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Let the Trumpet Sound

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by Stephen B. Oates


  Kempton, Murray, 439

  Kennedy, Ethel, 496

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, 271, 496

  Kennedy, John F., Jr., 271

  Kennedy, President John F., 205, 214, 222, 235, 241, 252, 257, 265, 266, 284, 293

  assassination, 270–272

  King and, 158–162, 165, 166, 169, 170, 172, 173, 179, 207, 246–248, 270–272

  televised civil rights talk, 244, 245

  Vietnam, 373

  Kennedy, Robert, 165, 172–177, 179, 197, 200, 201, 205, 214, 217, 230, 238, 241, 244, 246, 248, 250, 257, 467, 496

  King and, 264–267, 495

  presidential candidate, 467, 468

  Vietnam, 431, 432, 444

  Kennedy administration, 206, 243, 244

  Kerner, Otto, 409, 414

  Kerner Commission report, 466, 467

  Killens, John, 268

  Kilpatrick, James J., 166–169

  King, Alberta Williams (Mrs. Martin Luther, Sr.), 3–8, 488, 497

  King, Alfred Daniel, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 95, 221, 318, 487, 488

  King, Bernice Albertine (Bunny), 216

  King, Christine (Willie), 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 95

  King, Coretta Scott (Mrs. Martin Luther, Jr.), 128, 134, 138, 139, 284, 340, 341, 356, 359, 361, 465

  assassination, 492, 493

  in Atlanta, 150, 152, 161, 163, 165, 206, 222, 270, 312, 331, 332, 338, 383

  in Chicago, 388, 408

  children, 64, 88, 89, 92, 95, 125, 181, 182, 198, 215, 216, 338

  King’s funeral, 494–498

  march through Mississippi, 404

  in Montgomery, 61, 64, 67, 69, 88, 89, 92, 95, 98, 102, 103, 112, 134

  Nobel prize trip, 318–321

  peace activities, 381, 431, 440

  visit to Ghana, 116, 117

  visit to India, 140–144

  in Washington, 256, 257, 263

  King, Dexter, 198

  King, Lonnie, 161, 162, 170

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  Abernathy and, 183

  arrests and trials, 86, 95–97, 134–136, 152, 155, 156, 162, 163, 191, 192, 220, 221, 298, 338, 340, 341, 449

  assassination of, 490–493

  children, 64, 88, 89, 92, 95, 125, 181, 182, 198, 215, 216, 276

  courtship and marriage, 42–45

  critics, 127, 128, 130, 150, 177, 180, 192, 195, 197, 240, 253, 254, 269, 281, 298, 308, 330, 352, 413, 449

  death preoccupation, 455, 456, 473, 486

  “Drum Major for Justice, A,” 458, 496

  early experience with segregation, 10–12, 16, 17, 29, 30, 49

  early years and education, 3–5, 8–12, 14, 16–20, 23–47, 60, 132

  Eisenhower and, 133, 134, 139, 159

  family, 5, 6, 14

  FBI and, 201, 264–267, 284, 294, 314–318, 331–334, 432, 437, 440, 444, 449, 453, 454, 457

  fund-raising, 214, 249, 270, 449, 457

  funeral, 494–498

  greatest gift, 372

  “Hammer of Civil Rights, The,” 292

  health, 101, 107, 117, 125, 138, 281, 284, 312, 345

  honors, 149, 279, 298, 337–339

  John F. Kennedy and, 158–162, 165, 166, 169, 170, 172, 173, 179, 207, 246–248, 270–272

  L. B. Johnson and, 272–275, 322, 343, 344, 347, 355, 369, 375, 395, 445, 446, 453, 457

  “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 223–230, 238, 252, 304

  “Letter from a Selma Jail,” 342, 343

  Malcolm X and, 251–253

  Nobel prize trip, 312, 313, 317–321

  personal traits, 14–16, 41, 60, 149, 178, 280–286, 288–290

  radio and television, 138, 166–169, 180, 243, 376

  sexual transgressions, 265, 283

  speaking tours, 253, 336, 361, 394, 414

  stabbing of, 138–140

  state income tax indictment, 152–156

  strain, 465, 466, 472

  Strength to Love, 283, 295

  Stride Toward Freedom, 125, 127–132, 137, 249, 270

  threats against, 87, 88, 101, 103, 338, 454, 455, 472, 486

  “Three Dimensions of a Complete Life, The,” 48, 319

  view of America’s salvation, 468, 469

  visit to Ghana, 116, 117

  visit to India, 125, 127, 140–144

  Where Do We Go from Here?, 422–427, 450

  Why We Can’t Wait, 256, 269, 270, 295, 302–304

  King, Martin Luther, III (Marty), 125, 181, 216, 270, 297, 383, 404, 495

  King, Reverend Martin Luther, Sr., 3–5, 8, 12, 13, 20, 36, 45, 50, 57, 149, 150, 163, 165, 170, 319, 320, 436, 493, 495

  education, 6, 7

  marriage, 7

  Montgomery incident, 92–95

  King, Yolanda (Yoki), 64, 88, 89, 92, 95, 181, 182, 198, 276, 383, 404, 495

  “King-Spock” presidential ticket, 442

  “Knock at Midnight, A,” 410, 411

  Kopkind, Andrew, 446

  Ku Klux Klan, 14, 22, 51, 62, 71, 87, 108, 163, 164, 166, 174, 205, 241, 268, 306, 317, 338, 454

  in Mississippi, 306, 308

  in St. Augustine, 293, 294, 295, 300

  in Selma, 328, 361, 365

  Kunstler, Lotte, 178

  Kunstler, William, 178

  Kyles, Reverend Samuel, 488–490

  Lafayette, Bernard, Jr., 457

  Lahey Clinic, 101

  Lamar, Nat, 270

  Lawndale, 387, 389

  Lawson, James, 469–471, 483, 489

  Lawson, James, Jr., 151, 154

  Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 316, 343, 370

  Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open housing, 415

  Lee, Bernard, 161, 162, 183, 232, 270, 280, 283, 294, 299, 328, 361, 363, 377, 405, 451, 462, 472, 476, 482, 489, 491, 495

  Lee, Cager, 346, 358

  Lenin, Nikolai, 26, 27

  Lenud, Philip, 41, 42

  Leoline, Sister Mary, 358

  Letherer, James, 358, 361

  “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 223–230, 238, 252, 304

  “Letter from a Selma Jail,” 342, 343

  Levinson, Stanley, 108, 124, 131, 152, 243, 265, 266, 281, 291, 365, 375, 426, 437

  Communism and, 247–251, 267

  Lewis, John, 151, 309, 330, 334, 347, 348, 353, 359, 459

  Lewis, Rufus, 67, 68, 72

  Liberation, 230, 237, 242

  Life magazine, 161, 162, 437

  Life of Gandhi (Fischer), 32

  Lincoln, Abraham, 10, 59, 100, 169, 208, 209, 263, 272, 370

  Lincoln Memorial, 256, 257, 259

  Lingo, Al, 235, 239, 240, 330, 339, 345, 346, 347, 351, 371

  Little Rock school crisis, 124

  Liuzzo, Viola, 365

  Loeb, Henry, 469, 477

  Logan, Dr. Arthur, 476

  Logan, Marian, 476

  Lokos, Lionel, 446

  London Times, 494

  Look, 271, 272, 460

  Louis, Joe, 426

  Lovett School, 216

  Lowery, Reverend Joseph, 332

  Lowndes County Freedom Organization, 396

  Lucy, Autherine, 92

  Luthuli, Chief Albert, 118, 312

  Maddox, Lester, 497

  Malcolm X, 251–253, 340, 341

  Mallock, Douglas, 105, 106

  Manchester, William, 421

  Manucy, Holsted “Hoss,” 293, 296, 299, 305

  Marshall, Burke, 197, 230, 235, 238, 244, 248, 250

  Marshall, Thurgood, 93, 173, 495

  Marx, Karl, 26

  Maxwell Air Force Base, 175

  Maynard, Dr. Aubré D., 138, 139

  Maynard, Robert C., 365

  Mays, Dr. Benjamin, 19, 20, 23, 25, 47, 93, 337, 439, 497

  Mays, Willie, 426

  Mazo, Earl, 122

  McCall, Walter, 29

  McCarthy, Eugene, 467, 468

  McCarthyism, 36, 267

  McCone report, 378

  McGill, Ralph, 134, 313, 337

  McKissick,
Floyd, 396, 398, 401–405, 439, 440, 496

  McNair, Christopher, 268

  McNair, Denise, 267

  Meany, George, 185–187, 456

  Mehta, Ved, 290

  Memphis movement, 469, 472, 477–479, 481–483, 487–490

  media reports on, 480

  “Mountaintop speech,” 484–487

  nonviolent march after assassination, 494

  Memphis Commercial Appeal, 480

  Meredith, James, 206, 395, 396

  Metropolitan Opera, 210

  Middle East policy, 474

  Miki, Takeo, 494, 495

  Miller, Perry, 137

  Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 308, 310

  Mississippi march, 396–405

  Mississippi People-to-People tours (King), 306–309, 472

  Mitchell, Clarence, 370

  Mitchell, Oscar, 163, 165

  Mobile bus boycott, 108

  Model Cities plan, 394, 445

  Montgomery, mass march to, 346–348, 350–352, 355–364, 372

  Montgomery Advertiser, 66, 77, 83, 109

  Montgomery bus boycott, 66, 67, 70–107, 131, 362

  aftermath, 107–112

  Montgomery crisis, 62, 63

  Montgomery Improvement Association, 67–84, 87, 88, 94, 95, 99, 103, 105, 107, 115, 136

  Morehouse College, 6, 7, 28, 47, 495

  Morgan, Charles, Jr., 268

  Morgan, Juliette, 77

  Morris, William Hugh, 180

  Morris Brown College, 7

  Morse, Wayne, 235

  Mostel, Zero, 316

  “Mountaintop” speech, 484–487

  Mount Olive Baptist Church, 12

  Muelder, Walter, 39

  Muhammad, Elijah, 252, 341

  Muhammad Ali, 316, 426

  Muste, A. J., 381, 427

  Namath, Joe, 316

  Nashville sit-ins, 287

  Nation, The, 169, 170, 180, 206, 292, 344

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 7, 19, 22, 29, 58, 62, 91, 116, 130, 163, 193, 245, 263, 287, 307, 308, 312, 404, 439

  conflicts with SCLC, 157, 158, 291

  legal and court actions, 61, 123, 124

  legal defense fund, 36, 50, 173, 215, 230

  Montgomery bus boycott, 63, 66, 67, 72, 73, 93, 96, 99

  Parks case, 66, 67

  sit-ins, 151

  The Crisis, 119

  National Baptist Convention, 6, 137

  National City Lines, 80

  National Council of Churches, 184

  National Council of Negro Women, 312

  National Liberation Front, 374, 376

  National Negro Funeral Directors Association, 99

  National States Rights Party, 298, 335

  National Urban League, 123, 124, 133, 246, 291, 305, 432

  Nation Institute, 431

  NBC Meet the Press, 366

  NBC Today Show, 138

  NBC “The Nation’s Future,” 166–169

  Negro American Labor Council, 185

  Negro education, traditional view of, 19

  Negro Heritage Library, 300

  Negro Lutheran Church, 82

  Negro Voters League, 14

  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 125, 141

  New American Library, 250

  Newark, violence in, 305, 445

  New England Conservatory, 43, 46

  New Industrial State, The (Galbraith), 449

  New Leader, the, 230

  Newman, Paul, 316

  Newsweek, 291, 299, 437

  New York Post, 439

  New York Review of Books, 304, 446

  New York Times, The, 137, 285, 315, 332, 338, 343, 358, 410, 432, 437, 438, 439, 451, 480, 493, 494

  New York Times Magazine, 177, 269, 290, 427

  Niagara Platform, 22

  Niebuhr, Reinhold, 34, 35, 38–40, 47, 91, 439

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, 31

  Nixon, E. D., 63–66, 68, 91, 103, 106

  Nixon, Richard M., 122, 134, 139, 159, 165, 166

  Nkrumah, Kwame, 116, 117

  Nobel Peace Prize, 312, 313, 317–321

  Nonviolence, 105–107, 488, 489, 494

  opposition to policy of, 397, 398, 400–405, 478

  policy of, 282, 321, 337, 392, 393, 405, 406, 410, 420, 421, 439, 447, 448, 480

  workshops, 482

  O’Dell, Jack, 247–251

  O’Hara, John, 312

  Olav V, King of Norway, 320

  Operation Breadbasket, 417, 461

  Orange, James, 489, 496

  Organized labor, 185–188

  Oswald, Lee Harvey, 271

  Overseas Press Club, 433

  Owens, Jesse, 426

  Pacifism, 30, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40

  Packing House Workers of Chicago, 185

  Parker, William, 378

  Parks, Frank A., 74

  Parks, Mrs. Rosa, 64–70, 73, 91, 131, 132, 360

  Patterson, Eugene, 315

  Patterson, Floyd, 495

  Patterson, John, 174, 175

  Patterson, Tut, 50, 51

  Paul VI, Pope, 494

  People’s Republic of China, 381, 394

  People-to-People tour, 306, 367–369, 470, 471

  Personalism, 40, 41

  Phenomenology of Mind (Hegel), 36

  Philadelphia, violence in, 309

  Planned Parenthood Federation, 56

  Playboy, 116, 253, 282, 284, 307, 313, 462, 468

  Plessy v. Ferguson, 22, 50, 303

  Poitier, Sidney, 257, 426

  Pollard, Old Mother, 76, 77

  Poll taxes, 371

  Poor People’s campaign, 448, 457, 475, 480, 481

  Pope, Liston, 132

  Popper, Hermine, 130, 131, 295, 426

  Powell, Adam Clayton, 400, 449

  Powell, Mary, 42

  Power of Nonviolence, The (Gregg), 39

  Prasad, President Rajendra, 141

  “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom,” 120, 121

  Price, Cecil Ray, 308

  Price, Leontyne, 426

  Pritchett, Laurie, 191–196, 198, 199

  Progressive, the, 153

  Project Alabama. See Selma movement

  Project C (Confrontation Birmingham), 211., See also Birmingham movement

  Psychoanalysis, 37

  Rabbinical Assembly, speech to, 473–476

  Raby, Al, 368, 369, 376, 377, 379, 380, 411, 412, 415, 417

  Racial equality, whites and, 418

  Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli, 141

  Rainey, Lawrence, 307–309, 404

  Ramparts, 422, 427

  Randolph, A. Philip, 15, 23, 99, 119, 120, 133, 139, 185–188, 246, 255, 370, 395, 399, 405, 421, 460

  Rauschenbusch, Walter, 25, 26, 34, 40, 47, 462, 486

  Ray, James Earl, 480, 494

  Ray, John, 480

  Reddick, Lawrence D., 129, 140, 141, 291

  Reeb, Reverend James, 349, 353, 354

  Reeves, Jeremiah, 62

  Reidsville Penitentiary, 164, 165

  Relativism v. Idealism, 40

  Renouvier, Charles, 40

  Reporter, The, 405

  Research Committee, 291, 292, 428, 472

  Reuther, Walter P., 188, 246, 253, 257

  Reynolds, Libby Holman, 140

  Richmond News-Leader, 166

  Rillieux, Norbert, 425

  Riverside Church, 433

  Robertson, Carol, 267

  Robeson, Paul, 400

  Robinson, Chester, 415–417

  Robinson, Cleveland, 186, 187, 292

  Robinson, Jackie, 157, 426, 438

  Rochester Theological Seminary, 25

  Rockwell, George Lincoln, 335

  Rodell, Marie, 128, 129, 131

  Roget’s Thesaurus, 423

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 118, 360

  Ross, Diana, 495

  Rothchild, Rabbi Jacob, 338

  Rowan, Carl, 315, 437

  Royko, Mike, 315

  R
uby, Jack, 271

  Russell, Bill, 426

  Rustin, Bayard, 94, 95, 108, 112, 123, 124, 131, 152, 246, 255, 263, 285, 289, 291, 310, 311, 313, 318, 334, 368, 370, 375, 377, 380, 405, 421, 439, 456, 457, 461, 472

  St. Augustine movement, 293–301

  St. James Methodist Church, 81

  St. Joseph’s Hospital, 491, 492

  St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 453, 480

  Sanders, Carl, 197, 205

  Saturday Evening Post, 213, 291

  Saturday Review, 137

  Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 134, 172, 208

  Schuyler, George, 453

  Schwerner, Michael, 307, 308, 402

  SCLC. See Southern Christian Leadership Conference

  SCOPE. See Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project

  Scott, Coretta, 42–45. See also, King, Coretta Scott

  Scott, Michael, 117

  Seay, S. S., 103

  “Second Battle of Atlanta,” 162

  Seeger, Pete, 440

  Segregation, 10–12, 16, 17, 29, 30, 49–51, 63, 99, 150, 213

  ended in interstate bus stations, 177, 178

  Kennedy and, 172, 179, 180

  target year for end of, 116

  Seigenthaler, John, 172, 174, 175, 248

  Sellers, Clyde, 74, 89, 135, 136

  Selma movement, 294, 313, 317, 318, 325–331, 334–337, 339–346

  aftermath, 364–366

  Bloody Sunday, 347–349, 403

  Montgomery march, 346–352, 355–364

  Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 247

  Shaw University Conference, 154

  Shiloh Baptist Church, 188, 189

  Shuttlesworth, Reverend Fred, 108, 175, 206, 209, 210, 212, 219, 231, 239

  Simms, B. J. 68, 76, 77, 97

  Simon, Paul, 127

  Simpson, Bryan, 296, 297, 300, 305

  Sit-ins, 151–155, 160, 167, 185, 308, 408

  Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 233, 267

  Slavery, 31, 100

  Slogans, 401, 402

  Slumdale, 389

  “Slum Union,” 387, 391

  Smiley, C. T., 89, 106

  Smith, Kenneth Lee, 25

  Smith, Lillian, 137, 163

  Smith, Maxine, 477

  Smitherman, Joe T., 327, 336, 339, 347

  Smyer, Sid, 239

  Social Gospel movement, 25, 41, 49, 462

  Social Security, 311

  Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 123, 124, 129, 130, 131, 133, 144, 145, 146, 149, 152, 171, 178, 179, 197, 199, 247, 285, 311, 312, 366, 421, 439, 443, 475

  in Birmingham, 210, 211, 217

  in Chicago, 379, 380, 388–416

  in Cleveland, 441, 444

  conflicts with NAACP, 157, 158

  Hosea Williams, 287, 288

  leadership training program, 291

  Mississippi march, 396, 401

  Middle East policy, 474, 475

  Operation Breadbaskets, 417, 461, 481

  organized labor, 185

  in riot-plagued cities, 457

  in St. Augustine, 294–301

  in Selma, 318, 325–331, 355

 

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