Reformers to Radicals (53 page)

Marshak, Bill (Earlham Project),
106

Martin County, KY,
157

Matusow, Allen,
117
,
215

Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee of Cincinnati,
21

McCarran Act (1950),
5–6

McCarthyism,
6

McDowell County, WV,
84
,
151

McKeon, Julia,
120
,
168

McSurely, Alan,
185–88
,
196
,
198
,
214

Meade, Gordon,
175

Mendota, VA,
155

Menifee County, KY,
86
,
163

Licking Valley Community Action Agency,
163

Myers Fork,
163

Mercer County, WV,
151

Merrill, P. D.,
117

Messer, Amelia,
57
,
62–63

Messer, Flem,
74
,
93–94
,
98
,
103
,
115
,
119
,
153

Mill Creek,
55
,
57–58
,
59
,
66

Pike County,
115
,
127
,
184–85

political activist,
58

Mill Creek, KY,
54–67
,
81
,
85
,
94
.
See also
Appalachian Volunteers

Miller, William,
105

Mills, Odie,
101

Mingo County, WV,
151
,
170
,
183
,
201

Miracle, Neureul (Rockcastle County, KY, superintendent of schools),
157

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,
4

Morehead, KY,
89
,
98

Morehead State College,
88

Morgan County, KY,
115
,
128

Peddlers Gap,
115

White Oak Branch,
115

Moses, Clark (Pomona State College),
104

Motley, George Alice (Menifee County, KY, superintendent of schools),
86

Mulloy, Joe,
98
,
147–48
,
191

Appalachian Freedom School,
169

Appalachian Volunteers internal split,
193–95

drafted into army,
191–93

fired by Appalachian Volunteers,
192–93
,
211

Lick Branch,
97

McSurely, Alan,
187

Pike County, KY,
174
,
187–88

sedition arrest,
188–89
,
214

Wise County, VA,
169
,
174

Musselman, Sheila,
156

National Home Library Association,
84

National Security Act,
5

National Security Council Report 68,
5

National Service Corps,
35

New Deal,
1
,
8
,
18
,
20
,
25
,
27
,
43
,
48
,
49

New World Foundation,
203

Nixon, Richard,
201

North Carolina A&T,
2

Northeast Kentucky Area Redevelopment Council,
128

Norton, VA,
169

Nunn, Louie,
179–80
,
195
,
199
,
200
,
203–4

Oak Ridge, TN,
17

O'Connor, Alice,
11–12

Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO),
12
,
55
,
102
,
115
,
134
,
147
,
159
,
173
,
199
,
215

Appalachian Volunteers,
50
,
84
,
85–87
,
89–91
,
98
,
102
,
113
,
116
,
124
,
125
,
129–32
,
134–36
,
145
,
149
,
150–51
,
155
,
160
,
161
,
163
,
169
,
171
,
191
,
202–4
,
213

created,
49–50
,
53
,
84

Kentucky office,
190
,
204
,
213

Title V,
200

Title II,
89
,
163

Ogle, Milton,
45–46
,
95
,
181
,
191

Appalachian Volunteers beginning,
25
,
39–41
,
181

Appalachian Volunteers, Inc.,
145
,
148–50

Appalachian Volunteers leader,
52–53
,
72
,
74
,
79
,
85
,
87
,
89
,
96–98
,
171
,
183
,
186

Appalachian Volunteers splits from Council of the Southern Mountains,
138–39
,
141
,
144

Bristol, Appalachian Volunteers relocation to,
137

conservative philosophy of,
18

Council of the Southern Mountains development director,
18
,
35
,
39

draft issue,
192–94

fired by Ayer,
144

fires Mulloy,
194

Mill Creek,
54
,
58–61
,
63

outside volunteers,
87
,
112
,
116
,
150

radicalized,
135
,
157
,
169
,
171
,
175

resigns from Appalachian Volunteers,
196

strip mining,
175

Operation Bookstrap,
34–35

Owsley County, KY,
67
,
157

Indian Creek,
157

Licking Fork,
157

Mistletoe,
157

Wolf Creek,
157

Palmer, Karyn,
155

Parent-Teacher Association,
84

Parks, Rosa,
2

Peace Corps,
34–35
,
103
,
110

Pearce, John Ed,
85

Perkins, Carl (U.S. congressman),
25
,
28
,
180

Perry, Huey,
171

Perry County, KY,
30
,
32
,
80
,
167

Big Willard,
80

Peterson, Bill (
Louisville Courier-Journal
),
187

Pettit, Katherine,
7

Pike County, KY,
1
,
12
,
32
,
41
,
53
,
183–84
,
187
,
194
,
195
,
200
,
212–14

Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People,
187–88

conflict with local businesses,
184–85

Kentucky Un-American Activities Committee,
197–99

Marrowbone Folk School,
174
,
187–88
,
194

renovation projects,
127
,
185

sedition arrests,
188
,
190

Pike County Citizens Association,
202

Pike County grand jury,
179
,
189–90
,
195

Pikeville, KY,
183
,
187
,
191
,
199
,
211
,
212

conflict with local officials,
115
,
189

E-Squad,
183

Kentucky Un-American Activities Committee,
195
,
214

sedition arrests,
189
,
191
,
211

Pikeville College,
184

Pine Mountain,
51–51
,
71

Pine Mountain Settlement School,
17
,
50

Poage, Ben,
203

Pomona College,
104
,
110

Pope, Daniel,
13

President's Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC),
38–41

Prestonsburg,
89
,
204

Prial, Frank,
129–31
,
132

Puritan Coal Company,
188

Qualls, Larry,
108

Queens College (NY),
103
,
105–7

Radford, VA,
69

radicalism,
13

Raleigh County, WV,
53
,
151
,
170
,
183
,
201

Ratliff, Tom,
195
,
214

Ray, Jink,
188

Red Bird Valley,
81
,
86

Rhodenbaugh, Tom,
90
,
96
,
104
,
106
,
111
,
118
,
169

draft,
191

problems with local officials,
168–69

Ribicoff, Abraham,
27

Rivel, Jack,
84
,
87
,
93
,
94
,
98
,
119–20

Appalachian Volunteers president,
93

draft,
191

Mulloy, Joe,
147

recruitment of volunteers,
147

Robinson, Douglas G.,
204

Rockcastle County, KY,
34
,
97
,
111
,
116
,
157
,
168
,
182
,
212

Blue Springs,
97
,
212
,
234n45

Buffalo,
168

Cove Ridge,
234n45

Owen Allen,
234n45

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
48

Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr.,
38

Ross, Judy,
167

Ross, Malcolm,
208

roving pickets,
86
.
See also
Appalachian Committee for Full Employment

Saint Pius X Interracial Council (Uniondale, NY),
103

school renovation projects.
See
Appalachian Volunteers

Scott County, VA,
151

settlement schools,
7
,
8
,
201

Shedd, Charles,
115

Shields, Mike,
187

Shifflett, Crandall,
9–10

Shriver, Sargent (Office of Economic Opportunity),
89
, 16,
199

Sigmon, Robert (American Friends Service Committee),
57
,
59–61
,
63
,
66–67

Smith Act (1940),
6

Smith, Hulett,
165–66
,
187
,
199
,
204

social security,
6
,
61
,
176
,
200

Social Security Administration,
28

Sommerville, James,
169–70

Southeast Christian College,
97

Southern Conference Educational Fund,
146
,
187

Soviet Union,
4–5

Sparks, Harry (Kentucky State superintendent of schools),
174

Stewart, Judy,
158

Stone, May,
7

Strong, Manuel (Middle Kentucky River Development Council),
151

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
2
,
4
,
24
,
98

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),
3
,
86

Sutherland, J. Hoge T.,
98–100

Sword, Tim (Wilmington College Project),
105

Syracuse, NY,
12
,
109

Taylor, Lee (Northeast Kentucky Area Redevelopment Council),
128–29

Theobald, Robert,
223n34

Thoenen, David,
154

Thomas, Judy,
120

Thorkelson, Howard,
202

Title V,
200

Title II,
89
,
163

Trout, Allen (
Louisville Courier-Journal
),
32

Truman, Harry S.,
5

Tucker, Bruce,
22

Turner, Don,
176

Turner, Ed,
156

Turner, Marie (Breathitt County, KY superintendent of schools),
34
,
151

Turner-Elkhorn Mining Company,
26

Union College,
42
,
87
,
94

United Church Board for Homeland Ministries,
103

University of Kentucky,
19
,
42
,
51
,
69
,
89–91
,
98
,
107
,
109–10
,
139
,
147

University of Louisville,
103

Upper Jones Creek,
42

urban workshops,
22
,
30

Vance, Rupert,
21

Vietnam War,
13
,
146
,
191–95
,
210
,
211

Voluntary International Service Assignment (VISA),
54
,
57–60
,
66
.
See also
Irons, Carol
;
Mill Creek, KY

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA),
3

as Appalachian Volunteers,
86
,
89
,
110
,
111
,
113–14
,
136
,
150
,
154–55
,
160–61
,
171

Appalachian Volunteers supervision,
120