Bloomfield Hills section (Detroit), 27
Blue Bird Inn, 52, 53
Bluestone, Irving, 137, 139
BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) awards, 97
Boggs, Grace Lee, 275
Boggs, James, 275
Bohanon, George, 322, 323, 325
Bohemian Grove (California), 249
Book Brothers, 17
Book Cadillac. See Sheraton Cadillac Hotel
Booker, Pops, 168
Booker T. Washington Business Association, 163
Booker T. Washington Trade Association, 45
Bordinat, Eugene, 35, 118
Boulevard Chapel, 96–97
Bowles, Agnes, 104
Bowles, Calvin, 104
Bowles, John Jr., 104
Bowles, Molly, 104
Bowles, Thomas “Beans,” 43–44, 66, 104
Bradby, Robert, 35
Bradfield, Thermon, 132
Bradford, Clea, 56
Bradford, Janie, 56–57, 60–61, 66, 326
Breitmeyer, Eleanor, 33
Brennan, E. G., 227
Brennan, James, 21–22
Brennan, Raymond, 21–22
Brennan, Terry, 21–22
Brewster Recreation Center, 172–73
Briggs, C. E., 35
Briggs, Walter, 298
Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI), 97
Brodhead Armory, 250
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 148
Brown, Edmund G., 88, 252
Brown, Gates, 298
Brown, Holmes, 205–6
Brown, June, 173
Brown, Ron, 70
Brown, Ruth, 54
Brown, William, 281
Brundage, Avery, 87, 105, 247–51, 252–53, 259–60, 265, 269
Bruner, Don E., 227–28
Brush, Virginia, 338
Bryant, Little Sammie, 122, 125
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 313
Buchanan, Frank, 260
Buckley, William F., 115
Budd Company, 95–96
Buenos Aires: and 1968 Summer Olympics, 257, 258, 263, 265–66, 268
Buhl, Arthur, 112
Buhl Building: JWT offices in, 112–13, 116, 117, 119, 218, 220, 338
Bunche, Ralph, 262
Burke, David W., 214–15
Burke, Solomon, 54
Burrell, Kenny, 52
Burton, Dewitt T., 131
Butler, Broadus N., 230, 310
Butler, Charles W., 132
Butsicaris, Jimmy, 73, 75, 76, 81, 157
Butsicaris, John, 73, 81
Cabot Street Boys (gang), 7
Cadillac Place, 372
Calloway, Cab, 12
Calvary Church, 291
Cameron, William J., 209, 211
Campbell, Choker, 42, 281
Campbell-Ewald advertising agency, 111, 250, 252
Cardinal sub-compact, Ford, 31
Carles, Frankie, 47
Carlisle, John M., 82
Carlos, John, 271
Caro, Robert, 345
Carpenter, William C., 315
Carron and Company, 349
Carron, William, 213
cars
African American preferences for, 34–35
African Americans as owners of, 33
appeals in selling, 109, 111
characteristics of 1963, 30–31
compact, 31
1962 market for, 29–30
sales of, 29–30, 117–18, 206, 305, 320–21, 339
small, 306–8, 320
and U.S. demographics, 117–18
women as drivers of, 29, 32
See also auto industry; specific corporation or model of car
Carter, Betty, 54
Carter, Ron, 52
Casares, Rick, 79, 80
Casey, Jack, 87
Cash, Johnny, 318
Cass Tech, 19–20, 33, 52, 61, 100, 101, 163, 168, 196, 322, 323, 338, 369
Cassius X. See Ali, Muhammad
Castro, Fidel, 70
Cavanagh, Jerome
aides of, 86
appearance of, 85, 158
appointments by, 9, 151, 198
awards and honors for, 310, 313
Beckman comment about, 313
as Citizen of the Year, 310
civil rights and, 126, 151, 167, 244–45, 271
criticisms of, 229, 274, 371
death of, 371
and Detroit Auto Show (1962), 32, 35, 36, 38–39
and Detroit’s financial matters, 91, 242
and Edwards nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals, 294
and Edwards resignation as police commissioner, 295
elections of 1961 and, 64, 167
family of, 150–51
and future of Detroit, 86, 92, 93
hate letters to, 187–88
health of, 93, 151
and Henry Ford Centennial Week, 207
and Henry Ford’s anniversary luncheon, 207–8
housing (Patrick-Ravitz proposal) and, 244–45, 254, 255
JFK and, 9, 18, 289–90, 314, 371
King and, 161, 187
LBJ and, 313–14, 315, 355–57, 358, 360, 365, 370
and Motortown Revue at Fox Theater, 281–82
New Year’s greeting (1963) of, 92
and Olympics bid, 87, 88, 104, 105–6, 245, 250, 252, 253, 254, 256–59, 261–68, 271–72, 313, 357
and organized crime, 151
personal life of, 106, 370
personality of, 85–86
political ambitions of, 314, 357, 370–71
race issues and, 9, 64, 167, 171, 200, 263, 370–71
and reform of Detroit Police Department, 9
Reuther and, 314
Romney and, 357
“unfinished business” theme of, 314–15
at U.S. Conference of Mayors, 141, 150
and Walk to Freedom, 151, 161, 164, 165, 178–79, 187, 248
Cavanagh, Mark, 290
Cavanagh, Mary Helen, 93, 106, 150–51, 256, 272, 370
Cavanagh, Sylvester, 85
CBS-TV, 347
Census, U.S., 89
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 145
Central Congregational Church: Cleage as minister at, 126
Central Methodist Church: King speech at, 333, 335
Chambers, Paul, 52
Charles, Ray, 68–69
Chatelin, Ray, 344, 345, 349, 350
Chess Records, 56, 124
Chesterfield Lounge, 53
Chevrolet, 32, 109, 111, 118
Chicago Defender: Hughes column about Gotham Hotel in, 11–12
Chicago, Illinois
Century of Progress exposition in, 2
gambling in, 79
LBJ speech at Conrad Hilton Hotel in, 362
and Washington’s (Dinah) death, 300–301
See also Regal Theater
Chick-a-Boom, 55
Christie, Mr., 244
Chrysler Corporation
African Americans and, 35, 332
and book boosting Detroit, 251
car sales at, 30
and compact cars, 31
and Detroit Auto Show (1962), 32, 35
Eminem ad for, 220, 373
production at, 25
prosperity at, 320
and “small car” plan, 306
unions and, 212
Uzzle’s photos of, 94
See also Big Three automakers; specific person
Chrysler, Walter P., 332
Chubb, William, 300
Church, Leroy, 64
Church, Mrs. Leroy, 64
churches
and musical luminescence of Detroit, 100
unions and, 35
See also black churches/ministers; specific church
Cisler, Walker, 250, 257, 360
City-County Building, 86–87, 88, 252
civil rights
Big Six of, 278, 279
Detroit as model of, 248–49
and Detroit’s bid for 1968 Summer Olympics, 254–56, 261–63, 267–68, 270
divisions within, 274
divisiveness in Michigan over, 226–28, 230–32
elections of 1964 and, 357
funding for, 140, 278
hate mail concerning, 226–28
housing and, 223–28, 240–45, 280, 311, 371
JFK and, 279, 291, 292, 304, 332
JFK’s meeting with leaders of, 148–50
King as indisputable leader of, 186
LBJ and, 289, 292–93, 303, 304–5
leadership of Detroit’s movement for, 274
Michigan Chronicle views about, 310, 311
ministers and, 127–28, 149
Motortown Revue (1962) and, 63
New York World’s Fair (1964) and, 351–53
role of Detroit in, 139–41
unions and, 126, 129, 131, 139, 140, 370
See also specific person, organization, or topic
Civil Rights Act (1964), 370
civil rights bill
Congress and, 179, 182, 213, 215, 236, 289, 364
JFK and, 179, 182, 213, 226, 279, 292, 332
LBJ and, 293
and March on Washington, 236
Michigan Chronicle views about, 310
passage of, 370
Civil Rights Commission, Michigan, 226, 248
Clark, Dave, 172, 173
Clark, Dick, 44
Clark Flores, Jose deJesus, 264, 270
Clay, Cassius. See Ali, Muhammad
Clayhouse Inn, 318
Cleage, Albert (aka Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman)
and black nationalism, 273–74
as Central Congregational Church minister, 126
and civil rights movement, 126, 127–28, 129, 130–31, 133
criticisms of, 230
and DCHR, 147, 231
and Detroit’s Olympics bid, 273
and divisions within civil rights movement, 230, 231–32
and divisions within Detroit’s black community, 279–80
Franklin (C. L.) and, 231, 273, 274, 279–80, 281
and Freedom Now Party, 231
gubernatorial campaign of, 275
Malcolm X and, 274
and Northern Negro Grass Roots Leadership Conference, 274–75, 276, 279–80
and Northern Negro Leadership Conference, 231
personal and professional background of, 273
and Reuther’s Statler Hotel meeting, 147
and Scott (Cynthia) shooting, 199, 273
views about King of, 274
and Walk to Freedom, 164, 166, 179, 231–32, 235, 274
Cleage Printing Company, 175
Cleaver, James, 299, 309
Cleopatra (movie): picketing of, 168, 170
Clinton, Bill, 70, 372
Clinton Street Greater Bethlehem Temple, 323
Club El Sino, 53
Club Stadium, 232
Cobo, Albert, 167, 174
Cobo Hall
and Brundage’s visit to Detroit, 249–50, 251
Cleage tribute banquet at, 131
and Detroit Auto Show (1962), 28–31, 32, 35–36, 37, 251
Ford (Henry II) speech at, 28–31
Ford Motor sponsored merchandising fair at, 339, 340, 348
Gordy Jr.’s contribution to, 234
King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in, 175, 177, 180–86, 238–40, 300, 365
and LBJ visit to Detroit, 365
NAACP events at, 129
and Walk to Freedom, 128, 147, 163, 174, 175, 177–86, 230, 235, 238–40
Washington’s (Dinah) song at, 300
Cochran, Mike, 294
Cody High School Band, 272
Colacasides, Gus, 75–76
Colavito, Rocky, 174
Cold War, 138, 145, 270
Cole, Ed, 35
Cole, Nat King, 12
Coles, Charles “Honi,” 68, 69, 70
Coles, Joseph E., 128
Color magazine: Gordy family story in, 50
Coltrane, John, 296
Columbia Records, 232, 327
Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Unrest, 292
communism, 138, 143, 149, 243, 244, 255, 295. See also Cold War
Conant Gardens Property Owners Association, 163
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 63, 235, 351, 352
Congress, U.S.
civil rights bill and, 179, 182, 213, 215, 236, 289, 364
and Detroit’s bid for Olympics, 252
Conley, John, 220–21
Connell, Ann Garity, 292
Connor, Eugene “Bull,” 139, 162, 238
Consumer Reports magazine, 347
Contours, 42, 43, 60, 62, 65, 70, 104, 190, 281
Conway, Jack, 137, 236
Conway, Russell, 196
Conyers, John Jr., 11, 126, 127–28, 131, 140, 230, 292, 332–33, 370
Conyers, John Sr., 332
Cooke, Sam, 54, 283
Cooper, Gary, 210, 322
Corporation and Securities Commission, Michigan, 226
Corrado, Anthony, 76, 80, 156
Corrado, Pete, 76
corruption: and reasons for decline of Detroit, 91
Cortland Block Club, 163
Corvette, Chevrolet, 109
Cosby, Hank, 323
Coughlin, Charles Edward, 210
Council for Civil Rights Leadership, 239
Council for United Civil Rights, 278
Country Club of Detroit, 113, 337
Court of Appeals, U.S., Edwards (George) and, 294–95, 335
Cowan, Russ, 172–73
Cox, Wendell, 100
crime
organized, 74–83, 293, 335–36
and progress toward civil rights in Detroit, 311
race issues and, 170–71
See also gambling; prostitution; specific person
Crockett, George, 126, 127–28, 140, 292
Crosby, Bing, 88
Cross, Richard, 88, 247–49, 260, 269, 272, 294
Cuba. See Bay of Pigs; Cuban missile crisis
Cuban missile crisis, 36, 37–38, 39, 43, 95, 375
Currie, Vincent, 344, 345
Davis, Billy, 190
Davis, Ed, 33–34, 35
Davis, Miles, 43, 55
Davis, Ozzie, 234
Davis, Sammy Jr., 12
Davis Motor Sales, 34
Dawson, Robert, 5, 7
Day, Lady, 55
de Gaulle, Charles, 269
De La Beckwith, Byron, 142
De Ramus, Betty, 335
Dearborn Independent, 209–11
Dearborn Mosque, 4
Dee, Papa, 12
Dee, Ruby, 234
Defense Department, U.S., 308
Del Rio, James, 127, 130, 133–34, 164, 165, 230, 231
Delphis, 102
Delray section (Detroit), 19
Democratic National Convention (1960), 288–89, 292
Democratic National Convention (1964), 87, 297
Detroit
attempted transformation of, 371
auto industry as symbolic of, 92
bankruptcy of, 91, 166
Big Three automakers responsibility to, 241, 242
Birmingham (Alabama) compared with, 245
black population in, 312
book boosting, 251–52
civil rights movement role of, 139–41, 248–49
dissolution and leave-taking of, 369–75
economic geography of, 47
economic indicators for, 95
JFK visits to, 17, 18–21, 22, 184, 251–52, 266, 285, 355
LBJ visits to, 22, 36–37, 289, 351, 355–61, 365
LBJ’s comments about, 360, 363
maps of, 6, 48, 90, 114, 192
Maraniss’s visit to, 367–69
modernization/recovery in, 39, 95–97, 367, 368
music as soul of, 49
1943 riots in, 63, 131, 146, 159, 162, 225
1967 riots in, 91, 166, 271, 370–71, 373
population of, 89, 91, 92, 368
reasons for decline of, 91
reputation of, 14, 38, 282
self-image of, 26
social life in, 205–6
taxes/debt in, 91, 95, 105
Wayne State University population report about, 89, 91, 92, 368
See also specific person or topic
Detroit Athletic Club
as center for business elite, 205
and Detroit Auto Show (1962), 28
and Detroit’s bid for Olympics, 105, 245, 250, 251
Edwards (George)-Hayden lunch meeting at, 336
Edwards’ lunches at, 82
integration at, 372
Laurie as member of, 113
and Lindell Cocktail Bar name, 73
Detroit Auto Show (1962)
African Americans at, 33
Avanti at, 305
and book boosting Detroit, 251
Cavanaugh speech at, 38–39
Cuban missile crisis and, 37–38, 39
at Ford Rotunda, 1–2, 4–5, 7–9, 26–28
Ford’s (Henry II) Cobo Hall speech at, 28–31
JFK and, 22, 31, 36, 37–38, 39
LBJ and, 22, 28, 36–37
and market for cars, 29–30
media coverage of, 25–26, 35–36
optimism at, 94
organization of, 31–32
Reuther and, 212
theme of, 32
visitors to, 31, 33
Detroit Club, 113
Detroit Commission on Community Relations, 242–43, 248, 311
Detroit Common Council, 262–63, 295, 310, 312–13
Detroit Council for Human Rights (DCHR)
Cleage resignation from, 231
and divisions in Detroit’s black community, 229–30
formation of, 127–28
Franklin and, 127–28, 147, 229–30, 274
and Negro Summit Leadership Conference, 274
Reuther and, 147–48, 235
Statler Hotel meeting about, 147–48
and Walk to Freedom, 128–29, 130–31, 163, 229–30, 235
Detroit Council of Churches, 235
Detroit Economic Club, 104, 135, 322
Detroit Edison, 250, 360
Detroit Federation of Musicians, 175
Detroit Fire Department, 359
Detroit Industry (Rivera murals), 3, 4, 365
Detroit Institute of Arts, 3, 21, 27, 252
Detroit Institute of Commerce, 46
Detroit News
Anderson (Edwin) interview by, 79–80
and Beatles, 326
blacks as criminals report by, 170
and Detroit’s bid for Olympics, 89, 252, 260–61, 269–70
Edwards’ letter to, 155–56
and Edwards’ nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals, 294
and Ford (Buhlie-Barbara) wedding, 339
Free Press combined with, 372–73
Hayden-Waldmeir interview for, 336
hiring of blacks at, 172
and human head “gift,” 336
and JFK staff members, 85–86
Kahn-designed building for, 372
and Kennedy assassination, 284
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