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New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission, 12
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 152
New York Times, 82–84, 86–87, 147, 198, 215–16
Newman, Warren, 138–40
Nieman Reports, 202–3
Nixon, Richard, 193
Nobel Peace Prize, 7
Nosser, George, 70, 73–74
Nosser, Joe, 70, 73
Nosser, Mayor John, 69–70, 73, 80, 107, 111, 130, 132, 166, 181, 190, 236
Nugent, Douglas, 150–51, 160
Obama, Pres. Barack, 205
Oberlin, Jerry, 167–68
Oberlin Jewelers, 190, 236
Ogden, Bill, 16–18, 28, 62, 64–65, 92, 94, 147, 162
suspect in Edwards’s disappearance, 207–9, 218, 226, 231
suspect in Morris arson, 217
Operation Wet Blanket, 112
Opperman, David, 215
Orange, Tex., 107
Orleans Territory, 11
Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 32, 60, 67, 130, 233–35
banishments from, 24
of Concordia Parish, 2, 108
dissension in, 22, 24, 33, 39, 165, 187
of Louisiana, 19, 21, 28–29, 129
of Mississippi, 2, 21, 32, 35, 225, 168–69
organizational efforts, 22
Ouachita River, 24
Oxford, Miss., 19
Palmertree, R. W., 37
Paperny, David, 202, 211–12, 215
Paperny Films, 202
Parker, Ernest, 42, 79, 107, 136, 166, 225, 234
Parker, Gov. John, 152
Parker, Robert Lee, III, 43
Parker’s Island. See Davis Island
Parker’s Landing, 44, 64
Payne, George, 77–78
Peppermint Lounge, 161
Perez, Thomas, 214
Perry, Iona, 62, 64, 207
Person, W. E., 16
Pfeifer, John, 94, 101, 153, 158–60, 162–63, 186, 188–89, 193, 195–96, 209, 219
Phagan, Mary, 21
Philadelphia, Miss., 2, 57
Piercefield, William, 146
Pointe Coupee Parish, 160
Poissot, O. C. “Coonie,” 150–51, 153–54, 184, 234–35
as informant, 185, 210
suspect in Morris arson, 211–13
Poissot daughters, 210–12, 235
Pope Paul VI, 114
Port Gibson, Miss., 78, 132, 169
Poynter, 215
Prather, Archie, 40–42, 136–37, 140
Prather, Marcus, 138
Presley, Elvis, 14
Pretty Creek, 170–71
Pretty Creek Bridge, 170–71
Price, Cecil, 56
Pritchard, Robert, 131–32
Pritchard, Sheriff Cecilia, 131–32
Prospere, Clarence, 44, 66–67, 75–76, 186, 190
Prostitution, 9–10, 12, 14
Puckett, Miss., 165
Queen, Johnny, 131, 133–35, 215
Rainey, Jim, 215
Ramparts magazine, 84, 144
Rayville, La., 211, 215, 235
Reconstruction, 85–86, 88, 220
Reconstruction Klan, 20–21
Reynolds, Mary, 106
Rhodes, Brenda, 211–14, 216
Richards, Thomas F., 151–52
Richardson, J. D., 160–62, 194, 219
Richland Parish, La., 212
Rickard, Charlie, 75–76
Ridgen, David, 200–201, 215
Ritz Jewelry, 167
Ritz Theatre, 73
Roberts, Gene, 202
Robertson, Campbell, 216
Robinson, Chief J. T., 29–30, 69–71, 74–75, 79, 111, 130, 181, 190
Rose Hill Baptist Church, 181
Rosen, Alex, 190–91
Rosenthal, Robert, 201–2
Roxie, Miss., 41, 45
Roxie Colored Baptist Church, 41–42
Russell, Sen. Richard, 23
Ruston, La., 62, 207
Salt Lake Tribune, 204
Scanlon, Leo, 171, 180
Scarborough, Bill, 136
Scarborough, James Lee, 29, 39, 108–9, 151–53, 164, 184–85, 225
suspect in Morris arson, 227, 235
Schiele, Fred, 194
Schwerner, Michael “Mickey,” 44, 58, 193
Scott, Thomas, 138
Seale, Clyde, 40–44, 48, 136–40, 166, 183, 226, 233, 235
suspect in Hodges’s murder, 227–28
Seale, James Ford, xviii, xix, 7, 40–42, 44–46, 48, 80, 107, 113, 136–37, 139–41, 166, 196, 198, 200, 202, 217, 225–26, 234–36
Seale, Myron Wayne “Jack,” 35, 42–43, 48, 73, 75–76, 79, 107–8, 129, 135, 139, 164, 166–68, 184, 234–36
as informant, 190, 208–9, 225, 236
Selma-to-Montgomery marches, 105, 202
Serio, Guy, 11
Sevier High School, 146
Sevier Memorial United Methodist Church, 142
Sewell, George, 1–3, 91, 93–95
Shamrock Motel, 24, 44, 58–63, 101, 206, 208, 226, 232
Shapiro, Joe, 134, 215
Shell, Kirby, 42, 139
Shelledy, Jay, 203, 216
Shelton, Robert, 23, 67–68, 83, 129–30, 164–65, 167
Shreveport, La., 193
Sibley, Miss., 34, 59
Sicily Island, La., 29
Silver Dollar Group (SDG), xx, 2, 102, 130, 142, 146, 153, 165–68, 173, 177, 182–85, 187–94, 198, 204, 207, 209–10, 213, 216–17, 228–29, 231–32, 236
fish fry, 106–8, 113, 190, 218, 234, 236
formation, 61, 101
Metcalfe bombing plot, 109
Simmons, William Joseph, 21
Simmons’s Klan, 21, 152
Simolke, James, 95–96
16th Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), 23
60 Minutes, 214
Skipworth, John J., 152
Sligo Plantation, 46
Smith, Catfish, 33, 35
Smith, Della May, 91, 93, 95
Sojourner, Boyd, 171
Southern Law Poverty Center (SLPC), xviii, xix
Southwestern Pipe Corporation, 188
Spencer, Arthur Leonard: suspect in Morris arson, 211–16, 227, 235
Spencer, Edith, 213
Spencer, William “Boo,” 211, 213–14
Spinks, Police Chief J. L. “Bud,” 58, 62–63, 73
suspect in Edwards’s disappearance, 207, 226
St. Augustine County, Tex., 101
St. Charles Church for the Colored, 5, 72, 84, 143
St. Landry Parish, La., 161
St. Patrick Catholic Church, 6, 90
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, 178
Stanford, Ian, 204
Stilwell, Tori, 206, 211
Storey, Eugene Robert “Bob,” 140
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 77, 177
Sullivan, Joseph, 56, 66, 180, 186, 190–91, 193
Sumner, Patricia, 215
Swenson, J. A., 19, 22–24, 29, 33
Sylvester, Joe, 159, 160
Syracuse University College of Law, 197, 199, 202, 216
T. E. Mercer Trucking Company, 59
Tallulah, La., 211, 213
Taney, Roger, 85
Tastee Freeze, 41, 201
Taylor, James Horace “Sonny,” 106, 108–9, 147, 234, 236–37
as informant, 185–88, 191, 236–37
suspect in Metcalfe bombing, 112–13, 184, 237
Tougaloo College, 77
Taylor, Augree, 59
Taylor, Robert, 63
Tenore, Mallory, 215
Tensas Parish, La., 43, 85–86
Texas & Pacific Railroad, 11
Thompson, Carl Ray, 60
Thompson, Rev. August, 4–5, 8, 72, 84–85, 90–91, 95, 143–44
Thorne, Sheila, 197
Till, Emmett, 6, 83
Timmons, Reesie, 187
Toles, Mary Lee, 111
Torgers
en, Thore L., 29, 39, 107, 184, 225
suspect in Morris arson, 227
Toronto, Canada, 200
Twitty, Roy, 146
United Klans of America, 2, 23, 48, 60, 67–68, 80, 83, 129, 130, 164, 166, 172, 184, 195, 229–30, 236
of Louisiana, 163–64
of Mississippi, 68, 70, 82, 107, 112, 129, 163–65, 172, 183
of Natchez, 73, 129, 165
of North Carolina, 130
University of Mississippi, 19
USA Today, 203
U.S. Department of Justice, 111, 144, 197, 200, 203
civil rights division, 8, 55, 90, 198, 214
cold case initiative, unit, 8, 198–99, 207, 216
U.S. Supreme Court, 19, 85
Vernon, Dan, 136
Vernon, Helen, 141
Vidal, José, 11
Vidalia, La., 1–3, 10–11, 13, 24, 42, 44, 58–59, 63–65, 72–73, 80, 85–86, 88, 91, 93, 96, 102–3, 107, 146–47, 157, 162, 170, 185–88, 190, 194, 208, 232
auxiliary police department, 207
police department, 72
Vidalia Klan, 29, 63
Vidalia Lions Club, 143
Vienna Cemetery, 207
Vietnam War, 5, 149, 177
Vines, Geraldine, 39
Vivian, Rev. C. T., 198
Vogel, Aynsley, 202
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 105, 177, 202
Walker, Clifton, 36–39, 48, 56, 64, 70, 80, 203, 217, 232, 234
Walker, Ruby Phipps, 36
Wall Street Journal, 114
Walsworth, Kenneth, 1, 3
Walters, Amy, 134
Warren, Police Chief Bob, 4, 91, 94
Washington, D.C., 62, 93, 111, 170, 180
Washington, Donald, 198–200
Washington, Willie, 74
Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, 159
Washington Post, 56
Watkins, Judge W. H., 67
Watkins, Robert, 30–31
Watson, William, 138
Watts, James, 186–87, 216
Weltner, Congressman Charles L., 57
Wentworth, Clyde, 136
West Feliciana Parish, La., 39
WHARBOM, 180, 182, 184–85, 193, 196, 199, 228, 236
Whatley, Alberta, 148
Whatley, David, 147–49, 189
White, Ben Chester, 70, 169–73, 180, 217, 219, 228
White, Dewey, 63
White, James, Jr., 5, 27–30, 33, 92, 142, 192
White, Morris, 213
White, Rev. A. T., 146
White Citizens’ Council: in Louisiana, 14, 20
in Mississippi, 23
White Knights, 24, 32–33, 35, 39, 43–44, 46, 46, 48, 55, 60, 66–68, 82–83, 129–30, 132, 160, 165, 170, 209, 217, 219, 225, 231
Bunkley unit, 40–41, 43–44, 46, 135–37, 139–40, 183, 225–27, 232
Cloverdale unit, 33
Fenwick unit, 33
Franklin County, 48
KBI (Klan Bureau of Investigation), 43, 46
Morgantown unit, 33, 48, 234
Sligo unit, 33, 39, 46–48, 63, 70, 73, 79, 168
White League, 85
White supremacy, 21
Whitehead, Don, 57, 158, 197
Whitley, Alfred, 33, 35
Wilkinson, Bill, 218
Wilkinson, Gen. James, 36
Wilkinson County, Miss., 8, 36–37, 39–40, 42, 48, 76, 81
Williams, Billy Bob, 58, 64–67, 75–76, 83, 131–32, 161, 166, 219
Williams, Moses, 213
Williams, Rosa, xviii, xix, 88, 92, 198, 211, 219
Willis, Edwin E., 72
Winkler, Wilhelm, 72
Winnsboro, La., 29
Winstead, Congressman Arthur, 57
Winston, James, 34–35
Wisner, J. G., 62, 70
Wolf, Leonard, 45
Woods, Billy, 48, 79
Woodville, Miss., 36–38, 70, 203, 225, 234
Workinger Bayou, 30
World War I, 21, 151, 205
World War II, 10, 14, 29, 41, 47, 62, 66, 88, 102, 135, 152, 162, 169, 232, 235–36
“Wrecking crew,” 22, 212, 225, 233, 235
Young, Royal, 22–24, 29, 33