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Index Ainsworth, Robert A., Jr. (federal judge),94 Alabama: legislative redistricting in, 117-18 Alexander, W. B. (state senator), 48 Allain, Bill (governor), 135, 142, 201, 207 Allen v. State Board of Elections, 10, 11, 12, 104, 117, 119, 123, 127, 151, 152, 153, 166; description of litigation , 91-101; impact on national voting rights law, 170-73, 189-90; impact on extensions of Voting Rights Act, 180-81; impact on Justice Department section 5 enforcement , 181-84, 186-88; criticism by neoconservative scholars, 190, 191-94 Almond, Lindsay, 39 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 81, 107 American Jewish Congress, 81 Anderson, Douglas L. (state legislator ), 122-23 Anderson, Reuben V. (state supreme court justice), 140, 142 At-large elections. See City councils, at-large voting for; County boards of education; County boards of supervisors; Multimember legislative districts Ballard, Seth (community leader), 95 Banks, Fred L., Jr. (state representative , state judge), 123, 136, 14243 ,206 Barnett, Ross R. (governor), 23, 28, 38, 39, 43, 69, 83, 130, 142, 200 Barrett, Richard, 142 Barrett, Russell H., 85, 91 Bass, Jack, 82 "Beat" system of county government , 153 Bell, Osborne, 74 Bilbo, Theodore G., 28, 200 Black, Earl, 131, 133, 143 Black, Hugo L. (Supreme Court justice ), 97, 189, 190, 233 (n. 84) Black, Merle, 131, 133 Black candidates: number running in 1967, 31-32, 69-70; in 1971, 32; election strategies in 1967, 69-72, 148 Black elected officials: number in Mississippi, 2, 31-32, 127, 151, 195-96; in state legislature, 126, 132-33, 196; impact in state legislature , 132-36; impact in county government, 157-58; on county boards of supervisors, 157-59, 196; on city councils, 163-64, 196; impact in city government, 163-66; problems of, 165 Blackmon, Edward, Jr. (state representative ), 126 Blackmun, Harry (Supreme Court justice), 114 "Black power" slogan, 68-69 Blacks: socioeconomic status in 1965, 17-18, 19-21 Blackwell, Randolph (Voter Education Project official), 15 Bronstein, Alvin J. (LCDC attorney), 81, 107, 111 Brawn v. Board of Education, 17, 18, 22, 36, 200, 205 Buckley, Rev. Horace L. (state representative ), 123 Bunton v. Patterson, 93, 95, 170 Burger, Warren (Supreme Court chief justice), 178, 190 Burger Court, 175 Index 248 Carey, Margaret (civil rights attorney ),163 Carmichael, Stokely (SNCC leader), 68 Carson, Clayborne, 68 Carter, Hodding, III, 148 Carter, Jimmy (president), 146, 150 Carter administration, 188 Center for Constitutional Rights, 163 Chaney, James (civil rights worker), 25 City councils, at-large voting for: discriminatory impact of, 159-64; origins in Mississippi, 160-61; litigation against, 161-63 City of Mobile v. Bolden, 172, 174-75, 177-79, 207-8 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 17, 29, 55 Clark, Charles (federal judge), 161, 186 Clark, Eric C. (state representative), 144 Clark, Robert G. (state representative ), 72, 74-75, 91, 115, 141, 201 Clarke, Alyce (state representative), 142 Clayton, Claude E (federal judge), 29 Cloward, Richard A., 199 Cochran, Thad (U.S. senator), 149 Colby, David c., 199 Cole, Ed (state Democratic party chair), 107, 202 Coleman, James P. (federal judge), 24,83-84,87, 104, 107, 110, 119, 124, 161 Collins, E. K. (state senator), 59 Collins, Geneva (chancery clerk), 74 Comprehensive Planners, Inc. (CPI), 153-54 Congressional redistricting, 40, 4151 . See also Connor v. Johnson Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 24, 37, 68, 81 Connor v. Johnson (congressional redistricting case), 38, 43, 85-91, 168, 170, 176 Connor v. JohnsonlWiliiams/Walierl Finch (state legislative redistricting case), 10, 13, 64, 104-29, 181 Corman, James (U.s. representative ), 96 Corr, Bill (state senator), 59 Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), 15, 24, 28, 30, 71, 86 Counties: legislation promoting consolidation of by legislature, 40, 56, 59-60 County boards of education: legislation switches to at-large elections, 40,54-55 County boards of supervisors: legislation switches to at-large elections , 40, 51-54; consequences of switch to at-large elections in 1967, 73-74, 94 County school superintendents: legislation switches from election to appointment, 40, 55-58; consequences of switch from election to appointment in 1967, 74-75,95 Cox, W. Harold (federal judge), 29, 80, 83, 84, 87, 94, 104, 107 "Cracking" (racial gerrymandering technique), 51, 106, 125, 169 Danton, Maurice, 149 Deaton, Charles (state representative ), 53, 54 Delta: voter registration drives in, 15-16, 23-24; black population concentration in, 41-43 Democratic National Committee, 148 Democratic party: alienation of MFDP from, 67, 69-71, 150; black participation in, 69-71, 147-51 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 55 Derfner, Armand...

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