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by Clarence Lusane


  Jennings (slave) rental, 140

  slave escape quandary, 139–140

  popular media, black representation (absence), 32–33

  “Portrait of New York Suite” (Ellington), 333

  postracialism, proponents (contention), 457

  postraciality, advocacy (emergence), 454–455

  postracial mantra, 32

  postracial policy, perspective, 452

  postracial society, debate, 448–455

  postracial thesis (Bai), 450–451

  Powell, Adam Clayton, 336

  Powell, Colin L., 319, 326–327, 449, 478

  Cheney conflicts, 404

  presidential possibility, 401, 403–404

  Republican Party problems, 404

  power

  crisis (1960s), 279

  distribution, 56

  Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (1862)

  Lincoln issuance, 195–196

  presidential order, 196

  shortcomings, 196

  pre-Plessy presidents, 235–243

  presidency, race (relationship), 22–24

  presidential election (1876), crisis, 28–29

  presidential homes (New York/Philadelphia), usage, 15

  Presidential Mansion, 86

  presidential power, Senate check, 477–478

  Presidential Reconstruction, 216

  President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act (1992), 281, 291

  Price, Leontyne (performances), 265–266

  Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842), 415

  “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community” (Obama thesis), 423

  Prison Inmates at Midyear 2007 (Bureau of Justice Statistics), 322

  privileged house slave, consequences, 43–44

  Pro-abolition Quakers, Washington meeting, 96

  progressive black social movement, necessity, 478–479

  Property rights, Founding Fathers priority, 74–75

  proportional delegate distribution, Democratic Party initiation, 435

  pro-slavery forces, crushing, 26–27

  public education, black history (absence), 32–33

  public housing, Washington movement, 89–91

  Public Law 108-72 (Bush), 346

  public school pupils, teaching, 21

  Purcell, Pierce, 108

  Quakers

  just war rejection, 92

  slavery rejection, 91–93

  Queen’s Head, revolt, 49

  Queen Victoria, Williams performance, 263

  Quinnell, Gayle, 446

  race

  baiting, Lincoln response, 182–183

  cessation, claims, 449

  issues, problems, 51

  neutrality/consciousness, Obama dilemma, 455

  presidency, relationship, 22–24

  relations, advancement (opportunity), 23

  riots, intervention (McKinley failure), 247–248

  race-conscious programs (cessation attempts), conservatives (impact), 451

  Race Initiative (Clinton), 31, 325

  race-neutral strategies, 458

  racial apartheid, 16

  racial barriers, pushing, 298–299

  racial control structure, Southern legislator protection, 255

  racial controversy, issues (manifestation), 34

  racial disparities, continuation, 449–451

  racial divisions, surmounting (Obama), 442

  racial equality (Roosevelt), 271

  racial exclusion, objective, 70

  racial hostage, 456

  racial incidents, significance, 32–33

  racialized customs/policies/laws, impact, 51

  racial justice

  organization, increase, 232–233

  U.S. Constitution, relationship, 66–75

  racial power structure, perpetuation, 232

  racial profiling, 463–464

  promotion, 21

  racism

  backlash, 129

  continuation, 244–258

  erasure, U.S. Constitution avoidance, 68–69

  impact, 24–25

  issue, cessation (claims), 449

  overtness, unacceptability, 452–453

  racists, viciousness, 19

  Radical Reconstruction (1867-1877), 216

  Rainbow Alliance, 393–394

  Rainbow Coalition, 369

  demobilization (See National Rainbow Coalition)

  Rainey, Joseph Hayne, 243

  Randolph, A. Philip, 287, 300

  Eisenhower meeting, 275–276

  youth march organization, 277

  Reagan, Ronald

  anti-black actions, 317–332

  black cabinet appointments, scarcity, 319

  Bumbry performance, 266

  conservative black activists, usage, 318

  constructive engagement policy, 317–318

  defeat, 368

  election, 393

  jazz performances, 342–343

  NEA cuts, 343

  popularity, 370

  USDA Office of Civil Rights elimination, 469

  Reagan, Ronald (racial issues), 31

  Reconstruction, 169, 458

  efforts, 24

  experiment, launching, 28

  rise/fall, 215–218

  Red Shirts, brutality, 233–234

  Red Summer (1919), 252, 351

  Reed, Philip, 128–129

  Reform Party, Buchanan nomination, 395

  reforms, enforcement (passivity/timidity), 300

  Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, decision (1977-1978), 315–316

  Reid, Harry (mosque opinion), 460

  Reid, W.L., 359

  Remains of the Day, The, 268

  Republican Congress (1995-2007), hyper-reactionary characteristic, 455–456

  Republican Party

  black candidates, 365

  Du Bois criticism, 231–232

  Republican Women’s Conference, segregationist policy (Morrow criticism), 277

  Residence Act (1790), 87

  reverse racism, Obama sanction (charges), 467

  Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM), 279, 389

  revolutionary leaders, independence declaration, 80

  revolutionary movement, blacks (involvement), 48–49

  Revolutionary War

  debts, assumption, 88

  Jefferson, impact, 59

  veterans, armed uprising, 67

  Rhode Island, slavery (importance), 55

  Rice, Condoleezza, 449, 478

  domestic/race opinions, 328

  photograph, 326

  political authority/power, 320

  position, strengthening, 327

  Richard (Jefferson slave), 48, 59

  Richmond (Hercules’ son), 90

  Roach, Max, 304, 338, 342, 384

  Robert Morris House, 86

  Roberts, Richard (conflict of interest), 294–295

  Robertson, Carol (murder), 287

  Robertson, Dale, 453

  Robeson, Paul, 268

  delegation, 257

  Robinson, Deborah A. Robinson, 296

  Robinson, Jackie, 276–277, 280, 286

  Robinson, Jim, 422

  Robinson III, Fraser, 422–424

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

  Rock, Chris, 407

  Rodney, Red, 344

  Rogers, Maggie, 270

  Rollins, Sonny, 342

  Rolph, James (lynching celebration), 254

  Roosevelt, Alice, 230

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 253, 256

  black opera performer support, 263–264

  racial equality, 271

  White House staff interaction, 268

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  blacks, invitation, 230

  black vote, 257

  crises, 23

  emergencies, 29

  Great Depression jobs creation, 255

  historic policies, 22

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p; lynching reaction, 253–254

  Obama admiration, 16

  White House

  Campbell rule, 83

  interracial socializing, 253

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  lynching blame, 250

  Roosevelt, Theodores, 17–18

  attacks, viciousness, 228–229

  racial equality, perception, 226

  rights/racism, middle ground, 226–227

  Washington dinner, 219

  damage control, 229–230

  Washington visit, problems, 225–227

  white superiority belief, 227

  writings/speeches, anti-black tone, 226

  Rove, Karl, 330

  Rowan, Carl (Nixon enemy), 310

  Ruffin, Faith, 99

  Ruiz, José, 153

  Rumsfeld, Donald, 329

  Rush, Bobby (Obama challenge), 420

  Rusin, Bayard (Nixon enemy), 310

  Rustin, Bayard, 385–386

  Sadat, Anwar, 265–266

  Salahi, Tareq/Michaele, 297

  Salinger, Pierre, 286

  Sanford, Irene, 162

  Santayana, George, 19

  Sargent, Francis W., 320

  Sayres, Edward

  larceny charge, 139

  Pearl captain, 138

  prison term, 140–141

  school desegregation, Nixon delays, 309

  Schwerner, Michael, 393

  Scott, Dred, 162

  decision, 194

  overthrowing, 196

  defense, 172

  Scott, Harriet (defense), 172

  Scott, Hazel, 336

  Seale, Bobby, 388, 390

  Seale, William, 143–144

  secession, Corner Store call, 161–162

  Second Continental Congress, 57–59

  “Second Reconstruction” (Woodward), 299–300

  Second Republic, declaration, 137

  Secret Service

  Bolden accusations, 280–281

  Department of Homeland Security control, 282

  discrimination, 291–293

  emails, inappropriateness, 295–296

  files, destruction, 291–292

  justice, obstruction, 292–294

  Lincoln authorization, 281–282

  Office of Professional Responsibility, formal investigation delay, 296

  racial actions, 295–296

  security breakdown, 297

  Seddon, James A., 205

  segregation, White House acknowledgment, 283

  segregationist policy (Pennsylvania Abolition Society), 94

  Seigenthaler, John (attack), 283

  Senate Bill (SB 1070), Arizona passage, 21

  Sengbe Pieh (Cinque), 153

  Separate but equal premise, 242

  separate by equal black codes, enforcement, 17

  Separation, Lincoln desirability, 186

  Separation of powers principle, Buchanan violation, 162–163

  September 11 attacks, 282

  alternative commission, McKinley advocacy, 399

  Bush rating, 430

  Bush White House response, 23–24

  Serrette, Dennis, 381, 393–394

  Shabazz, King Samir, 461

  Shabazz, Malik Zulu, 462

  Shakespeare, William, 357

  Shanley, Bernard, 273

  sharecropping

  impact, 236

  system, Du Bois examination, 237

  Sharp, Granville, 53

  Sharpton, Al, 374–377

  debates, 375

  Shays’ Rebelion (1786), 67, 69

  Shearing, George, 343

  Sherman, William Tecumseh (Special Order 15), 215, 470

  Johnson, impact, 217

  Sherrod, Charles, 472

  Sherrod, Shirley

  attack, NAACP caution, 472

  discrimination charge/aftermath/irony, 465–475

  FSC/BFAA support, 472–473

  FSC employment, 471

  mother, civil rights leader, 471–472

  NAACP reconciliation, 474

  prejudicial feelings, overcoming, 468

  resignation, pressure, 467–468

  USDA discrimination victim, 469

  Shields, Christianne/Henry, 415

  Shields, Dolphus, 416–418

  Shields, Marian Lois, 422–423

  Shields, Purnell/Rebecca, 418–419

  Shields, Robert, 418

  Shorter, Wayne, 344, 346

  Shubert, William, 158

  Sikes, Richard T., 289–290

  Simmons, Michael, 306

  Simms, Camilla, 293

  Singh, Manmohan, 297

  sit-ins (1960), impact, 282–283

  Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Ku Klux Klan bomb (1963), 287

  Skief, John, 100

  Skinner, Kiron K., 329

  slave catcher abductions, 104–105

  slaveholders, U.S. Constitution concession, 40

  Slave Nation (Blumrosen/Blumrosen), 52

  slave-owning class

  entrenchment/obduracy, 75

  interests, safety, 57–58

  slave pen, photograph, 106

  slavery

  axis, 74

  British rejection, 52

  cessation, failure, 50–56

  compromise, 55–56

  Congressional abolition, 177

  Constitution protection, 69

  Declaration of Independence perspective, 63

  defense, 152–153

  evil, Washington opposition, 38

  expansion, debate, 145

  federal government prohibition, petitioning, 96

  Jackson defense, 149

  Jefferson, relationship (complication), 58–59

  Lincoln White House resolution, 27–28

  Mansfield opinion, 54

  onset, 62–63

  perpetuation, 55

  preservation, 35

  Quaker rejection, 91–93

  racism, Drayton criticism, 140–141

  rebellion, continuation, 62–63

  repugnance, expressions, 51

  role, expansion, 137

  Taylor defense, 149

  Virginia Declaration of Rights declaration, 57

  Slavery By Another Name (Blackmon), 236–237

  Slavery Commemoration, creation, 101

  slavery institution

  Benezet criticism, 92–93

  maintenance, 52

  pervasiveness, 105–106

  sheltering, 65

  slaves

  children, status (maternal impact), 37

  emancipation, Jefferson advocacy, 58–59

  freedom, King’s Bench Court (impact), 53–54

  guilt, relief, 61

  insurrection (1526), 62–63

  owners, interference (avoidance), 114–115

  rebellions, increase, 145

  revolts, plots (organization), 62

  self-freedom, phenomenon, 65

  status, hierarchy, 77–78

  territory, capital (embedding), 89

  slave states

  free states, balance, 146

  status (1812), 145–146

  slave trade

  Congressional prohibition, 72

  Constitution ban, impact, 73–74

  criticism, 61

  Smiley, Tavis, 376

  march, 376

  Smith, Tommie, 304

  smokehouse, 9–987

  Smolenyak, Megan Smolenyak, 128

  Snow, R. Beverly (free black restaurant owner), 125–126

  United States exit, 126–127

  Snow Riot, 126–127

  social equality, advancement (opportunity), 23

  Socialist Workers Party, candidates, 381

  social justice, broad-based national movement, 479–480

  Social Security, African American exclusion, 255–256

  social transformation, occurrence, 23

  Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, formation, 93

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p; Soetoro-Ng, Maya, 439

  soft power (Nye), 336

  Somerset, James, 52–53

  Somerset (1772) decision, 52–55, 64, 65

  Sotomayor, Sonia

  Gingrich/Limbaugh racist remarks, 461

  Supreme Court nomination resistance, 461

  Souljah, Sistah, 373–374

  Soul on Ice (Cleaver), 387

  Souls of Black Folks (Du Bois), 225

  South (Southern states)

  agricultural-based aristocracy, 27–28

  allies, appeasement, 89

  aristocracy, economic power, 147

  Electoral College votes, number (accumulation), 71

  government location perspective, 87–88

  memory, shortness, 228

  pro-slavery culture, 96

  racial voting patterns, 436

  racist domination, retrenchment, 238

  slave population, inclusion, 69–70

  three-fifths clause, impact, 72

  white voter generation gap, 437

  Southall, Geneva Handy, 161, 165

  South Carolina

  profit, slavery (impact), 55

  rejected Jefferson Declaration clause, 61

  Southeastern Legal Foundation, 452

  Southern, Elsie, 262

  Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 384

  Chicago office, Jackson leadership, 421

  Nixon enemy, 310

  Operation Breadbasket, 420–421

  Southern Cross, brutality, 233–234

  Southern strategy (Nixon), 311–312

  conservative movement cultivation, 477

  South-North migration, 256, 422

  Sowell, Thomas, 318

  Spagnoli, Joseph (Bolden story recanting), 289–290

  Spain, Van Buren White House support, 154

  Special Order 15 (Sherman), 215

  Speed, Joshua, 181

  Spellman, A.B., 338

  Spock, Benjamin, 401

  Spooner, Roger/Eloise, 468

  St. Charles Hotel, enslaved people (presence), 105

  St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church, Williams performance, 262

  “Staccato Polka” (Mulder), 262

  Stalin, Joseph, 269

  Stamp Act (1765) riots, Allicocke (role), 49

  Stanton, Edwin (Tenure of Office Act violation), 217–218

  “Star-Spangled Banner” (Key), 126

  state-allowed lynchings, disappearance, 258

  State House Bell, 98

  state-sponsored apartheid, Constitutional sanction, 242

  states’ rights

  Calhoun advocacy, 413–414

  Garfield defense, 240

  Reagan belief, 393

  Statistical Association of the Colored People of Philadelphia, 190

  Steele, Michael (postraciality advocacy), 454

  Steele, Shelby, 32, 318, 463

  Stevens, James (fictional butler), 268

  Stevens, Thaddeus, 28

  impact, absence, 237

  Stewart, Charles, 52–53

  Stewart, Mary Ellen, 137

  Stewart, Philip B., 225–226

  Stewart, Will (murder), 245–246

  Stokes, Melvyn, 252

  Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 140

 

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