Making Sense of American Liberalism

Index

Index abortion rights, 204, 206, 214, 215 Abzug, Bella, 65, 210, 211, 2 15, 216 Addams, Jane, 22, 11 5 Affluent Society, The (Galbraith), 151 Afghanistan, invasion by U.S.S.R., 79 Agnew, Spiro, 159 Aid to Dependent Children, 203 alcoholism, 120–21 Alexander, Clifford, 188 Alexander, Lamar, 169 Allen, Bill, 167 Allen, James, 195 Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union (ACWU), 73, 78 American Association of University Women, 211 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 23 American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century (Buckley), 150 American Dilemma, An (Myrdal), 28–29 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO ), 26, 41, 44, 64, 70, 77, 172–73, 229–45 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), 70, 73, 211–12 American Food for Peace, 96, 97 American Political Science Association (APSA), 92 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 29, 49, 64, 70, 93 Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), 144 Andreas, Dwayne, 98 Anson, Robert Sam, 93 Apple, R. W., 171 Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 95 Arywitz, Sigmund, 44 Asilomar Conference (1952), 45–47 Askew, Reubin, 176 Baker, Ray Stannard, 20 Baker Jr., Howard H., 169, 172, 1 73, 1 75 Baker v. Carr (1962), 234 Baldwin, Roger, 24 Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association , 146 Barkan, Al, 170 Barnet, Richard, 93 Barrett, George, 169 Bass, Ross, 169 Bendiner, Elmer, 124 Bingham, Alfred, 27 Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement and the Decline of the Democratic Party (Fryner), 238 Bolshevik Revolution (1917), 24 Bond, Richard C., 138 Bork, Robert, 19 Boston, urban renewal, 141–43 Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), 141–43 Bourne, Randolph, 25 254 . index Bowery, the (NYC), 11 5–1 6, 121, 123, 125, 12 6 Bowles, Chester, 139 Brace, Charles Loring, 11 5 Brewer, Albert, 176 Brinkley, Alan, 163 Brock III, William E., 159, 161, 1 69, 172, 1 75 Broder, David, 175, 1 76, 215 Brooke, Edward, 188 Brooks, Jack, 167 Brown, Pat, 38, 44–45, 46 Brown, Willie, 46 Brownell, Herbert, 191 Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 11 9, 165, 190 Buckley Jr., William F., 149 Burdick, Thelma, 122 Burgee, John, 144 Burke, Yvonne Braithwaite, 210 Burton, Phil, 46, 55 Bush, George H. W., 197 Bush, George W., 148, 151 Business Week (journal), 77 California: changing dynamics of West Coast liberal politics after WWII, 38–61; club movement and Asilomar Conference (1952), 45–51; political culture in midcentury California, 40–45; relationship between Democratic Party and labor organizations , 44–45; Stevenson campaign (1956), crystallization of Democratic message , and emergence of “the consumers’ republic,” 52–57 California Democratic Council, 46 Callison, William, 211 Campaign for a Democratic Majority, 64 Campaign for Economic Democracy, 78 Camp Bluefield, 11 7 Camp Greycourt, 11 7 Carey, Hugh, 145, 1 46 Carswell, Harold, 160, 168, 196 Carter, Jimmy, 63, 68, 71–80, 106, 147, 176, 214, 215, 234, 235, 243 Case, Clifford, 188 Cellar, Emanuel, 210–11 Chamberlain, John, 24 Chambers, Marjorie Bell, 216 Chandler, Norman, 43 Charity Organization Society (NYC), 11 5 child-care provisions, post-WWII feminist campaigns, 212–1 3 Chisholm, Shirley, 210, 211 Choice Not an Echo, A (Schlafy), 218 Chomsky, Noam, 93 Church, Frank, 18 Citizens’ Party, 79 City of New York v. Miln (1837), 11 9 Civilian Conservation Corps, 11 7 civil rights, 27–29, 39, 42, 54–57, 64, 94, 104, 139, 159, 165–68, 1 77, 236; and Republican Party (1945–72), 18 2–97 Civil Rights Act (1957), 165 Civil Rights Act (1964), 181, 1 97, 236; Title VII, 205–6, 238 Clayton, Bruce, 167 Clement, Frank, 169, 171 Clifford, Clark, 160 Clinton, Bill, 106, 234, 235, 243 Clinton, Hillary, 76, 106 Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM), 105 Cold War, 91, 95, 1 39, 181, 18 4, 192, 217, 236 Collins, John, 141 Colmer, William, 188 Columbia Homelessness Project, 123–2 4 Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 120 Committee Against the NAM Merger, 80 Committee on the Present Danger, 105 Communist Control Act (1954), 30, 95 community development corporations, 146 Congressional Black Caucus, 105, 211 Consumer’s Republic, A (Cohen), 136 Conyers, John, 75 Coolidge, Calvin, 229 Cooper, Prentice, 165 Cranston, Alan, 46, 51 Crockett, Hudley, 171 Cuba, 98 Daley, Richard, 101, 10 4 Daniels, Jonathan, 161 Daughtrey, Larry, 174 Davis, Caroline, 206 Death and Life of Great American Cities­ (Jacobs), 149 Debs, Eugene, 64 DeCrow, Karen, 217 index · 255 Democracy ’76 and Democratic Agenda, 67–76 Democratic Farmer-Labor Party...