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Authors: Taylor Branch
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. Simon and Schuster, 1982.
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. Viking Press, 1982.
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Zinn, Howard.
Albany: A Study in National Responsibility
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SNCC: The New Abolitionists
. Beacon Press, 1965.
Aaron, Hank
Abbott, Robert
ABC
Abel, Rudolf
Abernathy, Juanita
Abernathy, Ralph D.
Albany Movement and
arrests and imprisonments of
attempts on life of
Birmingham campaign and
Birmingham riots and
Birmingham youth marches and
bombing of First Baptist Church and
bombing of home of
bombing of King's house and
bus segregation suit and
Davis's trial and
departure from First Baptist Church of
extramarital affairs of
Freedom Rides and
in Good Friday march
jealousy of
King-Jackson dispute and
King-Nixon meeting and
King's acquaintance with
King's arrests and
King's last Dexter service and
Lewis case and
libel suit against
March on Washington and
Marion King's beating and
Montgomery bus boycott and
move to Atlanta considered by
NBC elections and
1960 elections and
Parks's arrest and
Rustin and
sit-in movement and
Abram, Morris:
J. F. Kennedy campaign and
Abram, Morris (
cont.
)
King's imprisonment and
King's recommendation of
Abrams, Creighton
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Acheson, Dean
Acts of the Apostles
Adair, R. T.
Adams, Sherman
civil rights legislation and
King-Eisenhower meeting and
AFL-CIO
Fourth Constitutional Convention of
King's speech to
Africa, J. F. Kennedy's policy on
African-American Heritage Commission
“African-Americans,”
“Africans,”
Afro-American Newspapers
agape
Agriculture Department, U.S.
“Ain't Gonna Let Chief Pritchett Turn Me Around,”
“Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,”
Air Force, U.S.
Air France jetliner crash
Alabama:
bus segregation laws of
King's tax indictment in
NAACP banned in
State Board of Education of
Alabama, University of
integration of
student riots at
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Birmingham campaign and
Alabama state capitol:
prayer march on
prayer service at
sit-in at
Alabama State College
football team of
King supporters fired at
NAACP leadership and
nicknames of
sit-in movement and
Albany, Ga.
Freedom Ride to
ICC desegregation rule and
King's avoidance of
Negro leaders of
riots in
SRC study on
voter registration in
Albany Freedom Singers
Albany
Herald
“Albany Manifesto,”
Albany Movement
Albany Freedom Ride and
Birmingham campaign compared with
civil suit against
criticisms of
decline of
federal indictments against
federal injunctions against
first anniversary of
founding of
fund-raising for
ICC desegregation rule and
King invited to Albany by
King's address to
King's appraisal of
leadership crises of
marches of
mass meetings of
riots opposed by
settlement negotiations of
Sherrod's dedication to
Smith's grocery stores picketed by
Ware case and
Albany Nine
Albany State College
arrest of students from
students suspended from
Albert, Carl
Alice Café
Allen, Ivan, Jr.
Allen, Leroy
Allen, Louis:
Lee's murder witnessed by
murder of
Allen, Luella
All-India Cattle Auction
Allison, Officer
Alpha Phi Alpha
Amaker, Norman
“Amen,”
American Baptist Theological Seminary
American Book and Bible House
American Friends Service Committee
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress (AJC)
American Legion
American Nazi Party
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
American University, J. F. Kennedy's address at
Americus, Ga.:
anti-segregation demonstrations in
sedition arrests in
voter registration in
Amite County, Miss.
voter registration in
Amite County jail
Amos
Ancient Near Eastern Texts
(Pritchard)
Anderson, Dr.
Anderson, Marian
Anderson, Norma
Anderson, William G.
in Albany Movement marches
Albany Movement mass meetings and
arrests and imprisonment of
background of
Elliott's injunction and
indictments of
King invited to work with Albany Movement by
King's release from prison and
King's trial and
Marion King's beating and
“Meet the Press” appearance of
unstable mental condition of
Anniston, Ala., Freedom Rides in
Anniston Hospital
“Answer to a Perplexing Question, The” (King)
Antietam, battle of
Antioch College
apartheid
Apology
(Plato)
“Appeal for Human Rights, An,”
Arbouin, Alfred Charles Livingston
Ardmore, Tenn., freedom riders in
Aristotle
Arkansas, University of
Arlington Cemetery, Evers buried at
arms race
Army, U.S.
Birmingham riots and
Freedom Rides and
Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss and
Quartermaster Corps of
segregation in
Arosemena, Carlos
Arvad, Inga
Ashby, Nathan
Associated Press (AP)
astronauts
Athens, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.:
Belafonte's concerts in
boycott negotiations in
Chamber of Commerce of
King's return to
Metropolitan Opera Tour in
NAACP conventions in
Negro leadership in
Negro pop music concerts in
Negro unemployment in
opening of
Gone With the Wind
in
Rockefeller's impact on Negroes of
segregation laws of
SNCC meetings in
student march in
Atlanta Baptist Ministers' Union
Atlanta Cabana Motel
Atlanta
Constitution
Atlanta
Daily World
Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary
Atlanta
Journal
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Life Insurance Company
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium
Atlanta Penitentiary
Atlanta race riot (1906)
Atlanta University
Du Bois's departure from
student movement at
Atlanta University Laboratory School
Atlanta
World
Atlantic Monthly
Aubrey, Edwin
Auden, W. H.
Augustine, Saint
Niebuhr's embracing of
theology of
Augustus Caesar, Emperor of Rome
“Autobiography of Suffering” (King)
auto industry, Reuther's integration plan for
Azbell, Joe
Â
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Baez, Joan
Bailey, Sheriff
Baker, Bobby
Baker, Ella
Albany Movement and
Birmingham Campaign and
Clark's citizenship-school program and
Freedom Rides and
King characterized by
Moses and
Rock Hill jail-in and
sit-in movement and
SNCC recruiting and
voter registration and
Walker and
Baker, Josephine
Baker County, Ga.
violence in
voting rights violations in
Baker County jail, freedom riders
imprisoned in
Baker
v.
Carr
Baldrige, Letitia
Baldwin, James:
Birmingham church bombings and
March on Washington and
R. Kennedy's meeting with
Baltimore, Md.
Bancroft, Harding
Baptist Home Mission Society
Baptist Ministers' Alliance
Baptist World Alliance
Barbee, William
Barbour, J. Pious
Barnett, Ross
allegations against Kennedys by
contempt judgment against
Freedom Rides and
Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss and
Moore's letter to
Ole Miss riots and
Barry, Marion
in McComb movement
Barth, Karl
Bartle, H. Roe
Barton, Bruce
Baseball Hall of Fame
Basie, Count
Bates, Daisy
Baton Rouge, bus boycott
“Battle Hymn of the Republic, The,”
Baylor, Mrs. Elgin
Bay of Pigs invasion
ransomed prisoners of
Beasley, Mrs.
Beasley, William
Beehive
Belafonte, Harry
Albany Movement and
on allegations against Levison
Atlanta concerts of
Birmingham campaign and
Freedom Rides and
King's imprisonments and
King's meetings with
King's tax problems and
Levison's relationship with
McComb mass arrests and
March on Washington and
1960 elections and
R. Kennedy's meeting with
SNCC and
voter registration and
Belafonte, Julie
Bell Street Baptist Church, bombing of
Belmont, Alan
Bennett, Fred
Bennett, Tony
Bennett, Walter