The Opinions of Mankind: Racial Issues, Press, and Propaganda in the Cold War

Index

INDEx 335 Abernathy, Ralph David, 88, 157 Acheson, Dean, 5, 55, 56, 61, 210 AFP. See Agence France-Presse Africa, 22, 61, 78, 89, 106, 128, 136; reaction to racism in U.S., 34, 81, 97, 98, 100, 102, 120, 129, 138, 142; African students in U.S., 91; nations gain independence in, 130–31, 136; and Ole Miss desegregation incident, 143, 145, 146; African diplomats in U.S., 149–50; press of, 158, 163; and Birmingham Civil Rights march, 159, 163, 167; and Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, 171; strategic importance of to U.S., 177; and Civil Rights Act, 178; and Malcolm X, 179–81; African students in Soviet Union, 183; racism in, 183; and communication technology, 191–92. See also individual countries African American press, 62, 84, 151; on Native Americans, 37; on Birmingham Civil Rights march, 161, 167; on Sixteenth Street Church bombing, 172 African Americans, 2, 3, 25, 27, 30, 31, 59–60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 72, 76, 80, 99, 119, 120, 124, 136, 151; in the military, 1, 17, 59, 69; journalists, 29, 78, 161, 167, 172, 177; in U.S. government, 74, 75; experiencing racism abroad, 77; and Brown v. Board of Education, 82; and Montgomery bus boycott, 88, 89; and racial progress of, 90, 106, 154; and school desegregation, 94, 102, 119, 143; and Freedom Ride, 138, 139; and Ole Miss desegregation incident, 144; and Birmingham Civil Rights march, 159–60, 162–63; and March on Washington, 170; and Islam, 181; and Selma, 190, 195; and Watts riot, 202 Aftenpost (Norway), 122 Agence France-Presse, 10, 11, 100, 144, 209; and Selma, 196, 199 Alabama, 23, 93–94, 127, 137–38, 141, 142, 189, 199 al Ahram (Cairo), 146 al­Akhbar (Cairo), 178 Alaska, 22, 35, 36, 113, 114 Albany (Ga.) Herald, 143 al Fair (Morocco), 138 Algemeen Dagblad, 143, 172 Algemeen Handelsblad, 73 Alger, Horatio, myth of, 73, 74, 115, 134 Ali, Muhammad, 133 Allen, George, 118 al­Tahrir (Cairo), 111 America, 123, 149 American Indians. See Native Americans American Jewish Committee, 83 American Magazine, 37, 179 American Mercury, 117 American National Theater and Academy, 132 American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa, 180 American South, 82–83, 90, 91, 200; Southerners defending racist policies, 87, 88; resisting desegregation, 92, 93, 94, 95–96, 119, 136–37, 174, 179; and racial progress of, 154, 204 Amrita Bazar Patrika (India), 66 Anderson, Marian, 76, 132 Anniston, Ala., and Freedom Ride, 136 Apartheid, 78, 80, 106, 139, 140, 146, 163, 168, 202 Arbeiter Zeitung (Austria), 120 Argentina, 56 Arizona, 31, 32, 37, 38, 50 Arkansas, and National Guard, 97, 99. See also Little Rock, Ark., 336 INDEx desegregation incident Armed forces. See Military Asahi (Japan), 80, 93, 101, 105, 109, 188, 193; on Freedom Ride, 138 Asia, 17, 58, 60, 61, 87, 102, 114, 117; reaction to racism, 17, 34, 64, 81, 97, 98, 109, 120, 128, 129, 138–39, 145; treatment of Asian emigrants abroad, 77; and extraterritoriality, 108–11; press of, 158; and communication technology, 191–92; racism in, 206. See also individual countries Associated Press, 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 17, 22, 37, 51, 62, 79, 85, 94–95, 209, 210; and photos of, 95, 159; and Little Rock, Ark., desegregation incident, 96, 98, 100; and Freedom Ride, 138, and Ole Miss desegregation incident, 144; and Birmingham Civil Rights march, 159; reporting on racism in other countries, 182–83; and Selma, 199 Atlanta, and desegregation, 154–55 Atlantic Monthly, 81 Australia, racist policies of, 77, 159, 186, 188, 191 Azbell, Joe, 85 Azikiwe, Nnamdi, 90, 124, 195 Baker, Josephine, 70–71 Baldwin, James, 207 Balewa, Abubakar Tafawa, 154 Baltimore Afro­American, 151 Banda, Hastings, 90 Basumati (India), 66 Belgium, 22, 100, 123, 127, 141, 143; and Birmingham Civil Rights march, 159, 163, 165; attitudes toward U.S., 168 Bell, Roger, 113 Berding, Andrew H., 7, 8 Berstelmann, Thomas, 44 Biberman, Herbert, 57 Bilbo, Theodore G., 24, 25 Birmingham, Ala., 136-37, 177, 196–97. See also Birmingham Civil Rights march; Freedom Ride; Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing Birmingham Civil Rights march, 156–57 Birth of a Nation, 25 Black, Hugo, 42–43 Black Muslims, 181, 182. See also Malcolm X Blanshard, Paul, 45 Bloody Sunday, 191, 193, 197, 199, 206. See also Selma Bolivia, 33, 41, 178 Bombay, 160 Bowles, Chester, 8, 12, 131, 150 Brazil, 56, 63, 80, 162, 187, 191, 199 Bridges, Harry, 116 Britain, 4, 18, 22, 103; on U.S. racism, 50, 67, 86...