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index Adams, Mrs. W. R. (New Orleans), 86 Adderly, Mildred (New Orleans), 89 African American men, 1, 2–7, 9–10, 13–14, 40–43, 46–47, 48, 50–53, 58–63, 75, 107, 126, 139–40, 143, 166n35. See also white men African American women: Louisiana Governor John M. Parker’s view of, 48; Senator Huey Long’s view of, 169n18. See also women’s auxiliaries; women’s employment ; women’s fundraising; women’s social networks Alexandria, 12, 55, 74; black elite, 121, 123; military bases, 121, 122; population growth during World War II, 121. See also Georgia M. Johnson; Alexandria NAACP Alexandria NAACP, 112, 121, 166n28; Anderson case, 129; branch meetings, 107; campaigns, 128; committees, 72; conservative nature, 125; elected positions, 110, 123; equality of teachers’ salaries case, 97; Green case, 131; membership, 122; personal disputes, 37, 112, 122, 125, 131–35, 186n35; riot (1942), 129– 30, 184n5; three soldiers’ case, 130. See also Alexandria Observer; Georgia M. Johnson; women’s auxiliaries; women’s fundraising Alexandria Observer, 124, 127, 184n10 antilynching campaigns, 20, 24, 28, 38, 41, 104–5, 118, 134, 137, 182n33; Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, 61; Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill, 21; Dillard University demonstration, 33; Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, 20–21; Ferguson case, 113, 115; gender, 42–43, 60, 113–15, Wilson case, 60–61 Armstrong, Maude C. (New Orleans), 72, 88 Aubry, Mrs. A. R., 104. See also Masonic lodges, Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Peter Claver Autrey, Dorothy, 6 Azamore, Corinne (New Orleans), 81, 173n59 Bagnall, Robert, 35, 59, 109, 174n62. See also women’s auxiliaries Baker, Ella, 36–37, 125; correspondence with Georgia M. Johnson of Alexandria, 125, 132, 133–34; gender issues, 8–9 Baker, Tracey E. (Baton Rouge), 91 Banks, Myrtle (New Orleans), 87, 92 Baranco, Oralee (New Orleans), 78 Barnett, Bernice McNair, 5 Baton Rouge, 12, 13; bus boycott (1953), 11, 111, 118; Daisy Lampkin visit, 69–70. See also Baton Rouge NAACP; NAACP local branches Baton Rouge NAACP, 51, 58, 59, 74–76, 99, 101, 112, 116, 120, 142, 170n30; antilynching campaigns, 113–14; branch meetings, 107, 115; citizenship, 114; education , 83, 90–91, 108; elected officials, 99, 106, 109, 110–11; executive committee , 91, 106; female membership, 58, 69–70, 173n52; Ferguson case, 113–15; internal divisions, 109–10; membership, 25, 76, 138; membership campaigns, 72; police brutality cases, 115; secretaries, 51; voter registration campaigns, 111; white members, 116; World War II, 115; youth councils, 92, 116–17. See also Mrs. D. J. Dupuy; Daisy Lampkin; William Pickens; Horatio Thompson; women ’s auxiliaries; women’s fundraising Bauduit, A. L. (New Orleans), 88 Beauchamp, Agnes (New Orleans), 89 Bell, Mrs. M (New Orleans), 62 Berhol, Anna Mae (New Orleans), 85, 171n37 Bolin, Jane (New York), 71, 171n39 Borikins, Naomi (New Orleans), 81 Brazier, Dr. A. W. (New Orleans), 62, 69; Urban League membership, 80 Brown, Mayme Osby (New Orleans), 88, 169n13 Brown, Oneida (New Orleans), 77, 103, 104, 179n5. See also Masonic lodges, Ladies Auxiliary of the Knight of Peter Claver Brunner, Mrs. A. L. (Monroe), 75 Burke, Mrs. E. S. (Baton Rouge), 87 Burrell, Alberta (New Orleans), 88 Byrd, Daniel E. (New Orleans), 71, 106; increasing African American militancy in 1940s, 58; on racial integration, 98 Byrd, Mildred C. (New Orleans): executive committee, 92, 106; state conference, 106; youth council, 92 Carline, Lillian B. (Lake Charles), 92 Carroll, H. M. (Monroe), 70 civil rights movement, 4, 11, 137. See also Martin Luther King Jr. Coghill, Mary D. (New Orleans), 81, 171n36, 173n59 communism, 22, 24, 93, 94, 177n27; Communist Party, 22, 32, 61 Community Chest campaigns, 62, 77–78, 81, 173n59 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 33 Consumers League of New Orleans, 33 Cooper, Anna Julia, 43 Cornelius, V. C. (New Orleans), 86 Creuzot, Mrs. P. P. (New Orleans), 80 Crisis, 16–17, 23, 49, 85. See also W. E. B. Du Bois Crowley, La., 11 Cunningham, Noelie (New Orleans), 93, 96; suspected communist sympathizer, 94. See also Louisiana Progressive Educational Association Curry, Irma (Baton Rouge), 76, 87, 91; sister , Olga Curry, and mother, Mrs. M. L. Curry, 76 Daniels, Eunice (New Orleans), 86 Darrow, Clarence, 26 Davis, Angela, 41–42 Dejoie: Mrs. C. C. (New Orleans), 92, 171n37; Ella, 73, 172n47; Julia B., 81; Mrs. J. J., 80; Lucille A., 173n53; Dr. P. H., 73 Dewey, John, 93. See also Louisiana Progressive Educational Association Dominique, Viola (New Orleans), 87 Du Bois, W. E. B., 13, 17, 19; critic of...
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