Saving the Soul of Georgia: Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights

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Abernathy, Ralph David, 3, 144–45, 150–55, 244n64 Abram, Morris, 116 academic qualifications for admission, to uga School of Law, 48, 51, 54, 76–77 acca (Atlanta Committee for Cooperative Action), 227n10, 233n38, 234n59 Acree v. County Board of Education of Richmond County, Georgia (1968), 183 activism of dlh: overview of, ix, ix–x, xiii, 150, 194–95; Communist allegations and, 26–28, 192; democracy and, xii; direct action support and, 8–9, 107–8, 127–28, 150; Holmes case and, 88–89; legacy of, xii, 2, 204–5; local and established activists’ conflicts and, xii, 7–9, 107–8, 150–51, 212n25; naacp’s membership campaigns and, 30, 39, 87; negotiations during direct action and, 114, 127–29, 143–44, 146–47, 150, 151; as public speaker, 7, 9, 107, 120–21, 128, 145, 147, 169; segregationists and, 9–10; snyc and, 9, 25–28, 127, 192; social change and, 4; vep and, 195, 197, 201. See also specific community organizations Adams, Michael, xiii, 54, 206, 209 Aderhold, O. C., 53, 76–77, 79–80 adult activists, in Albany Movement, 137–38, 139–41, 144–45, 151, 242n36, 242n39, 242n41 African Americans. See blacks airport desegregation, 5, 62–65, 108, 212n12 Albany, Georgia: black professionals in, 132–34; public school desegregation in, 182–83; public transit segregation in, 137–38, 242n36; segregationists in, 138, 140, 143, 144, 150–51 Albany Movement: overview of, 3–4, 129, 137, 152, 155–59; Abernathy and, 3, 144–45, 150–55, 244n68; adult activists in, 137–38, 139–41, 144–45, 151, 242n36, 242n39, 242n41; Albany State College and, 139–41, 146; arrests and, 140–42, 145–46, 151–52, 154–55; black professionals in Albany and, 132–34; churches’ support in, 144–45, 244n65; democracy as contradiction to racial discrimination and, 153; direct action as strategy and, 137, 139, Index 268 ] index 142–44; dlh as counsel and, 3–4, 9, 129, 132–33, 137, 141–43, 148–53, 154– 56, 159; dlh as public speaker during, 145, 147; dlh’s role in negotiations during, 143–44, 146–47, 150, 151; empowerment for blacks and, 157–59; federal courts and government and, 4, 138, 142, 146, 150–51, 154–56, 155; fees for cases and, 144; freedom songs and, 142; human rights and, 141; interdependence or conflict between groups and, 138, 144, 147–51; jail conditions and, 140–41, 142–43, 145– 46, 155; local and established activists’ conflicts and, 144, 147–52, 157–58; mass demonstrations and, 4, 141; mass media and, 146–47, 152–53, 155; mlk and, 147–54, 156, 244n64; negotiations and, 139, 143–44, 146–47, 151–52, 154; outside agitator claims and, 146, 153; parading without a permit charges and, 138, 145, 242n37; prayer vigils / “kneel-ins” and, 142, 143, 145; protestors’ rights and, 129, 154–55, 235n72; public transit desegregation and, 137–40, 146, 240n7, 242n31; segregationists in Albany and, 138, 140, 143, 144, 150–51; segregation of public transit law in Albany and, 137–38, 242n36; student activists and, 137–41, 157, 158–59, 242n32; violence by public officials and, 134–35, 143, 155, 241n15; voter registration and, 132–34, 158. See also Albany, Georgia Albany State College, 68, 132, 139–41, 146 Alexander, Cameron, 168–69 Alexander, William H., 177, 181, 193, 252n11 Alexander v. Bibb Transit Company (1962), 167–70 Allen, Ivan, Jr., 124, 127, 175–77, 192 amendments. See Constitution of U.S. Anderson, Marvin, 202 Anderson, Norma D., 244n64 Anderson, William G., 133, 139, 141, 144– 45, 151, 241n15 “Appeal for Human Rights, An,” 98–99, 101–2, 107, 109, 114, 122–24 arrests and imprisonment: Albany Movement and, 140–43, 145–46, 151–52, 154–55; for Freedom Rides / Riders, 146, 240n2; jail conditions and, 140–41, 142–43, 145–46, 155; jailins and, 109, 111, 123, 130–32, 240n2; of mlk, 108–20, 125–26, 145–46, 151, 154–55, 238n113; student sit-ins and, 110–20. See also jail Arrington, Marvin S., Sr., 202, 204–5 athletic activities, and racial discrimination, 15–18, 25 Atlanta, Georgia: black institutions and, 35; black-owned businesses and, 35, 68, 73, 220n51, 228n26; segregationists and, 35, 62–65, 175–76, 220n51 Atlanta Baptist College (now Morehouse College), xii, 34–35, 68, 73, 97–99, 101, 221n84, 227n10, 233n28 Atlanta Committee for Cooperative Action (acca), 227n10, 233n38, 234n59 Atlanta Daily World, 34, 42, 68, 101, 106, 228n26 Atlanta Inquirer, 8–9, 68, 112, 120–21, 177, 212n23, 227n10 Atlanta Student Defense...