan, Juliette, 77
Morris, William Hugh, 180
Morris Brown College, 7
Morse, Wayne, 235
Mostel, Zero, 316
“Mountaintop” speech, 484–487
Mount Olive Baptist Church, 12
Muelder, Walter, 39
Muhammad, Elijah, 252, 341
Muhammad Ali, 316, 426
Muste, A. J., 381, 427
Namath, Joe, 316
Nashville sit-ins, 287
Nation, The, 169, 170, 180, 206, 292, 344
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 7, 19, 22, 29, 58, 62, 91, 116, 130, 163, 193, 245, 263, 287, 307, 308, 312, 404, 439
conflicts with SCLC, 157, 158, 291
legal and court actions, 61, 123, 124
legal defense fund, 36, 50, 173, 215, 230
Montgomery bus boycott, 63, 66, 67, 72, 73, 93, 96, 99
Parks case, 66, 67
sit-ins, 151
The Crisis, 119
National Baptist Convention, 6, 137
National City Lines, 80
National Council of Churches, 184
National Council of Negro Women, 312
National Liberation Front, 374, 376
National Negro Funeral Directors Association, 99
National States Rights Party, 298, 335
National Urban League, 123, 124, 133, 246, 291, 305, 432
Nation Institute, 431
NBC Meet the Press, 366
NBC Today Show, 138
NBC “The Nation’s Future,” 166–169
Negro American Labor Council, 185
Negro education, traditional view of, 19
Negro Heritage Library, 300
Negro Lutheran Church, 82
Negro Voters League, 14
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 125, 141
New American Library, 250
Newark, violence in, 305, 445
New England Conservatory, 43, 46
New Industrial State, The (Galbraith), 449
New Leader, the, 230
Newman, Paul, 316
Newsweek, 291, 299, 437
New York Post, 439
New York Review of Books, 304, 446
New York Times, The, 137, 285, 315, 332, 338, 343, 358, 410, 432, 437, 438, 439, 451, 480, 493, 494
New York Times Magazine, 177, 269, 290, 427
Niagara Platform, 22
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 34, 35, 38–40, 47, 91, 439
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 31
Nixon, E. D., 63–66, 68, 91, 103, 106
Nixon, Richard M., 122, 134, 139, 159, 165, 166
Nkrumah, Kwame, 116, 117
Nobel Peace Prize, 312, 313, 317–321
Nonviolence, 105–107, 488, 489, 494
opposition to policy of, 397, 398, 400–405, 478
policy of, 282, 321, 337, 392, 393, 405, 406, 410, 420, 421, 439, 447, 448, 480
workshops, 482
O’Dell, Jack, 247–251
O’Hara, John, 312
Olav V, King of Norway, 320
Operation Breadbasket, 417, 461
Orange, James, 489, 496
Organized labor, 185–188
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 271
Overseas Press Club, 433
Owens, Jesse, 426
Pacifism, 30, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40
Packing House Workers of Chicago, 185
Parker, William, 378
Parks, Frank A., 74
Parks, Mrs. Rosa, 64–70, 73, 91, 131, 132, 360
Patterson, Eugene, 315
Patterson, Floyd, 495
Patterson, John, 174, 175
Patterson, Tut, 50, 51
Paul VI, Pope, 494
People’s Republic of China, 381, 394
People-to-People tour, 306, 367–369, 470, 471
Personalism, 40, 41
Phenomenology of Mind (Hegel), 36
Philadelphia, violence in, 309
Planned Parenthood Federation, 56
Playboy, 116, 253, 282, 284, 307, 313, 462, 468
Plessy v. Ferguson, 22, 50, 303
Poitier, Sidney, 257, 426
Pollard, Old Mother, 76, 77
Poll taxes, 371
Poor People’s campaign, 448, 457, 475, 480, 481
Pope, Liston, 132
Popper, Hermine, 130, 131, 295, 426
Powell, Adam Clayton, 400, 449
Powell, Mary, 42
Power of Nonviolence, The (Gregg), 39
Prasad, President Rajendra, 141
“Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” 120, 121
Price, Cecil Ray, 308
Price, Leontyne, 426
Pritchett, Laurie, 191–196, 198, 199
Progressive, the, 153
Project Alabama. See Selma movement
Project C (Confrontation Birmingham), 211., See also Birmingham movement
Psychoanalysis, 37
Rabbinical Assembly, speech to, 473–476
Raby, Al, 368, 369, 376, 377, 379, 380, 411, 412, 415, 417
Racial equality, whites and, 418
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli, 141
Rainey, Lawrence, 307–309, 404
Ramparts, 422, 427
Randolph, A. Philip, 15, 23, 99, 119, 120, 133, 139, 185–188, 246, 255, 370, 395, 399, 405, 421, 460
Rauschenbusch, Walter, 25, 26, 34, 40, 47, 462, 486
Ray, James Earl, 480, 494
Ray, John, 480
Reddick, Lawrence D., 129, 140, 141, 291
Reeb, Reverend James, 349, 353, 354
Reeves, Jeremiah, 62
Reidsville Penitentiary, 164, 165
Relativism v. Idealism, 40
Renouvier, Charles, 40
Reporter, The, 405
Research Committee, 291, 292, 428, 472
Reuther, Walter P., 188, 246, 253, 257
Reynolds, Libby Holman, 140
Richmond News-Leader, 166
Rillieux, Norbert, 425
Riverside Church, 433
Robertson, Carol, 267
Robeson, Paul, 400
Robinson, Chester, 415–417
Robinson, Cleveland, 186, 187, 292
Robinson, Jackie, 157, 426, 438
Rochester Theological Seminary, 25
Rockwell, George Lincoln, 335
Rodell, Marie, 128, 129, 131
Roget’s Thesaurus, 423
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 118, 360
Ross, Diana, 495
Rothchild, Rabbi Jacob, 338
Rowan, Carl, 315, 437
Royko, Mike, 315
R
uby, Jack, 271
Russell, Bill, 426
Rustin, Bayard, 94, 95, 108, 112, 123, 124, 131, 152, 246, 255, 263, 285, 289, 291, 310, 311, 313, 318, 334, 368, 370, 375, 377, 380, 405, 421, 439, 456, 457, 461, 472
St. Augustine movement, 293–301
St. James Methodist Church, 81
St. Joseph’s Hospital, 491, 492
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 453, 480
Sanders, Carl, 197, 205
Saturday Evening Post, 213, 291
Saturday Review, 137
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 134, 172, 208
Schuyler, George, 453
Schwerner, Michael, 307, 308, 402
SCLC. See Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCOPE. See Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project
Scott, Coretta, 42–45. See also, King, Coretta Scott
Scott, Michael, 117
Seay, S. S., 103
“Second Battle of Atlanta,” 162
Seeger, Pete, 440
Segregation, 10–12, 16, 17, 29, 30, 49–51, 63, 99, 150, 213
ended in interstate bus stations, 177, 178
Kennedy and, 172, 179, 180
target year for end of, 116
Seigenthaler, John, 172, 174, 175, 248
Sellers, Clyde, 74, 89, 135, 136
Selma movement, 294, 313, 317, 318, 325–331, 334–337, 339–346
aftermath, 364–366
Bloody Sunday, 347–349, 403
Montgomery march, 346–352, 355–364
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 247
Shaw University Conference, 154
Shiloh Baptist Church, 188, 189
Shuttlesworth, Reverend Fred, 108, 175, 206, 209, 210, 212, 219, 231, 239
Simms, B. J. 68, 76, 77, 97
Simon, Paul, 127
Simpson, Bryan, 296, 297, 300, 305
Sit-ins, 151–155, 160, 167, 185, 308, 408
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 233, 267
Slavery, 31, 100
Slogans, 401, 402
Slumdale, 389
“Slum Union,” 387, 391
Smiley, C. T., 89, 106
Smith, Kenneth Lee, 25
Smith, Lillian, 137, 163
Smith, Maxine, 477
Smitherman, Joe T., 327, 336, 339, 347
Smyer, Sid, 239
Social Gospel movement, 25, 41, 49, 462
Social Security, 311
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 123, 124, 129, 130, 131, 133, 144, 145, 146, 149, 152, 171, 178, 179, 197, 199, 247, 285, 311, 312, 366, 421, 439, 443, 475
in Birmingham, 210, 211, 217
in Chicago, 379, 380, 388–416
in Cleveland, 441, 444
conflicts with NAACP, 157, 158
Hosea Williams, 287, 288
leadership training program, 291
Mississippi march, 396, 401
Middle East policy, 474, 475
Operation Breadbaskets, 417, 461, 481
organized labor, 185
in riot-plagued cities, 457
in St. Augustine, 294–301
in Selma, 318, 325–331, 355
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