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Index Abernathy, Ralph, 58 Abingdon, Va., 153 Abundant South, 191 Actors Theatre (Louisville, Ky.), 153 Acuff, Roy, 8 African Methodist Episcopal church, 130; membership, 200 n.19 African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, 130; membership, 200 n.19 Agee, James, 140 Agnew, Spiro, 86 Agrarians, 7 Agriculture, 11, 20-29; improved fertilizers, 20; erosion control, 20; mechanization of, 21-22; diversification of, 22; size of farms, 23; migration from, 23; value of products sold, 25 Air conditioning: effects of, 185 Alabama, 21, 51, 73, 76, 85, 141, 145; segregation of schools, 42, 46; desegregation, 48; racial violence, 48; "march on ballot boxes," 52, 55; affected by Voting Rights Act, 53; a Dixiecrat state, 38, 60; supports Wallace, 75, 80, 84, 87, 93, 95; supports Goldwater, 78; public schools, 114; religion of, 119; sports in, 181 Alabama Independent Democratic party, 85 Alcoa, Tenn., 15 Alexander v. Holmes, 103 Alexandria, Va., 12 Alliance Theater (Atlanta), 157 All the King's Men (Warren), 6,140 Almond, J. Lindsay, 45, 61; opposes desegregation in Virginia, 41 Aluminum: production of, 15 American Baptist church, 119 American Independent party, 86 American Symphony Orchestra League, 163 Another Part of the Forest (Hellman), 151 Apollo 11, 162 Architectural Review Board (Savannah, Ga.), 159 Architecture, 8, 153, 157; new urban developments, 154-57; preservation and restoration, 158-60 Arkansas, 87, 104, 143, 165, 171; and economic growth, 15, 21, 22; and desegregation, 39,139-40; supports Governor Orval Faubus, 73; black vote in, 78-79; elects Republican governor, 81 Arkansas Gazette, 61 Arlington, Tex., 181 Armed services: desegregation of, 32 Armstrong, Louis "Satchmo," 8,164 Arnold, Eddy, 165 Arnold Air Force Research Laboratory (Tullahoma, Tenn.), 15 Ashmore, Harry S., 61 Askew, Reubin: supports liberal program in Florida, 93-94 Asola Theater (Sarasota, Fla.), 153 Assemblies of God, 122 Atlanta, Ga., 3, 32, 44, 72,129,160,171, 181; growth of, 12; home of Martin Luther King, Jr., 43; peaceful desegregation of schools, 46-47; funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr., 58; elects black mayor, 91; resegregation in public schools, 105; accepts compromise on bussing, 106; the new architecture, 154-56; and symphony, 163; and black businesses, 173; and Gone with the Wind, 192 Atlanta Ballet, 164 "Atlanta Compromise," 106 Atlanta Constitution, 138 Atlanta Life Insurance Co., 173 Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, 157 Atlanta School of Art, 157, 161 Atlanta University, 112 Auburn Street (Atlanta): site of black businesses, 173 Auburn University, 109,181 2x6 Index Augusta, Ga., 12 Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The (Gaines), 146 Baby Doll (Williams), 150 Bailey, Kenneth K., 136 Baker, Howard, 82, 96 Baker, Paul, 152 Baker v. Carr, 78 "Balance Agriculture with Industry," 12 Ballet, 164 Band of Angels (Warren), 140 Baptist church, 119-32 passim, 134, 136, 180, 199-200 n.19 Barkley, Alben W., 60, 61 Barnett, Ross, 38, 74; opposes desegregation of University of Mississippi, 47 Barter Theater (Abingdon, Va.), 153 Basketball, 181 Bates, Daisie, 42 Baton Rouge, La., 15,157; black students killed, 112 Battle, John S., 62, 64 Bauxite, Ark., 15 Beaufort, S.C, 158 Beaumont, Tex., 15 Benighted Nation, 190 Benighted South, 190 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 36 Bible Belt, 6, 119, 188 Biloxi, Miss., 15 Birmingham, Ala., 54, 57, 60, 185; schools desegregated, 48; racial violence, 48-49; bombing of black church, 49 Black, Hugo L., 41, 73 Black Belt, 4 Black Boy (Wright), 145 Black literature, 143-47 Black Monday, 36-37 Black Panthers, 55 Black physicians, 4 "Black power," 56 Black Power (Wright), 145 Blacks, 3, 95, 96; population, 4, 173; feel effects of World War II, 10; migration, 12, 28; occupations and income, 30, 31, 176; and achievement of rights, 30-58; response to Brown decision, 36; impact of vote, 78, 79, 80, 90, 93; elected to public offices, 79, 91; religion of, 130-35; recent social and economic conditions, 17377 . See also Civil rights movement; Desegregation; Violence; Education; and Politics "Black Students" (Fields), 143-44 Black teachers, 4 Black writers. See Black literature Bloodline (Gaines), 146 Boggs, Hale, 89 Bond, Julian, 85 Boston, Mass.: desegregation violence in, 185 Bourbonism: in southern politics, 5, 12, 73 Boycotts, 43-44 Brady, Thomas P., 36, 37 Brewer, Albert, 84, 92 Brock, W. E., 82 Brother to Dragons (Warren), 140 Brown decision: outlaws public school segregation, 35, 36; endorsed by Southern Regional Council, 45; by southern churches, 133. See also Desegregation; Education Brownell, Herbert, 67 Bumpers, Dale, 93 Bussing for consolidation of rural schools, 99, 100 Bussing for desegregation of schools: opposition to, 92, 94, 95, 103-4...
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