Parting the Waters (169 page)

“White women can be lures”: J. Raymond Henderson to King, Sept. 17, 1958, BUK4f4.

sent autographed books to: Eisenhower to King, Nov. 13, 1958, Nixon to King, Dec. 5, 1958, Truman to King, Dec. 10, 1958, all BUK11f21; Warren to King, Jan. 27, 1959, BUK9f13. Niebuhr's copy in the possession of Mrs. Reinhold Niebuhr, courtesy of Elisabeth Sifton.

Levison to send complimentary: King to Levison, Aug. 11, 1958, and Levison to King, Aug. 14, 1958, BUK1f10.

Wofford found too tepid: Wofford to King, Sept. 5, 1958, and Wofford to Levison, Sept. 5, 1958, BUK9f13.

plunged deep into his chest: New York
Daily News
, Sept. 21, 1958, pp. 1, 3, 64;
New York Age
, Sept. 27, 1958, p. 3; Reddick,
Crusader
, pp. 229-32; Bennett,
What Manner
, p. 99.

Magistrate Vincent Rao's: Bennett,
What Manner
, p. 99.

slender Japanese penknife: Photo of weapon, BUK5f179.

indefinite commitment: Int. Bellevue spokesman James Walsh, Dec. 7, 1984.

delivered no speeches: As indicated by the absence of records and by John Tilley to King, Dec. 3, 1958, A/SC53f1.

locked twelve thousand: B. Smith,
They Closed
, p. 152.

“need now, Mike”: Wyatt Tee Walker to King, Nov. 6, 1958, cited in Morris,
Origins
, p. 185.

Randolph's Youth March: Int. Bayard Rustin, Nov. 28, 1983, and Michael Harrington, Oct. 27, 1983. Also Morrow,
Black Man
, p. 190.

Harry Belafonte: Int. Harry Belafonte, March 7, 1985.

“If the young people are aroused”: Levison to King, Nov. 3, 1958, BUK1f10.

Davis trial: MA, Nov, 2, 1958, p. 1; BW, Dec. 3, 1958, p. 3; int. Richmond Smiley and Robert Williams.

proving to be a disappointment: Int. Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Nov. 19, 1984.

“the secondary functions”: Tilley to King, Oct. 17, 1958, BUK16f24.

“Well, I don't want to”: Ella Baker, CRDPOH. Also int. Baker, Oct. 27, 1984.

“guilt-ridden man”: C. King,
My Life
, p. 179.

“natural turning point”: Reddick,
Crusader
, p. 232.

nicknamed the Taj Mahal: Evans and Novak,
Johnson
, p. 216.

Rogers told a White House: Int. William P. Rogers, June 11, 1984.

“setting you up”: Ibid., and Ann Whitman diary for Feb. 3, 1959, AWDS Box 10, DDE. Johnson had introduced his own minimal civil rights bill on Jan. 20, 1959, Miller,
Lyndon
, p. 276.

“if Lyndon tries”: Int. William P. Rogers, June 11, 1984.

“haven for socialists”: Manchester,
Glory
, p. 1034.

“erosion of the middle class”: Ambrose,
Eisenhower
, p. 512.

stack of materials about India: “Notes for a Conversation Between King and Nehru,” BUK1f5.

shanti sena
: Lewis,
King
, p. 101.

excess baggage: $88.02, by King's accounting to the AFSC, BUK1f5.

old friend Richard Wright: Int. Rudolph Aggrey, Oct. 8, 1986. (Aggrey was present at the Kings' dinner with Wright.) Also King, “My Trip to India,” BUK1f5.

dense fog: King, “My Trip to India,” BUK1f5.

gathered at the airport: Int. James Bristol, Oct. 22, 1984.

recoiled from the sight: C. King,
My Life
, pp. 181f.

small replica:
With the Kings in India
, p. 8.
With the Kings in India
is a pamphlet containing memories of the King journey by Swami Vishwananda and James Bristol, published in New Delhi by the Gandhi National Memorial Fund. King's copy is located in A/KP12f57. Also Lewis,
King
, p. 99.

nothing less than a miracle:
With the Kings in India
, p. 8.

Prime Minister greeted: C. King,
My Life
, p. 182.

other guests: Countess Mountbatten (Lady Brabourne) to author, Nov. 12, 1984. Also King sermon, March 22, 1959, A/KS2.

Nehru felt obliged: Lady Pamela Hicks to author, Feb. 8, 1985.

Coretta retained: C. King,
My Life
, p. 182.

correlate shades of color: Int. James Bristol, Oct. 25, 1984.

Kings did not complain: Int. S. K. De, June 18, 1985.

Arthur Koestler: Ibid. The Koestler novel was
The Lotus and the Robot
, which contrasted India with imperial Japan.

rendezvous with Vinoba:
With the Kings in India
, p. 22.

impossibly vague: Int. James Bristol, Oct. 25, 1984.

three thirty in the morning: Ibid.

“Americanized” walk: Lewis,
King
, p. 104.

King put to Vinoba: Int. James Bristol, Jan. 11, 1985.

King was careful: Ibid.

“India should declare itself”: Statement March 9, 1959, A/KS2.

Egypt and Greece: Bristol to King, April 16, 1959, BUK3f10b.

“palatial apartment”: King to Belafonte, March 25, 1959, BUK3f11.

private home screening: Int. Harry Belafonte, March 6, 1985.

Belafonte offered: King to Belafonte, March 24, 1959, BUK3f11.

“absolute self-discipline”: Sermon, March 22, 1959, A/KS2.

“call thee Allah”: Ibid.

submarine slipped: Manchester,
Glory
, p. 1001.

Joan Baez: Rolling Stone,
Almanac
, p. 47.

Kennedy conclave: Sorensen,
Kennedy
, p. 119.

Pentagon demonstrated: Manchester,
Glory
, p. 1002.

muttering witticisms: Int. Michael Harrington, Oct. 27, 1983, and Bayard Rustin, Nov. 28, 1983.

“Do you realize”: Speech, April 18, 1959, A/KS2.

“direction of the CP”: Baumgardner to Belmont, April 22, 1959, FL-NR.

“closely associated”: Hoover to NY SAC, April 22, 1959, FL-NR.

Hoover directed: Ibid.

a consummate bureaucrat: Hoover portrait drawn from Powers,
Hoover
; Ungar,
FBI
; Sullivan,
The Bureau
; Garrow,
FBI
; plus Hoover's written comments throughout the FBI files on Levison and King.

mushroomed in size: Powers,
Hoover
, pp. 135, 255.

set foot outside: Sullivan,
The Bureau
, p. 101.

“violently defensive”: Powers,
Hoover
, p. 274.

assigned four hundred: Ibid., p. 335.

buffalo hunters: Ibid., p. 340.

recruit Levison as an informant: Garrow,
FBI
, p. 42; SAC NY to Director, Nov. 27, 1959, Feb. 9, 1960, and March 4, 1960, all FL-NR.

“mob action was invited”: King to Rogers, April 25, 1959, BUK4f40.

sixty agents: Doar and Landsberg, “Performance,” p. 30ff.

“flagrant and calculated”: Ibid.

ten thousand Negroes: Baker to Tilley, Feb. 7, 1959, A/SC32f8.

along well with C. O. Simpkins: Int. Ella Baker, Oct. 27, 1984.

registered only fifteen: Baker report, May 15, 1959, BUK6f151.

he fired someone: King to Tilley, April 2, 1959, and Tilley to King, April 13, 1959, BUK9f10.

“acting” rather than permanent: Int. Ella Baker, Wyatt Tee Walker, and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy.

leaky roof: Baker to Abernathy and King, July 10, 1959, A/SC32f39.

“even more keyed up”: King to Nelson, April 24, 1959, BUK4f23.

registered attendance: Baker to King, July 7, 1959, BUK1f5. As of that date, Baker reported registration of sixty people, including the speakers.

virtual absence: Smiley to Baker, A/KP33f7.

band of nonviolence leaders: Taken from “Proposed Schedule,” BUK1f15, and related correspondence as cited.

“balanced with practical”: James Lawson evaluation, A/KP33f7.

ice cream parlor: Morris,
Origins
, p. 198.

“break the backbone”: Moore to King, Oct. 24, 1956, BUK8f10, and Maude L. Ballou (for King) to Moore, Dec. 7, 1956, BUK8f10.

make the long lonely drives: Int. Rev. Douglas Moore, Oct. 24, 1984.

one day that summer: June 13, 1959, per Fred Gray's letter to Lewis, June 9, 1959, AAP.

introduced as John Lewis: Lewis material from Archie E. Allen interviews with Lewis, Lewis' parents, and Abernathy, AAP. Also Lewis, CRDPOH, and int. Lewis, May 31, 1984.

Glenn Smiley often filled in: Nashville
Banner
, March 24, 1958.

refused to attend Lawson's workshops: Int. John Lewis, May 31, 1984.

shuttling between a mother: Int. James Bevel, May 16, 1985.

shower after his shower: Int. John Lewis, May 31, 1984.

like Socrates: Morris,
Origins
, p. 147.

“winding around the maypole”: Archie E. Allen interview with Septima Clark, Sept. 21, 1968, AAP.

Septima Clark: Generally from Clark, HOH, 1983. Also Clark, A/OH, and int. Clark, Dec. 17, 1983.

special trip to Highlander: Baker report, Oct. 23, 1959, cited in Morris,
Origins
, pp. 114, 156.

“authorized to explore”: Ibid.

“Honesty impels us”: King recommendations, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 1959, BUK6f151.

“not been publicized”: Ibid.

not mention Rustin's name: Levison to King, Sept. 1, 1959, and Oct. 1, 1959, BUK1f10.

“headlines won't do it”:
Jet
, Oct. 20, 1959, pp. 10-11.

“counteract some false ideas”: King recommendations, Oct. 27, 1959, BUK6f151.

political caravan: King to Levison, Nov. 19, 1959, BUK1f10, and Levison to King, Dec. 21, 1959, BUK7f25.

“I can't wait on you forever”: Int. Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Nov. 19, 1984.

“walk the benches”: Ibid.

King told Nesbitt: Int. R. D. Nesbitt, Dec. 29, 1983.

making the announcement: King to Levison, Nov. 25, 1959, BUK1f10.

November 29: C. King,
My Life
, p. 190. Also Lewis,
King
, p. 109; Evans,
Dexter Avenue
, p. 140;
Dexter Echo
, Dec. 9, 1959, BUK10f13; King's handwritten statement, A/KS2.

expansive declaration: Statement, Dec. 1, 1959, C. King,
My Life
, p. 191.

“not welcome to Georgia”: ADW, Dec. 2, 1959, p. 2.

“medieval walled cities”: Ashmore,
Hearts
, p. 287.

1954 Pontiac: ADW, Feb. 18, 1960, p. 4.

told Negro reporters: ADW, Dec. 29, 1959, pp. 1, 3.

Harvard University: SCLC release, Jan. 6, 1960, BUK4f40.

find a babysitter: Gwendolyn Middlebrook (a King babysitter), A/OH.

Lawson sent a dozen: John Lewis chronology files, AAP.

“appointed you the guardian”: Goulden,
Meany
, pp. 311ff.

“Castro begins to look”: Ambrose,
Eisenhower
, p. 556.

“damn near treason”: Ibid., p. 561.

settled with the IRS: MA, May 28, 1960, p. 7A. Also ADW, May 27, 1960, p. 1.

silver tea service: C. King,
My Life
, p. 191.

“Testimonial of Love”: Program dated Feb. 1, 1960, BUK1f38.

“to escort our children”: Abernathy speech, Feb. 1, 1960, BUK1f38.

official gavel:
Jet
, Feb. 18, 1960, p. 4.

box filled with cash: Ibid.

money be divided: ADW, Feb. 7, 1960, pp. 1, 3.

“every penny of it”: PC, Feb. 13, 1960, p. 3.

“I cannot claim”: Statement, Feb. 1, 1960, BUK1f38.

“might as well go now”: Ottawa
Citizen
, June 13, 1961. This account of the sit-in by Canadian reporter Tim Creery, though written more than a year later, contains some of the most realistic interviews with the first four sit-in students: Ezell Blair, Jr., Franklin McCain, Joe McNeil, and David Richmond.

Seven
THE QUICKENING