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443 index The letter “n” following a page number refers to a note, followed by note number or both chapter and note number when it is unclear which chapter the note number pertains to. Aaron, John, 163 Acheson, Dean: and Civil Rules Advisory Committee, 86, 293; family of, 51; and House of Truth, 90; Justice Frankfurter and, 87, 88; at State Department, 217 Acker, Edward, 296–97, 429–30n8 Adams, Brock, 228, 234, 236, 266, 268 Adams, Francis W. H., 171 Adams, Miss (teacher), 26 Adderly, Herb, 16 Affirmative action programs: ongoing need for, 339–40; views on, 189, 438n9 Africa, Bush (George W.) and, 362 African American, as term, 337–38 African American literature, mother’s education of children in, 12 African heritage, Coleman family pride in, 11 Afro-American (newspaper), 13, 27 Agger, Carol, 100 Agnew, Spiro T., 207 Airlines: deregulation of, 250–53, 285–86, 295, 372, 423n24, 429n7; technology improvements in, 421–22n14–15 Air Transport Association, 294, 312 Alaska Airlines v. Brock (1987), 311, 432n6 Alexander, Clifford, 50 Alexander, Raymond Pace, 32, 39, 69–70, 194 Alexander, Sadie T. M., 32, 39, 69, 194 Alito, Samuel, 333 Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, 36 Alsop, Joe, 90 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, 283 AMAX, 372, 375 America: Coleman family pride in, 11; as melting pot, 336 American Bar Association: joining of, 76; Judiciary Committee, 321, 331, 343; and lawyer’s fees, 370; slow engagement with issues of interest to attorneys of color, 76 American Can Corp., 275, 372 American history: accomplishments of people of color, Coleman children’s instruction in, 11–12, 28; civil rights in, 110–14; contributions of people of color to, 107, 336; neglect of people of color in teaching of, 38, 107, 112, 115; from perspective of people of color, 107–15; slavery and, 107–11 American Houses Company, 136–37 Americanism, Authentic, 336 American Law Institute, 46, 76, 87, 403n11.4 American Lawyer, 368, 369 American mainstream: assimilation mechanisms, loss of, 21, 340; bringing Americans of color into, 339–40; bringing Mexican immigrants into, 341; 10-0488-1 index.indd 443 9/9/10 8:31 PM 444 / Index Coleman’s efforts to join, 35, 70, 76, 98, 131, 264, 340–41, 375–76; failure to join, overemphasis on race and, 336–37, 339; integration into, as point of desegregation efforts, 119, 164–65, 338; role of race and ethnicity within, 335–37 American Public Transit Association, 316, 432n12 Americans for Democratic Action, 130 Americans of color: assimilation of, ongoing barriers to, 336–37, 363; association with poverty and crime, and discrimination, 339; libel of inferiority, 337, 397–98n2; as term, 340; views on, in 18th-century America, 108. See also American history; Soldiers of color Americans with Disabilities Act, 359 Amtrak, 237 Anderson, Maxwell, 100 Anderson, Mr. (aviation instructor), 58–59 Andrus, Cecil, 283 Annenberg, Walter, 135–36 Ansbacher, Charles, 257 Antilynching legislation, history of, 112, 357 Apartheid in South Africa, U.S. efforts to end, 344–47, 439nn4–5 Argo Merchant oil spill, 236 Arkansas National Guard, nationalization of, 161–62, 358 Army, U.S. See Military service; Segregation of armed forces; World War II Army Air Corps, U.S.: calling up, 54, 57–58; honorable discharge, 66; Officer Training School, 59, 400–01n5; persons of color in, 57; rejection of reserve commission in, 68; volunteering for service in, 53, 56, 57. See also Tuskegee airmen Arts for the Aging (AFTA), 190 Asbestos injury lawsuits, 286–87 Assimilation: of Americans of color, ongoing barriers to, 336–37, 363; boys’ clubs and, 21; of immigrants, as challenge, 341, 363; mechanisms for, loss of, 21, 340; and slavery , family history of, 12 Attorney general, possible appointment to in Ford administration, 270 Attucks, Crispus, 107, 406n9 Authentic Americanism, 336 Automobile industry: bailout of, 241–42; and government policy, need for consistency in, 241–42 Automobile safety: air bags, decision on as secretary of transportation, 263–66, 427n12; current issues in, 241–42; efforts to improve, 240–41 Aviation noise abatement policy, 247–49, 422n15 Aviation security, FAA policy and, 233–34, 419n8 Bailey v. Alabama (1911), 85 Baird, Zoe, 316–17 Baker, Charles, 131 Baker, James, 296 Ball, Joseph A., 171 Banking law, arguments before Supreme Court on, 310–12 Barnes, Albert C., 190, 415n7 Barnes Foundation, 190–91 Barnum, John, 217, 224, 238, 254, 424n29 Barrows v. Jackson (1953), 328; and school desegregation, 122, 143; Vinson dissent in, 435n17 Bass, Bob, 372 Bates, Edward, 110 Bayh, Birch, 232 Beale, Joseph H., 45 Beale...

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