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At Canaan's Edge

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by Taylor Branch


  Poole, Melzetta

  Poor People’s Campaign

  see also Southern Christian Leadership Conference, antipoverty campaign of

  Poor People’s Conference

  Populist Party

  Porter, William

  Posey, Leon

  Powell, Adam Clayton

  conflict with MLK of

  House movement to expel

  reelection to congress sought by

  Powers, Richard Gid

  Powers, Thomas

  Pratt, Jack

  Presbyterians, Presbyterian Church:

  and March to Montgomery

  multi-racial worship as issue in

  see also specific congregations

  Prescod, Martha

  Prescott Hall

  Presley, Elvis

  Presley, Gladys and Vernon

  Presley, Lisa Marie

  Presley, Priscilla

  Presley, Robert

  Price, Annie L.

  Price, Cecil

  prison system, desegregation of

  Prohibition

  Proposition

  Public Broadcasting System (PBS)

  Pucinski, Roman

  Pueblo, USS

  Purdue, Carleton

  Puryear, R. W.

  Quaker Penn Center

  Quarles v. Philip Morris

  Rabin, Yitzhak

  Raborn, William F.

  Raby, Al

  race:

  and family structure

  immigration reform and definition of

  Supreme Court rulings on

  race riots, spread of

  Radio Cairo

  “Rally for Freedom”

  Ramparts

  Randolph, A. Philip

  Rankin, Jeannette

  Rankin Chapel

  Rauh, Joe

  Ray, James Earl

  Rayburn, Sam

  Rayner, A. A. “Sam”

  Reader’s Digest

  Reagan, Ronald

  and civil rights stance of

  as governor of California

  growing public stature of

  nomination for governor of

  seen as presidential possibility

  Real McCoys, The

  Reaves, J. T.

  Reconstruction

  Red Cross

  Reddick, Lawrence

  Redditt, Ed

  Redmont Hotel

  Reeb, James J.

  death of

  Klan attack on

  march to honor

  as movement martyr

  public fallout from attack on

  Reeb, Marie

  Reed, Clark

  Reed, Roy

  Reedy, George

  Reese, Carlton

  Reese, F. D.

  Reich, Wilhelm

  Republican National Committee

  Republican Party

  Reston, James

  Reston, Richard

  Reuther, Walter

  Revere, Paul

  Reynolds, Frank

  Rhodes, James

  Richardson, Elliot

  Richardson, Robert

  Richmond, Willie

  Rickey, Banch

  Ricks, Willie

  Ridenhour, Ron

  Ridgway, Matthew

  Riklis, Meshulem

  Riley, Leon

  Rivermont Holiday Inn

  Rivers, Mendel

  Riverside Church

  CALCAV rally at

  media coverage of MLK address at

  Robb, Chuck

  Robb, Inez

  Robb, Lynda

  Robben Island

  Robbins, Barbara

  Roberts, Gene

  Roberts, Juanita

  Roberts, Pernell

  Roberts, William

  Robertson, Carole

  Robert X

  Robinson, Chester

  Robinson, Cleveland

  Robinson, Frank

  Robinson, Jackie

  Robinson, James

  Robinson, Ruby Doris

  Roche, John

  Rochester, N.Y.

  Rockefeller, John D.

  Rockefeller, Laurence

  Rockefeller, Nelson

  Rockwell, George Lincoln

  Rodino, Peter

  Rogers, Creed

  Rogers, Jefferson

  Rogers, Jimmy

  Rolen Elementary school

  Rollins, Metz

  Roman Saints

  Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)

  Romney, George

  Rongstad, L. James

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr.

  Roosevelt, Theodore

  Rose Crow Flies High

  Rosen, Al

  Ross, Mattie

  Rostow, Walt

  Rovere, Richard

  Rowan, Carl

  Rowe, Gary Thomas

  Royal Irish Lancers

  Royal Opera House (Sweden)

  Royko, Mike

  Rubber Soul

  Ruby, Jack

  Rupp, Adolph

  Rusk, Dean

  Russell, Bertrand

  Russell, Bill

  Russell, Richard

  Rustin, Bayard

  MLK urged to avoid Watts riots by

  nonviolent movement as practiced in North by

  Rutherford, William

  Ryals, Frank

  Sadler, Barry

  Saigon

  St. Augustine, Fla.

  St. Clair, James

  St. Elizabeth’s (Edmundite mission)

  St. Helena Island, S.C.

  St. James Episcopal Church

  St. John’s Lutheran Church

  St. Louis, Mo.

  St. Louis Globe-Democrat

  St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

  St. Paul’s Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

  St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

  Sales, Ruby

  Salisbury, Harrison

  Sallee, Edmund

  Saltonstall, Leverett

  Sampson, Al

  Samuel, Morris

  San Antonio, Tex.

  Sanders, Beulah

  Sanders, Carl

  Sand Pebbles, The

  Sandperl, Ira

  Sands Casino

  San Francisco Examiner

  San Pietro Chamber Orchestra of Naples

  Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center

  Saperstein, Harold

  Saperstein, Marcia

  Saturday Evening Post

  Saturday Review

  Saudi Arabia

  Savannah, Ga.

  Savio, Mario

  Savior’s Day Convention

  Sayers, Carl

  Scalapino, Robert

  Scarlett, Will

  Scatchell’s BBQ

  Schipani, Joe

  Schlesinger, Arthur

  schools:

  in Chicago

  integration of sports in

  Lowndes County reforms in

  reforms in Grenada County of

  segregation and

  Schuck, Peter

  Schwerner, Michael

  SCLC Freedom Medal

  Scott, Bernice

  Scott, Obadiah

  Scottsboro Boys

  Seale, Bobby

  Sea of Galilee

  Search for Tomorrow

  Searles, Joseph L.

  Seeger, Pete

  segregation

  in education

  and employment

  of housing

  in law enforcement

  segregation (cont.)

  MLK on de facto

  MLK on history of

  of prison system

  of private clubs

  schools and

  in sports

  Segrest, Marvin

  Selective Service Act self-immolation, as defined by Hanh,

  Selfridge Air Force Base

  Sellers, Cleveland

  Selma, Ala.

  attempts to circumvent
courthouse blockade in

  Clark’s stall tactics during registration in

  courthouse standoff in

  after marches

  outsiders as activists in

  worldwide reaction to movement in

  see also Selma to Montgomery Marches

  Selma Bus Line

  Selma Free College

  Selma High School

  Selma Inter-Religious Project

  Selma Times-Journal

  Selma to Montgomery Marches

  Alabama National Guard at

  bomb threats in

  call for

  dispersion of participants after

  divided public opinion on

  FBI monitoring of

  federal preparations for

  final

  first, see Bloody Sunday

  gathering participants for

  Klan harassment during

  legal clearance for

  legal restrictions on

  local power re-asserted after

  media coverage of

  medical care for marchers at

  medical teams at

  military presence at

  MLK’s speech at completion of

  nuns in

  participant preparations for

  participants gathering for

  proposal of

  public reaction to

  second, see ministers’ attempted march from Selma to Montgomery

  SNCC preparations for

  state authorities preparations for

  women in

  Selma University

  Senate, U.S.

  Armed Services Committee of

  FBI surveillance tactics investigated by

  Finance Committee of

  Foreign Relations Committee of; see also Fulbright hearings hearings on poverty in

  Hoover’s testimony on bugging before

  Judiciary Committee of

  MLK testimony on poverty to

  Rules Committee of

  Sessum, Cecil

  Sevareid, Eric

  7th Cavalry Battalion

  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

  Shactman, Max

  sharecroppers:

  eviction in Lowndes County of

  living conditions of

  lost livelihood of

  Sharp, Monroe

  Shaw, John

  Shaw, Robert Gould

  Shea Stadium

  Sheehan, Lawrence Cardinal

  Shelby County Rescue Squad

  Shell, Jack

  Shelton, Robert

  Sheraton-Park Hotel

  Sherman, William T.

  Sherrill, R. Goldthwaite

  Sherrod, Charles

  Shiloh Baptist Church

  Shoffeitt, Paul E.

  Shores, Arthur

  Shriver, Sargent

  Shuttlesworth, Fred

  Siebert, Muriel

  Sigh, Richard

  Signoret, Simone

  Silone, Ignazio

  Silver Moon Café

  Simon & Garfunkel

  Simone, Nina

  Simpson, Cassino

  Sims, Howard

  Sinai Peninsula

  Singh Thind, Bhagat

  Singing Nuns of Mundelein College

  Sioux Indians

  Sisters of Charity

  Sitting Bull

  Six Day War

  impact on antiwar movement of

  16th Street Baptist Church

  Slaiman, Don

  Slim, Memphis

  Smiley, Richmond

  Smith, Coby

  Smith, Don

  Smith, Ella Mae

  Smith, Elwyn

  Smith, Frank

  Smith, Henry

  Smith, Howard K.

  Smith, Jack

  Smith, John

  Smith, Lillian

  Smith, Margaret Chase

  Smith, Maxine

  Smith, Roland

  Smith, Ruby Doris, see Robinson, Ruby Doris

  Smith, Scott B.

  Smitherman, Joseph

  Smothers Brothers

  Smyer, Sidney

  socialism

  Social Security

  Soloveitchik, Joseph

  Sometimes a Great Notion (Kesey)

  Sons of Italy

  Sontag, Fred

  Sontag, Susan

  Soracco, Frank

  Sorel, George

  Sorensen, Theodore

  Sound of Music, The

  “Sounds of Silence, The” (Simon)

  South Africa

  apartheid in

  civil rights movement in

  voting reform demonstrations for

  South Carolina

  Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

  administration of

  antipoverty campaign of

  antipoverty campaign staffing problems at

  attempts to insulate MLK from

  CALCAV demonstration by

  CALCAV’s march debated in

  candidate workshops run by

  civil disobedience debate in

  Cleveland voter registration drive by

  commitment to nonviolence of

  conference on urban ministry of

  dissent over antipoverty campaign of

  effect of MLK’s affairs on

  fatigue within ranks of

  FBI monitoring of antipoverty campaign of

  FBI recruitment of insider from

  and FBI SCOPE investigation

  financial problems of

  Ford foundation funding of

  fundraising efforts of

  growing financial debt of

  Hoffa’s contribution to

  internal conflicts in

  Jesse Jackson’s promotion in

  jostling for MLK attention in

  meetings about Memphis riots of

  MLK’s press for official stand on

  Vietnam from

  9th annual convention of

  nonviolence debate within

  Northern campaign of, see Chicago Freedom Movement

  objections to MLK going to Memphis in

  objections to MLK’s summit with non- black minorities in

  poverty march planned by

  poverty workshops by

  presidential succession in

  priorities debate in

  resources stretched thin at

  return of big name donors to

  risk vs. authority debate in

  SCOPE initiative and, see Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE)

  SNCC conflict with

  staff morale retreats of

  strategic role of

  tax exempt status of

  10th annual convention of

  Vietnam War stand debated within

  white board members elected by

  Southern Courier, The

  Southern District Lutheran Church

  Southern Presbyterians

  Southern Regional Council

  South Korea

  South Vietnam

  fall of civilian government in

  Lodge as ambassador to

  military coups in

  Soviet Union

  space program, U.S.

  Spann, Purvis

  Spears, James

  Speck, Richard

  Spelman College

  Spence, John

  Spencer, Stuart

  Spike, Paul

  Spike, Robert

  Spina, Dominick

  Spivak, Lawrence

  Spock, Benjamin

  sports:

  desegregation of

  integration efforts in South of high school

  see also college sports; specific teams

  Sports Illustrated

  Springfield College

  Stalin, Joseph

  Stanton, Frank

  Stanton, Mary

  State Department, U.S.

  Stavis, Morton

  Staym
an, Clark

  Steele, C. K.

  Steele, Rosie

  Stegall, Mildred

  Steinbeck, John

  Steinberg, David

  Stennis, John C.

  Stephens, Alexander

  Stern, Eric

  Stevenson, Adlai

  Stevenson, Adlai

  Stewart, Michael

  Stokes, Carl

  Stone, I. F.

  Stone, Robert

  Stoner, J. B.

  Stone Street Negro School

  Stony Run Meeting of Friends

  Stowe, Harriet Beecher

  Strait, Belinda

  Strange, Hubert

  Strange Career of Jim Crow, The (Woodward)

  Street Without Joy (Fall)

  Strickland, R. S.

  Stride Toward Freedom (King)

  Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

  administration and procedures of

  antiwar stance of

  antiwar statement framed by

  Atlanta riots and

  Carmichael resignation as head of

  Carmichael’s notoriety as problematic for

  conflicts with MLK of

  conflict with SCLC of

  congressional challenges by

  criticism of LBJ agenda from

  draft resistance issue and

  financial problems of

  growing dissatisfaction with nonviolence in

  impact of jury reform laws on

  improving relations between MLK and

  independent political party sought by

  internal conflicts in

  internal debate over purpose of

  leadership struggles of

  March Against Fear and

  and Mississippi movement

  MLK’s respect for independence of

  MLK’s support for

  Montgomery headquarters of

  move to make Lowndes County movement separate from

  Natchez project of

  as overshadowed by Black Power

  race as issue among members of

  racial tensions within

  response to Younge’s death by

  role in ministers’ march to Montgomery

  and Selma to Montgomery March

  shrinking staff of

  staff fatigue as problem for

  support of Bond from

  suspicions about civil rights laws within

  tent city for Lowndes County sharecroppers from

  “uniform” adopted by

  on Vietnam War

  view of national government in

  voter workshops run by

  wildcat rebellions deemed harmful by

  Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

  Styron, William

  Sullivan, Joseph

  Sullivan, William

  Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE)

  FBI investigation of

  Supreme Court, U.S.

  Bond case heard by

  FBI surveillance tactics reproached by

  LBJ nomination of Marshall to

  and meaning of race

  surface-to-air missile (SAM) defenses,

  Surney, Lafayette

  Surrender of Cornwallis (Trumbull)

  Sutherland, Elizabeth

  Sutherland, George

  Swanson, Harold

  Sweeney, Dennis

  Sweet, Henry

  Swibel, Charles

  Switzerland

  Synagogue Council of America

  Syria

  Tabernacle Baptist church

  Taft, Seth

  Taft-Hartley Act

 

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