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At Canaan's Edge

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by Taylor Branch


  McDew, Charles

  McDonald, Dora

  McDonough, John

  McElveen, Ray

  McGill, Elzie

  McGill, Lillian

  McGill, Ralph

  McGovern, George

  McGrory, Mary

  McKeldin, Theodore

  McKenzie, Scott

  McKinney, Lester

  McKissick, Floyd

  McMeans, Bessie

  McMeans, Clara

  McMeans, John

  McNair, Denise

  McNamara, Robert

  McNaughton, John

  McNeal Elementary School for Negroes

  McPherson, Harry

  MacPherson, Tom

  McQuaid, Mary Alice

  McWhorter, Diane

  Maddox, Lester

  Madison, James

  Maggie Street Baptist Church

  Magna Carta

  Maguire, John

  Mahayana Buddhism

  Mailer, Norman

  Malcolm X

  assassination of

  autobiography of

  break with Elijah Muhammad of

  as role model for black Americans

  Malcolm X Afro-American Society

  Mallard, Mattie Ruth

  Malone, John

  Malone, Vivian

  Manchester, William

  Mandela, Nelson

  Mannes, Marya

  Mansfield, Mike

  Mantle, Mickey

  Mants, Bob

  Mao Zedong

  Maraniss, David

  March Against Fear

  highway patrol assault on

  leadership debates over

  media coverage of

  support rally for

  as taken up in Meredith’s name

  voter registration during

  March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)

  March to the Sea

  Marion, Ala.

  Marks, Miss.

  Marshall, Burke

  Marshall, Thurgood

  on civil rights demonstrations

  confirmation as Solicitor General of

  nomination as Solicitor General of

  nomination to Supreme Court of

  Marshall Field

  Marshall Plan

  Marshals Service, U.S.

  Martha’s Vineyard

  Martin, Louis

  Marx, Charles

  Marx, Karl

  Marx, Robert J.

  Mary Angelica, Sister

  Mason, Jimilu

  Mason Temple

  Massachusetts

  see also Boston, Mass.

  Mathews, Frank

  Mathis, Johnny

  Maul, Clara

  Maxwell Air Force Base

  Mays, Benjamin

  Mays, Napoleon

  Mays, Timothy

  Mead, Margaret

  Meany, George

  media:

  1966 election in Alabama coverage in

  antiwar movement in

  Black Power coverage in

  Bloody Sunday coverage in

  Chicago’s black owned

  coverage of FBI bugging scandal in

  coverage of Hayneville shootings by

  LBJ relations with

  leaks on Vietnam War in

  ministers’ march to Montgomery coverage in

  minority representation in

  public hostility reflected in

  used by FBI in anti-civil rights movement propaganda

  see also specific newspapers and media outlets

  Medical Committee for Human Rights

  Medicare

  Meet the Press

  Mekong River

  Mellon, Andrew

  Memphis, Tenn.

  blame for rioting in

  court hearings about redemption march in

  MLK’s final return to

  police clashes with demonstrators in

  police presence at demonstration in

  police surveillance of MLK in

  sanitation strike in

  settlement with strikers in

  shift from strike to riot in

  strain between police and blacks in post-riot

  tensions among demonstrators in

  turnout for redemption rally in

  Memphis Commercial Appeal

  Memphis Country Club

  Memphis Search for Meaning Committee

  Menand, Louis

  Mercouri, Melina

  Meredith, James

  Meredith march, see March Against Fear

  Meridian Star

  Merrill Lynch

  Merry Pranksters

  Merton, Thomas

  Metcalfe, George

  Metropolitan Chicago Leadership Council for Open Housing

  Metropolitan Club

  Mexican-American War (1848)

  Mexico City Summer Games

  MFDP

  Miami, Fla.

  Miami Dolphins

  Michaelis, Arnold

  Michaux, Solomon

  Michigan, University of

  Middlebrook, Harold

  Middle East

  Miles, Frank

  “Milestones on the Road to Freedom in Massachusetts”

  Millard, George

  Miller, Ben

  Miller, David

  Miller, Henry

  Miller, Orloff

  Mills, C. Wright

  Mills, Wilbur

  Milwaukee Braves

  Mingo, Lucy

  ministers’ attempted march from Selma to Montgomery

  compromises sought on

  conflict within Episcopalian ranks in

  FBI monitoring of

  federal preparations for

  gathering participants for

  media coverage of

  MLK’s call for

  MLK’s testimony on

  national demonstrations of support for

  participant reaction to

  political wives as participants in

  restraining orders issued against

  retreat to church at end of

  SNCC role in

  state authorities tactics in

  Minnis, Jack

  Minter, James

  Mississippi

  MLK’s recruitment drive in

  Negro voter registration in

  Negro voter turn out for 1966 election in

  voting reforms in

  see also specific counties and towns

  Mississippi, University of:

  1962 demonstrations at

  Rebel Dome of

  Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

  Mississippi Freedom Summer Project (1964)

  Mississippi State University

  Mississippi Supreme Court

  Missouri Athletic Club

  Mitchell, Clarence

  Mitchell, Jerry

  Mobilization movement

  Coretta King at San Francisco demonstration in

  D.C. demonstration in

  demonstrations at White House of

  media coverage in New York demonstration in

  in New York

  Mobley, Mr.

  Model Cities program

  Mohl, Arthur

  Moldovan, Alfred

  Monadnock View Cemetery

  Montand, Yves

  Montgomery, Ala.

  as birthplace of nonviolent movement

  bus boycott in

  march on courthouse in

  sit-ins staged in

  SNCC headquarters in

  see also Selma to Montgomery Marches

  Montgomery, G. V. “Sonny”

  Montgomery Advertiser

  Moore, Alice

  Moore, Amzie

  Moore, Cecil B.

  Moore, Cecile

  Moore, Harold “Hal”

  Moore, Margaret

  Moore, O’Neal

  Moore, Paul

  Moore, Robin

  Moore, Thomas, see Rowe, Gary Thomas
r />   Moore, William

  Moorer, Mattie Lee

  Morehouse College

  Morgan, Charles, Jr.

  Morgan Guaranty Trust

  Morgenstern, Joseph

  Morgenthau, Hans

  Morris, John B.

  Morrison, Ben

  Morrison, Christina

  Morrison, Emily

  Morrison, Norman

  Morrisroe, Richard

  Morse, Wayne

  Morsell, John

  Mortimer, John

  Morton, Jelly Roll

  Morton, Samuel

  Moseley, Frederick

  Moses, Bob

  anti-Vietnam speeches of

  Moses, Dona

  Motley, Constance Baker

  Moton, Leroy

  Klan attack on

  Mount Hope Baptist Church

  Moursund, A. W.

  Moyers, Bill

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

  at conference on urban ministry

  Moynihan Report

  on family structure of Negroes

  media coverage of

  Mt. Carmel Baptist church

  Mt. Gillard Missionary Baptist Church

  Mt. Moriah Baptist Church

  Mt. Nebo Baptist Church

  Muhammad, Elijah

  Malcolm X’s break with

  meeting with MLK of

  Muhammad’s Mosque of Islam No.

  Murphy, George

  Murphy, Margaretta “Happy”

  Murphy, Matt

  Murray, George

  Murray, Pauli

  Murrow, Edward R.

  Mussolini, Benito

  Muste, A. J.

  Myers, Cecil

  Myers, C. Kilmer “Kim”

  Myers, Robert Manson

  My Lai

  Myles, China Grove

  Myrdal, Gunnar

  Nabrit, James

  Nagasaki

  Napoleonic Wars

  Nashville Banner

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel

  Natal University

  Natchez, Miss.

  bomb threats against SNCC in

  Klan at demonstrations in

  SCLC staff in

  Nation

  National Academy of Sciences

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

  National Baptist Convention

  National Basketball Association

  National Book Award

  National Committee of Negro Churchmen

  National Conference for New Politics (NCNP)

  Jewish leadership objections to

  media coverage of

  MLK urged not to attend

  National Conference of Christians and Jews

  National Conference on Civil Rights (1965)

  media coverage of

  National Council of Churches

  Commission on Religion and Race of

  National Council on the Humanities

  National Draft Resistance Week

  National Farmers Union

  National Guard, U.S.

  increase in black recruitment in

  National Guardian

  National Liberation Front (NLF)

  National Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam, see Mobilization movement

  National Organization for Women

  National Origins Act (1924)

  National Press Club

  National Rifle Association

  National Security Council

  National States Rights Party

  National Urban League

  National Welfare Rights Organization

  National Youth Administration

  Nation of Islam

  Native Americans

  Native Son, The (Wright)

  Naturalization Act (1790)

  Nazis

  NBC

  NBC News

  NCAA basketball tournament

  Needham, Edgar

  Negro Community Center

  Negro Elks Club

  Negroes:

  “blacks” as replacement term for

  as candidates in 1966 Alabama election

  Chicago media outlets owned by

  family structure of

  post-wars movement to Chicago of

  voter turn out for 1966 election Mississippi

  Negro Lowndes County Training School

  Negro Men of Tomorrow Club

  Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea (Kristol)

  Nesbitt, R. D.

  Nesson, Charles

  Neuhaus, Richard J.

  Never Call Retreat (Catton)

  Newark, N.J.

  New Deal

  Newfield, Jack

  New Friendship Baptist Church

  New Hampshire

  New Hope Missionary Baptist Church

  New Orleans, La.

  New Republic, The

  Newsweek

  Newton, Huey P.

  New York, N.Y.

  draft protests in

  Mobilization Day in

  New York Amsterdam News

  New York Athletic Club

  New York City Bar Association

  New York Daily News

  New Yorker

  New York Hilton

  New York-Journal & Telegram

  New York Protestant Council

  New York Review of Books

  New York State Journal of Medicine

  New York Stock Exchange

  New York Times

  New York Times Magazine

  “Next Stop: The North” (King)

  Ngo Dinh Diem

  Ngo Thi Tuyen

  Nguyen Ai Quoc, see Ho Chi Minh

  Nguyen Cao Ky

  Nguyen Chi Thanh

  Nguyen Huu An

  Nguyen Ngoc Loan

  Nguyen Van Thieu

  Nhan Dan

  Nichols, M. E.

  Nichols, R. R.

  Niebuhr, Reinhold

  Niemoeller, Martin

  Nightly News

  Nixon, Richard

  Nobel Peace Prize

  nonviolence:

  adaptation across culture of

  Bevel on future of

  and Chicago Freedom Movement

  as debated issue in civil rights movement

  as defined by MLK

  freedom songs as tactic of

  growing rejection among Negroes of

  increasing absence from public discourse of

  LBJ’s appreciation for

  Levison on limits of

  marchers briefed on tactics of

  media on rejection of

  Memphis seen by MLK as failure of

  as menaced by Black Power backlash

  Meredith on

  MLK’s commitment to

  MLK’s lectures on

  MLK’s priority as protection of

  MLK summit with minority leaders on

  myths about civil rights movement acceptance of

  opposing communism with

  post-Watts shift away from

  readiness to die vs. willingness to kill in

  rejection by civil rights movement of

  seen as trap by Levison

  Young on

  Nonviolent Action Group

  Norman, Jessye

  Norman, Silas

  North Carolina, University of

  Northeast Blackout of 1965

  Northern Rhodesia, see Zimbabwe

  North Vietnam

  indifference to peace overtures of

  negotiations with

  sustained bombing of

  women in combat brigades of

  Norvell, Aubrey

  Nosser, John

  Nostra Aetate (“In Our Time”)

  Nott, Josiah

  Novak, Robert

  “nuns of Selma”

  Nuremberg trials

  Oakland, Calif.

  Oberlin College

  O’Boyle, Patrick

  O’Brien, Conor Cruise

 
O’Brien, Lawrence

  Occidental College

  Odetta

  Offenburger, Tom

  Office of Economic Opportunity, U.S.

  Office of Education, U.S.

  Office of Federal Contract Compliance U.S.

  Ogilvie, Richard

  Oglesby, Carl

  Ole Miss, see Mississippi, University of

  Oliver, Edith

  Olivet Baptist Church

  Olsen, Clark

  Olson, Greg

  Olympic Games

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey)

  101st Airborne Division

  105th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church

  On the Origin of the Species (Darwin)

  On Violence (Arendt)

  Open Housing Summit Agreement

  Operation Breadbasket

  Operation Cedar Falls

  Operation Masher

  Operation Rolling Thunder

  Operation Shredder

  Operation Silver Bayonet

  Orange, James

  Orangeburg, S.C., race riots in

  Oste, Sven

  Oswald, Lee Harvey

  O’Toole, Peter

  Ouellet, Maurice

  Our Lady of the Universe

  Overseas Press Club

  Oxford University

  Ozawa, Takao

  Paar, Jack

  Pacem in Terris

  Pakistan

  Paley, William

  Palmer, Hazel

  Palmer House Hotel

  Panama Canal

  Panama Limited

  Panola County, Miss.

  Parade

  Parchman Penitentiary

  Paris

  Parker, Dorothy

  Parker, Theodore

  Parker, William

  Parker House Hotel

  Parks, Rosa

  Parris, Bob, see Moses, Bob

  Parsons, Garry

  Parsons, Graham

  Patman, Wright

  Paton, Alan

  Patterson, Eugene

  Patti, Archimedes “Al”

  Pauling, Linus

  Paul VI, Pope

  Payton, Benjamin

  Peabody, Mary

  Peace Corps

  Pearson, Drew

  Peck, James

  Peg Leg Bates conference

  Penn, Lemuel

  Penn Community Center

  Pentagon building

  antiwar demonstration at

  War Room at

  Pentecostal Church of God in Christ

  People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN)

  Pepper, William

  Percy, Charles

  Percy, Walker

  Peretz, Martin

  Perkins, Anthony

  Perry County, Ala.

  Pershing Hotel

  Peter, Paul and Mary

  Pettigrew, Thomas

  Phelan, James

  Philadelphia, Miss.

  Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

  Philip Morris

  Phipps, Armistead

  Piccard, Jeannette

  Pickering, Charles “Chip”

  Pickle, Jake

  Pierce, R. R.

  Pike, James

  Pilgrim Baptist Church

  Pitcher, Alvin

  Pitts, Billy Roy

  Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

  Plain Dealer

  Pleiku, barracks assault in

  POCAM (poverty campaign)

  Podhoretz, Norman

  Poitier, Sidney

  Pollard, Mother

  Pollock, Jackson

  poll tax, Justice Department suits against

 

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