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Abernathy, Ralph, 36, 78, 234; on final day of Selma to Montgomery March, 19 Adelman, Bob, 172, 200 Af ri can Ameri cans in Wilcox County, Ala bama, current issues: elections marred by bribery and corruption, 263; limited employment opportunities, underfunded pub lic school, and social segregation, 262, 264; need for a type of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 262; no acknowledgment from white neighbors of past mistreatment, 263; progress and potential , 262–66, 268; racial tension, 262; reduction in fear, 246, 272, 274; success in elections, 226, 265; Wilcox County economic challenges, 263–64 Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service Committee, Wilcox County, Ala bama, 166, 188 “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round,” 46, 49, 111, 272 Alabama Economic Opportunity Program, 242 Ala bama River, 50, 86, 131 Alberta, Wilcox County, Ala bama, 131 Albritton, L. C., 115 Albritton, Mrs. Reginald, 233 Albritton, Reginald, 99, 112, 115, 152, 230– 31; beating of Walter Wilson, 230–33; extreme cruelty and violence, 233 Alejo, Luis, 171 “Amen,” 14 Ameri can Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), complaints with Justice Department on behalf of Wilcox County citizens, 164 Ameri can Friends Service Committee, 182 Amirkhanian, Charles, 172 Anderson, Betty, 244 Anderson, Lena Jo, 242 Anderson, Rosetta Marsh, 164, 167, 264, 266, 280n6; and organization of voter registration campaign in Wilcox County, 240–43; in photo taken at 1966 Camden voting rights rally addressed by Martin Luther King Jr., 232 Angion, Edna, 247 Angion, Mary Alice, 247 Angion, Rosetta, 189, 247–48, 250, 264 Anniemanie, Wilcox County, Ala bama, 164 Anniemanie mission school, Wilcox County, Alabama, 253 Antioch Baptist Church, Camden, Ala bama (His tori cal Antioch Baptist Church): beating of black teen activists at, 116–19, 233–40; closing of by sheriff, 118; courageous leaders, 145; 1966 murder of David Coleston in parking lot, 162–63, 226, 252, 253, 261; SCOPE workers’ first night at, 7–8, 57–58; use as SCOPE project headquarters, 59, 81; vital center of civil rights movement, 260. See also Forty- Fifth Anniversary Commemoration March and Mass Meeting at His tori cal Antioch Baptist Church Aptheker, Bettina, 29, 186 Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 294 / Index Arlington, Wilcox County, Ala bama, 59, 126 Arnett, Matthew, 282n30 Arnold, Prince, 168, 194 Attucks, Crispus, 211, 282n4 Baez, Joan, 16, 18 Baker, Ella, 78, 230 Baker, Janet, 76, 77, 79, 80, 136, 137, 141, 151, 159, 160 Baldwin, Charles, 259 Baldwin, David, 249, 252; detailed memories of youth, 255–60; higher education and career, 253, 255; memories of father’s mistreatment by white men, 257–58 Baldwin, Flora Bell, 253 Baldwin, James, 208; on final day of Selma to Montgomery March, 19 Baldwin, Lewis V. (son of Rev. L. V. Baldwin ), 249, 250, 252, 253–55, 257; on Dr. King’s philosophy, 252; on father’s commitment to ministry and civil rights, 254– 55; higher education and career, 255; keynote speaker for forty- fifth anniversary commemoration of King march in Camden , 261, 268, 270–71; on pain and pleasures of black life in Camden, 255; There Is a Balm in Gilead, 251 Baldwin, Linda F., 255 Baldwin, Rev. L. V., 261; commitment to ministry and civil rights, 254–55; constant harassment by sheriff, 256; economic and racial mistreatment by white men, 256, 257–58; pastor of Boiling Springs Baptist Church, 100–101, 252–53; practice of black church tradition of “warming- up time,” 254; struggle to support ten children , 254; worked in sawmill and as circuit preacher in Wilcox County, 101, 253; work ethic, 256–57 Ballard, Sam, 107, 108 BAMA Kids (Better Activities Make All Around Kids), 226, 268, 272–73 Barton, Rev. Ron (Ronald), 13, 27–28, 28 Bay Area Civil Rights Veterans, 178 “Beloved Community,” 208–9, 274 Bendolph, Mary Lee, 199, 200, 201 Bennett, Tony, 18 Benson, Strider “Arkansas” Jim, 253 Berke ley free speech movement, 29 Bessie W. Munden Playground, 258–59, 272; Dr. King’s visit to, 250; integration of pool at, 124 Bevel, James, 18, 38 Beverly, Eddie, 168 birth control, 28, 42, 102, 110, 157 Black Belt Treasures, Camden, Ala bama, 207 Blackman, Clarence, 251 Blackman, Mary Baldwin, 251 Blackmon, Douglas, Slavery by Another Name, 51 Blackmon, Georgia, 195 Black Panther Party for Self Defense, 158, 159 black rural families, Wilcox County, Ala bama: beautification efforts, 144; children working, 103; cleanliness of homes, 134; dignity, 101; multiple jobs, 256; poor quality of schools, 102–3; poverty, 102, 135, 149, 191; work ethic, 90–91, 102 Blackwell, Rev. Randolph T., 39...
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