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by Clarence Lusane


  Cooke, Sam, 300

  Coolidge, Calvin (lynching, nonintervention), 252

  coon shows, performing, 263

  Cooper, Jesse (free/enslaved black), 119

  Cooper, Nias (free/enslaved black), 119

  Coors, Adolph, 343

  Copland, Aaron, 265

  Corea, Chick, 343

  Corner Store (Bethune), 161–162

  Cortelyou, George Bruce, 227

  Cosby, Bill (Nixon enemy), 310

  Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill (1935), Roosevelt support (absence), 249

  Costin, John T., 185

  Cotton States and International Exposition. See Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition

  Coulter, Ann (pro-McCarthy writer), 410

  Council for Interracial Cooperation (CIC), 248

  counterintelligence (COINTELPRO), 389

  anti-Communist campaign (1956-1971), 309

  black discredit/destruction attempts, 290

  Black Panther surveillance, 420

  Crandall, Reuben, 126

  Crawford, Anthony, 258

  Crawford, Thomas, 127

  Crew, Spencer, 99

  Crime Bill (1994), 323

  criminal justice, racial disparities (continuation), 449–450

  Crouch, Stanley, 344, 441

  Crow, James, 219. See also Jim Crow

  Crowell, Ramona, 383

  Crowley, James, 462–463

  Cuffee, Paul, 188

  Custis, Daniel Parke, 37

  estate, Washington reimbursement (absence), 46

  Custis, G.W. Parke, 77

  Custis, Martha (Washington marriage), 36

  Czolgosz, Leon, 219–220

  capture, Parker assistance, 220, 222

  Daley, Richard, 392

  Daley Jr., Richard, 424

  D’Amato, Alfonse, 158–159

  Daniel (White House black carpenter), 104, 108

  Daniels, Ron, 381, 396–399

  NRC executive directorship, 397–398

  support, 398–399

  Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 263

  whites-only policy, 264

  Davis, Jefferson, 127, 173–174

  Davis, Miles, 384

  Davis, Varina, 173–174

  Davy (White House construction slave), 117

  “Death of an Old Seaman” (Cohen), 265

  Declaration of Independence, 56–64

  drafting (Second Continental Congress), 58–59

  early draft, rejected Jefferson clause, 60–61

  Jefferson opening, 59–60, 122

  original draft, 57–58

  racism, relationship, 35

  slavery perspective, 63

  symbolic power, 63–64

  tone/content/purpose, struggle, 55–56

  Virginia Declaration of Independence, contrast, 60

  Whipple, signer, 44

  writing/signing, black presence, 48

  Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Race (UNIA), 349–350

  Deep Impact, 408–409

  Delany, Martin, 188, 199

  Liberia emigration, 189

  Lincoln lobby, 204–205

  de Lerma, Dominique-René, 156–157

  democracy

  U.S. Constitution, impact, 68

  White House symbol, 18

  Democracy Now! (Goodman), 474

  Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), 373

  National Rainbow Coalition, rival, 373

  Democratic National Convention (DNC)

  controversy (1964), 385

  Obama speech (2004), 428

  Democratic Party

  anti-black agenda, implementation, 238

  black candidates, 365

  Brown appointment, 325

  defections, 182

  McKinley (Cynthia) exit, 400

  proporitional delegate distribution, 435

  stress, 301

  democratic postracial society, 33

  democratic rebellion, race issues, 51

  Department of Homeland Security, creation, 432

  Department of Peace, creation (McKinley idea), 400

  DePass, Rusty, 447

  De Priest, Jessie Williams (Hoover tea invitiation problem), 230–231

  De Priest, Oscar, 230, 421

  Deshler-Morris House, 98

  Dickerson, Debra, 441

  Dickinson, John, 64–65

  Diggs, Charles, 396

  Diggs, Judson (free black man), treachery, 138–139

  Dinkins, David, 371–372

  direct-action politics, launch, 279

  discrimination, reduction (Obama opinion), 456–457

  disenfranchisement, perpetuation, 70

  District of Columbia Emancipation Act (1862), 128

  disunion, rise, 131

  Dixon, Thomas, 251

  Dobbs, Lou, 380

  Doing, Joshua (free/enslaved black), 119

  Dolphy, Eric, 338

  domestic slaves, manumission right, 41

  domestic violence, suppression, 69

  Donegan, Dorothy, 344

  Douglas, Stephen, 166, 173

  ACS member, 148

  campaign debates, 182

  North Star, 188

  Douglass, Fannie Howard, 262

  Douglass, Frederick, 63–64, 158, 175, 178

  contradictions, examination, 202

  death, 241

  emergence, 203–204

  Johnson antagonism, 217

  leadership expansion, 242

  Lincoln meeting, 198, 205, 207

  Lincoln understanding, complexity, 209

  mellowness, 208–209

  mixed-race heritage, 417

  opinion, Lincoln appreciation, 208

  photograph, 200, 261

  Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society speech, 201–203

  slavery, 199, 201

  violin, dedication, 260

  Wells battle, 245

  White House openness, 227–228

  Douglass, John Thomas, 260

  Douglass, Joseph Henry, 260–262

  McKinley/Taft performances, 262

  photograph, 261

  Douglass, Kurt, 296

  dower negroes, 42

  dower slaves, 37

  freedom, 46

  Drayton, Daniel, 137

  larceny charge, 139

  Pearl captain, 138

  prison term, 140–141

  slavery racism criticism, 140–141

  Dreams from My Father (Obama), 438–439, 442–443

  Dred Scott. See Scott

  Dred Scott v. Sandford, 26

  D’Rivera, Paquito, 346

  Du Bois, W.E.B.

  Atlanta Compromise, 223

  black general strike, 26–27

  criticism, 224–225

  death, 287

  education perspective, 240

  Garvey, opposition, 353

  mixed-race heritage, 417

  Negro honesty, 248

  Republican Party criticism, 231–232

  Wells battle, 245

  Dukakis, Michael, 312, 320

  defeat, 370

  nomination, 371

  Duncan, Todd, 265

  Dunham, Stanley Ann, 439

  Dunmore, Lord, 80

  Durban Review Conference (Durban II), Obama attendance/participation refusal, 460

  Dust Bowl drought, impact, 29

  Duvall, Mary, 441

  Dyer, Fred, 357

  Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill

  Harding, support (weakness), 250

  support, absence, 249

  Dyson, Michael Eric, 376

  Easley, Alice, 418

  Easley, Bolus/Mariah, 418

  Eason, J.W.H., 350, 355–356

  easter, egg-rolling tradition (initiation), 17

  Echo from Dealey Plaza, The (Bolden), 280

  economic authority, resolution, 28–29

  economic reparations, Freedman’s Bank (impact), 28

  Edmonson, Samuel, 136
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  Education Equality Project, 376

  Edwards, G. Franklin, 139

  Edwards, John, 445

  Egerton, Douglas, 48–49, 61, 81

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 232

  Civil Rights era impact, 30–31

  jazz diplomacy, 336

  Jim Crow, impact, 29

  King Jr./Granger/Randolph meeting, 275–276

  Morrow, E. Frederic

  appointment, 272–273

  interaction, 271–278

  photograph, 272

  re-election, 275

  Eldridge Cleaver for President Fund, 390

  (Elizabeth) free black shipment, 148

  Ellicott III, Andrew, 112

  Banneker, relationship, 120–121, 124

  wage payments, 114

  Ellington, Duke, 333–334, 384

  Jazz Ambassador, 337–338

  White House performance, 340–342

  Ellington, James Edward (“J.E.”), 340

  Emancipation Proclamation, 27

  Greeley decision, 195

  information, Lincoln distribution, 207

  Lincoln, signing, 180–181, 191

  military dimension, undermining, 207

  problem, 180–185

  Emanuel, Rahm, 22

  embryonic political cell, 96

  Emerging Republican Majority, The (Phillips), 312

  Emerson, Eliza Irene, 172

  Emerson, John, 162

  England, political bonds, (dissolution), 59

  enslaved blacks

  dehumanized status, challenge, 69–70

  electoral/political voice, absence, 70–71

  importation, term, 73

  rights (denial), Virginia Declaration of Rights (impact), 58

  such Persons, term, 73

  enslaved individuals, supply (U.S. Constitution guarantee), 71

  enslaved people

  capital construction involvement, 110–117

  Franklin & Armfield, impact, 105

  environmental hazards, racial disparities (continuation), 449–450

  Epicurean Eating House, 125–126

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 302

  equality, organization (increase), 232–233

  “Ernani, involami” (Verdi), 262

  Espy, Mike, 323

  “Ethiopia, Thou Land of Our Fathers” (anthem), 350

  ethnic barriers, pushing, 298–299

  ethnic cleansing plan, 184

  Ethnic Studies, 20–21

  Europe, capitalism (transition), 146–147

  Europe, James Reese, 261–262

  European Union, impact, 475

  Evanti, Lillian, 265

  Evers, Medgar (murder), 303

  exclusion, black codes, 221

  execrable commerce, condemnation, 62

  Executive Mansion, 86

  Executive Order 10925, 302

  Executive Order 11063, 302

  Ex-Slave Association

  Justice Department/Post Office Department attacks, 359–360

  objective, 358

  ex-slaves, money (collection), 360

  Fair Deal era

  administration, 29

  public policies, discrimination, 255

  Fair Housing Act (1968), 307, 317

  Faneuil, Peter, 110

  Faneuil Hall, 49, 110

  Farmer, James, 287

  Farrakhan, Louis, 376, 419–420

  Fattah, Chaka, 99

  Faubus, Orval, 275

  Fauntroy, Michael, 376

  Feagin, Joe, 444

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  COINTELPRO anti-Communist campain (1956-1971), 309

  covert attacks, continuation, 309

  monitoring, 302–303

  Federalist Paper No. 54, 70

  Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Black Land Fund (FSC), 468, 470

  Fehrenbacher, Don E., 184

  Fellner, James, 322

  female population, electoral/political voice (absence), 70–71

  Ficklin, Charles, 270

  Ficklin, John (White House butler/supervisor), 269–270

  Ficklin, Samuel, 270

  Fidele, Diane (resignation), 447

  Fields, Alonzo (White butler/maître d’hôtel), 267–269, 270

  presidential preference, 268

  Fifteenth Amendment, passage (1870), 216

  Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Colored Regiment, 204

  Fillmore, Millard

  ACS member, 148

  Drayton/Sayres executive pardon, 140

  Fugitive Slave Act (1850) signing, 151

  slave ownership, avoidance, 145

  Final Report of the JFK Board, creation, 291–292

  Fisk University, 259–260

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 384

  Fletcher, Arthur (Philadelphia Plan), 312–313

  Foote, Henry, 137

  “For Aunty Sojourner Truth” (Truth), 211–212

  Ford, Gerald, 299, 314

  civil rights advances, 31

  Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 205

  Forsyth, John, 153–154

  Fort Pillow, black troop murder, 205

  founding documents, 35

  Founding Fathers

  impact, 35

  property rights priority, 74–75

  rhetoric, challenge, 129

  slavery, accommodation, 52

  Fourteenth Amendment, passage (1868), 215–216

  Fox TV News, right-wing aid, 454

  France, Second Republic (declaration), 137

  Frank (White House construction slave), 117

  Franklin, Aretha, 329–330

  Franklin, John Hope, 54, 99, 325

  Franklin & Armfield, abducted/enslaved people dealings, 105

  Fraunces, “Black Sam,” 49

  Free African Society

  broad-based network, 95–96

  formation, 95

  free blacks

  future, perception, 190–191

  inclusion, 70

  restrictions, 146

  Freedman and Soldier’s Relief Association, 177–178

  Freedman’s Bank, 28

  Freedmen’s Bureau (Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Land), 215

  school setup, 240

  Freedmen’s Bureau Act, Lincoln signing, 470

  Freedmen’s Pension Bill (Connell), 357–358

  Freedom, White House symbol, 18

  Freedom (statue) (Crawford), 127–129

  freedom movement, 298–317

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Kennedy documents release, 281

  freedom rides (1961), 282, 303

  free jazz movement, 338

  free labor

  capital construction involvement, 110–117

  Republican Party push, 27–28

  Freeman, Morgan, 407–409

  Free South Africa Movement (FSAM), 319

  free states

  slave states, balance, 146

  status (1812), 145–146

  Freidman, Paul, 470

  Fremont, John C., 192–193

  Fremont Declaration, 192

  Fugitive Slave Act (1793), 26, 40, 44

  enforcement, weakening, 413

  passage/signing, 74–75

  repeal, 96

  Fugitive Slave Act (1850), 26, 75, 154

  creation, 413

  Fillmore signing, 151

  intent, 415

  overthrowing, 196

  Pierce enforcement, 151

  strengthening, 172

  Fugitive Slave Laws, 64

  Fulani, Lenora, 381, 394–396

  race, dropout, 395

  G-7, dissolution, 475

  G-20, global governance, 475

  Gabriel (White House construction slave), 117

  Gag rule

  accommodation, 152–153

  elimination, 153

  impact, 151–152

  Gallagher, Mary, 271

  Gantt, Henry, 377

  Garfield, Jame
s A., 203

  abolition support, 238

  assassination, 240

  inauguration speech (1881), 238–239

  states’ rights defense, 240

  Garland, Ann, 173

  Garland, Armistead, 173

  Garland, Hugh, 172–173

  Garment, Leonard, 341–342

  Garnet, Henry Highland, 173, 178, 189, 199

  resistance, 198

  Garvey, Marcus Mosiah, 349–361

  black community, conflict, 353

  death, 361

  government attacks, 360–361

  Justice Department deportation attempt, 361

  KKK Imperial Wizard meeting, 360–361

  mail fraud accusation, 357

  Negro World, 361

  New Negro Crowd, government perspective, 360–361

  photograph, 350

  Provisional President of Africa proclamation, 350–351

  UNIA, 352

  Wells battle, 245

  Gary Declaration, 396

  Gates, Henry Louis (Skip Gates), 417

  arrest incident, 462–465

  Gawiser, Sheldon, 433

  General Order 11, 192

  issuance, 193

  Lincoln, rescinding, 194

  George, King

  armed revolt, justification, 59

  colonies, split (declaration), 57

  regime, oppressiveness, 47–48

  Georgetown Weekly Record, 121

  George Washington (Trumbull), 79

  Georgia

  profit, slavery (impact), 55

  rejected Jefferson Declaration clause, 61

  Gerald (White House construction slave), 117

  Getz, Stan, 339, 343

  Gibbs, Robert (apologies), 473–474

  Gillespie, John Birks “Dizzy,” 342, 343, 381–386

  Jazz Ambassador, 337

  racism, cessation (campaign), 384

  Gilmore III, James S. (Appeals Court nomination opposition), 330–331

  Gingrich, Newt, 376

  mosque hysteria, 459–460

  racist remarks, 461

  Gleason, Ralph, 383

  global capitalism, change, 29–30

  Gonzales, Virgilio (Watergate burglar), 313

  Goodman, Amy, 474

  Goodman, Andrew, 393

  Goodman, Benny, 342

  Good Ol’ Boy Roundup investigation, 294–295

  Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 181

  team of rivals, 216

  Gore, Al (vote controversy), 325

  government cover-up, Bolden story, 280–281

  government location, South wariness, 87–88

  Gradual Abolition Act

  Article X, 41

  development, 94

  Washington circumvention, 42

  gradualist policy (Pennsylvania Abolition Society), 94

  Graeff, Abraham op den, 91

  Graeff, Derick op den, 91

  Granary Burying Ground, funeral procession, 50

  grandfather clauses, impact, 243–244

  Granger, Lester (Eisenhower meeting), 276

  Grant, Gary, 473

  Grant, Ulysses S., 203

  Jubilee Singer performance, 260

  Southern racist domination, 238

  Grave of the Slave (Johnson), 157

 

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