An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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religion and
RFK and
scheduling in Senate of
scheduling of House Rules Committee hearings on
Senate amendments to
Senate cloture motion on
Senate debate on
Senate motion for consideration of
Senate passage of
signing of
civil rights bill S. 1731
Civil Rights Commission
civil rights bill and
establishment of
on housing
JFK’s call for extension of
report in 1963 from
civil rights movement
demonstrations and
Freedom Riders
grassroots efforts of
leftist movements and
murder of civil rights workers in Mississippi
National Council of Churches and
violent backlash against peaceful protests of
Civil Service Commission
Clark, Joseph
Clark, Kenneth B.
Clemens, Emerson
Clemens, Viola
Clinton, Bill
cloture
Cohn, Roy
Cole, Nat King
Coleman, James P.
Colmer, William
Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity
Community Relations Service
Como, Perry
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Congressional Quarterly
Connally, John
Connell, Bill
Connell, Patricia
Connor, Theophilus Eugene “Bull”
Cooper, John Sherman
Coordinating Committee for Fundamental American Freedoms
Copenhaver, William
CORE. See Congress of Racial Equality
Corbin, Paul
Cotton, Norris
Cowan, Mo
Cox, Courtland
Craig, Greg
Craig, May
Cramer, Bill
Cross, James
Cuban Missile Crisis
Curley, James Michael
Curtis, Carl
Daley, Richard J.
Darden, Colgate
Davis, Sammy, Jr.
Dawson, William
de Gaulle, Charles
Deason, Bill
Desautels, Claude
desegregation
of public accommodations
of public buses in Montgomery
of public schools. See public schools, desegregation of
See also segregation
Detroit
Dewey, Thomas E.
Diem, Ngo Dinh
Dillon, Douglas
Dingell, John
Dirksen, Antje Conrady
Dirksen, Everett McKinley
alcohol and
background of
Baker inquiry and
civil rights bill and
death of
Halleck and
JFK and
LBJ and
Mansfield and
March on Washington and
reaction to JFK’s assassination
at signing of civil rights bill
spoken-word album of
Voting Rights Act and
Dirksen, Johann Frederick
discrimination
civil rights bill and
in federally supported housing
Doar, John
Dodd, Thomas
Donne, John
Donohue, Harold
Douglas, John
Douglas, Paul
Douglas, William O.
Downs, Hugh
Drew, Elizabeth
Duc, Thich Quang
Duke, Angier Biddle
Dungan, Ralph
Dylan, Bob
Eastland, James O.
civil rights bill and
JFK and
Mitchell and
education. See public schools, desegregation of
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
advice to LBJ
civil rights bill and
MLK and
role in desegregation of public schools in Little Rock
Ellender, Allen
Emancipation Proclamation
Engle, Clair
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
civil rights bill and
Dirksen and
RFK on
Equal Rights Amendment
Ervin, Sam
civil rights bill and
praise for RFK
Evers, Medgar
Face the Nation
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Fair Housing Act of 1968
Fair Labor Standards Act
Farmer, James
civil rights bill and
Freedom Riders and
on JFK
Farr, Frank
Fauntroy, Walter
Fehmer, Marie
Ferris, Charles
Fifteenth Amendment
filibusters
Filvaroff, David
Fitzgerald, Ella
Fitzgerald, John F. (“Honey Fitz”)
Florida
Flynn, Clyde
Foley, William
Ford, Gerald R.
Forman, Jim
Foster, Stephen
Fourteenth Amendment
Freedom Riders
Freeman, Orville
Friedan, Betty
Frye, David
Fulbright, William
Gallant Men (Dirksen)
Garland, Judy
Garner, James
Genovese, Kitty
Giancana, Sam
Gilbert, Ben
Glenn, John
Goldberg, Arthur
Goldman, Eric F.
Goldstein, E. Ernest
Goldwater, Barry
Goodell, Charles
Goodman, Andrew
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Goodwin, Richard
Gore, Albert, Sr.
Graham, Billy
Green, Edith
Green, William
Greene, Harold
Gregory, Dick
Griffin, Marvin
Griffin, Robert
Griffith, Andy
Griffiths, Martha
Gruening, Ernest
Guthman, Ed
Gwirtzman, Milt
Haley, James A.
Haley, Nikki
Halleck, Charles Abraham
background of
civil rights bill and
death of
foreign aid appropriations bill and
JFK and
LBJ and
March on Washington and
reaction to JFK’s assassination
at signing of civil rights bill
Hamilton, James
Hand, Lloyd
Hansberry, Lorraine
Harriman, Averell
Harris, Louis
Harris, Oren
Hart, Philip
Hartsfield, William
Hatcher, Andrew
Hatcher, Avery
Hayden, Carl
Haygood, Atticus
Hebert, F. Edward
Hesburgh, Theodore
Heston, Charlton
Hickenlooper, Bourke
high school graduation rates
Hill, Lister
Hodges, Luther
Hoeven, Charles
Hoffa, Jimmy
Holder, Eric
Holland, E. L.
Holland, Spessard
Holtzman, Elizabeth
Hood, James
Hoover, Herbert
Hoover, J. Edgar
Baker inquiry and
investigation of missing civil rights workers
JFK and
Levision and
MLK and
RFK and
at signing of civil rights bill
Hope, Bob
Horn, Stephen
Horne, Lena
House Rules Committee. See also civil rights bill H.R. 7152
housing, discrimination in
Hovde, Frederick
Hruska, Roman
Hugo, Victor
Hulsey, Byron
Humphrey, Hubert, Sr.
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio, Jr.
background of
Biemiller’s letter to
civil rights bill and
death of
JFK and
LBJ and
March on Washington and
presidential campaign of
on reaction to JFK assassination
at signing of civil rights bill
on Wallace
Humphrey, Muriel
Humphrey, Robert
I’ll Cry Tomorrow (J. Richard Kennedy)
Inouye, Daniel
integration. See desegregation
Jackson, Mahalia
Javits, Jacob
Jenkins, Walter
Johnson, Claudia Alta (“Lady Bird”)
demonstrators treatment of
on Emancipation Proclamation
at joint session in the House
LBJ’s courtship of
on night of JFK assassination
on Russell
at signing of civil rights bill
on Whittington
Johnson, L. W. (“Gator”)
Johnson, Luci
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
after JFK assassination
background of
Baker inquiry and
Brooks and
civil rights bill and
Cuban Missile Crisis and
death of
Dirksen and
evolving views on civil rights
foreign aid appropriations bill and
on Halleck
hiring of Whittington
JFK and
as JFK’s running mate
management style of
MLK and
personality of
reelection as president
RFK and
Russell and
on Senate
swearing-in of
tax bill and
vice presidency of
Vietnam and
Voting Rights Act and
Johnson, Paul
Johnson, Sam Houston
Johnston, Felton (“Skeeter”)
Johnston, Olin
Jones, Clarence
Justice Department
Kastenmeier, Robert
Katzenbach, Nicholas
background of
civil rights bill and
on Halleck
on Hoover memo
on LBJ
March on Washington and
Meredith and
on RFK
on Thompson
Keating, Kenneth
Kefauver, Estes
Kelly, Edna F.
Kelsey, John
Kempton, Murray
Kennedy, Caroline
Kennedy, Cornelius (“Neal”)
Kennedy, Edward M. (“Ted”)
Kennedy, Ethel
Kennedy, J. Richard
Kennedy, Jacqueline
JFK assassination and
letter to McCulloch
on MLK
Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy, John, Jr.
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
assassination of
campaign for Congress
campaign in presidential election of 1960
civil rights and
civil rights bill and
on Connor
discrimination against
family background of
Freedom Riders and
funeral of
handling of resistance to integration of public schools
Hoover and
inauguration of
interactions with black Americans
LBJ and
March on Washington and
midterm elections in 1962 and
military background of
MLK and
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and
Profiles in Courage
response to bombing of Birmingham church
response to demonstrations
RFK and
sexual indiscretions of
speech on civil rights bill
use of hidden tape recorders
Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr.
Kennedy, Joseph P., Sr.
Kennedy, Robert Francis
assassination of
as attorney general
background of
civil rights bill and
dinner with prominent black Americans
Freedom Riders and
handling of resistance to integration of public schools
JFK and
LBJ and
Levison and
March on Washington and
McCarthy and
midterm elections in 1962 and
MLK and
personality of
on protection of demonstrators
reaction to JFK assassination
riots in Birmingham and
role in JFK’s campaigns
on Rustin
signing of civil rights bill and
on Soviet Union
Kennedy, Rose
Kerner, Otto
Khrushchev, Nikita
Kilduff, Malcolm
Kimball, Robert
King, A. D.
King, Coretta Scott
King, Cyril
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
assassination of
background of
bombing at house of
boycott to desegregate public buses
civil rights bill and
desegregation crusade in Albany
as a figure of controversy
Freedom Riders and
Hoover and
JFK and
LBJ and
“Letter from Birmingham Jail”
march in Detroit
march in St. Augustine
March on Washington and
Nobel Peace Prize and
RFK and
at signing of civil rights bill
Smith on
Wilkins and
King, Martin Luther, Sr.
Kleberg, Richard
Kopper, Philip
Krock, Arthur
Ku Klux Klan
Kuchel, Thomas
Laird, Melvin
Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Lennon, John
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (King)
Levison, Stanley David
Lewis, Anthony
Lewis, John
on Civil Rights Act of 1964
civil rights bill and
March on Washington and
on Rustin
Young and
Libonati, Roland (“Libby”)
life expectancy rates
Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Evelyn
Lindsay, John V.
Liston, Sonny
Little Rock
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.
Loeb, William
Long, Huey
Long, Russell
Lowell, James Russell
Luce, Clare Boothe
MacArthur, Douglas
Macomber, William
Madden, Ray
Magnuson, Warren
Major League Baseball
Malcolm X
Malone, Vivian
Mansfield, Mike
Baker inquiry and
civil rights bill and
efforts to end literacy tests
March on Washington and
reaction to JFK assassination
Teasdale and
March on Washington (August 28, 1963)
civil rights bill and
fiftieth anniversary of
JFK and
/>
media coverage of
participants in
planning of
speeches at
Marshall, Burke
as assistant attorney general for civil rights
on Celler and RFK
civil rights bill and
March on Washington and
MLK and
role in negotiations in Birmingham
Marshall, George Preston
Marshall, Thurgood
Martin, Joseph
Martin, Louis
Matthews, D. R.
May, Catherine
Mays, Benjamin
McAdoo, Walter
McCammon, Vicki
McCarthy, Joseph R.
McClellan, John
McCormack, John
McCulloch, William M.
amendments and
background of
civil rights bill and
death of
during debate on civil rights bill
on JFK assassination
March on Washington and
negotiations about civil rights bill
opposition to discharge petition plan
at signing of civil rights bill
testimony on civil rights bill
Voting Rights Act and
McDonald, C. C. (“Charley”)
McDonald, Dave
McGovern, George
McGrory, Mary
McKinley, William
McPherson, Harry
McShane, James
Meader, George
Meany, George
Mechem, Edwin
Meet the Press
Meredith, James
Metcalf, Lee
Metropolitan Club
Metz, Joe
Miller, Jack
Mississippi
demonstrations in
Meredith’s admission to University of Mississippi
murder of civil rights workers in
resistance to Civil Rights Act of 1964
Mitchell, Clarence, Jr.
background of
Byrd and
Celler and
civil rights bill and
death of
Dirksen and
JFK and
on JFK’s assassination
LBJ and
Mitchell, Clarence Maurice
Mondale, Walter
Montgomery
Montgomery Improvement Association
Moore, Arch
Morgan, Edward P.
Morgenthau, Robert
Morse, Wayne
Morton, Thruston
Moss, Ted
Motorola
Moyers, Bill
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
Mudd, Roger
Mundt, Karl
Murrow, Edward R.
NAACP. See National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
NASA
Nasaw, David
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Brown v. Board of Education and
desegregation of public buses in Montgomery and
JFK and
Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
University of Mississippi and
National Basketball Association
National Council of Churches
National Football League
National Labor Relations Act
National School Lunch Act
National Women’s Party
NBC
Nelson, Dick
New Orleans
New York Times
New Yorker
Newman, Cecil E.
Newman, Paul
Newsweek
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Nixon, E. D.