Cold War Dixie

Index

aec. See Atomic Energy Commission Aiken, S.C., 6, 27, 29, 57, 71, 78, 85, 96, 123; African American community and, 41, 44–45; Chamber of Commerce and, 122, 145, 158, 176; city manager system and, 149; consumer culture and, 141–42; cultural impact of srp on, 122, 144–46; early history of, 35–36; economic impact of srp on, 28, 108, 144; founding of, 35; as health resort destination, 30, 36; housing problems and, 111, 113; Republican Party in, 160–61; school desegregation and, 8–9, 148; sporting culture of, 41, 42–44; suburbanization and, 113–14, 119–20, 122, 138, 140–43; Winter Colony and, 42–44, 45, 46, 113, 137, 146, 148, 162, 167 Aiken, William, Sr., 35 Aiken County, S.C., 1, 6, 25, 47, 50, 60, 127, 136; African American community and, 41, 44–45; Cotton Festival and, 10–11, 28–29, 137; creation of, 39; Democratic Party in, 153; designated critical defense area in, 117; economic impact of srp on, 124, 144; housing problems and, 110–11, 113, 120; industrial development in, 23; naacp description of, 44–45; political support for srp in, 170–71; politics in, 147; racial violence in, 31, 40–41; Republican Party in, 8, 39–41, 147–48, 149, 152–55, 158–61; rural poverty in, 44–45; school desegregation and, 147–48, 163–68; schools in, 161–62; social impact of srp on, 143–44; srp announcement and, 27; suburbanization and, 113–14, 119–20, 148–49; textile industry in, 31; World War II in, 46 Aiken Standard and Review, 28 Allendale County, 1; designated critical defense area in, 117; economic impact of srp on, 124 Alston, Harry, 102, 103, 104 American Federation of Labor, 85, 87, 88; race and, 97–98; South Carolina and, 32–33 Atlantic Coastline Railroad, 55 Atomic Energy Act, 12 Atomic Energy Commission (aec), 1, 13, 29, 31, 88, 89, 94, 121, 134, 138, 171, 175; announcement of srp and, 27, 49, 123; construction of srp and, 77, 78, 80; creation of, 12, 16–17; demographic impact of, 6–7; Du Pont and, 17, 19; economic impact of employees of, 121; Ellenton removal and, 58, 61; employees of, 6; environmental research and, 172, 175; fair hiring practices and, 93–106; government towns and, 111; housing problems and, 109–20; hydrogen bomb decision and, 18; lack of community planning and, 111; notions of rural areas, 55–56; response to Korean War, 16; selection of hydrogen bomb production site, 20–21, 23; supervision of srp INDEX 222 · I N D E X by, 75, 108; Taft-Hartley Act and, 88–90 atomic weapons: Du Pont and, 131; Soviet Union and, 10, 11, 12, 13, 58, 106; Truman administration and, 11–12; World War II and, 11, 13, 18 Augusta, Ga., 34, 39, 47, 50, 78, 84, 85; housing report on, 111; impact of Savannah River Plant on, 49; Reconstruction-era violence and, 40 Augusta Arsenal, 95 Augusta Canal, 39 Barnwell, S.C., 147, 159; housing problems and, 113, 120; impact of srp on, 140 Barnwell County, S.C., 1, 39, 52; designated critical defense area in, 117; economic impact of srp on, 124; housing problems and, 114; industrial development in, 23 Barnwell District, S.C., 30, 33, 35 Better Living (employee magazine), 128–30 Billings, John Shaw, 77; Ellenton removal and, 49, 57–58; on Korean War, 26; plant announcement and, 25, 26; plant location and, 48; property seizure of, 67–68; Redcliffe and, 25 Blease, Coleman (“Cole”), 8, 31; political support in mill villages, 45 Breithaupt, Christian, 36 Briggs v. Elliott, 162 Brinkley, Fred C., 51, 147 Brown, Edgar, 159; Clarks Hill Project and, 23 Brown v. Board of Education, 163 Busbee, Henry, 61 Byrnes, James F., 24, 84, 153; schoolbuilding campaign and, 162 Camp Gordon, Ga., 95, 111 Case for the South, The (Workman), 156–57 Cassels, Augusta Louise, 48, 52, 53, 57, 59; The Unexpected Exodus, 53, 55 Cassels, Horace Michael (“Mike”), Jr., 52, 53, 56–57, 60, 78 Cassels, Louis, 60, 61 Cassels, Louise, 48 Cassels Company, 53 Cavalcade of America, 127–28 Central Savannah River Area, 6, 23, 117; as Cold War landscape, 137 Charleston, S.C., 36 Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, 50, 55 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 171 China: communist control of, 12; involvement in Korean War, 26, 27, 58 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 104, 148, 159 civil rights movement, 5, 7, 157, 161 Civil War, in Savannah River Valley, 37–38 Clarks Hill Project, 23, 95 Clyburn...