686 Index
McWhorter, Diane, 8, 477
Meany, George, 75
Mecklenburg County, NC, 120, 611
Memphis, TN, 110, 286, 288, 310,
316, 346, 404, 503, 520
Memphis Tri-State Defender, 110
Mencken, H. L., 278
Meredith, Don, 518
Meredith, James, 482, 524
Meridian, MS, 266, 403, 444
Meriwether, Charles, 622
Merton, Thomas, 112
Messer, James, 322
Miami, FL, 30, 82, 89, 100, 314, 502
Miami Herald, 634
Middlesex County, VA, 13–14
Mikeba, Miriam, 446
Miles College, 493, 542
Miller, Janie, 145–46, 614
Minneapolis, MN, 314–15
Mississippi, 3, 5, 19–20, 29, 72–77,
96–97, 103, 106, 132, 168, 172,
187, 205–7, 249–52, 254–301, 305–
17, 323–73, 345–46, 378–91, 395–
407, 414–29, 432–502, 509,
514–20, 524–25, 621, 623, 627–28,
634, 636, 639, 641–42, 645–46, 652
Mississippi Plan, 278
Mississippi State Sovereignty
Commission, 345–46, 636
Missouri, 57, 82–83, 98, 185, 310,
345, 375, 385, 427, 500, 516, 613
Mitchell v. Arkansas, 16
Mitchell, Arthur, 16
Mitchell, J. Douglas, 14
Mitchell, Oscar, 90–91
Mitchell, William, Jr., 538, 544, 620
Mitford, Jessica, 216, 230, 232, 242,
622
Mize, Sidney, 332, 367, 369, 443,
446, 463–64, 467
Mobile, AL, 195, 592, 615–16, 638
Mobley, Marvin, 345
Mondale, Walter, 637
Monroe Nonviolent Action
Committee (MNAC), 408–410
Monroe, LA, 457, 460, 645
Monroe, NC, 81–82, 251, 402–18,
420, 422, 424, 427, 508
Monteagle, TN, 105, 396
Montgomery, AL, 1, 4, 8, 9, 13, 57–
80, 86, 97, 103, 129, 133, 160, 165,
167–70, 172–73, 187–90, 194, 200–
204, 207–62, 266–72, 275–77, 279–
80, 283–302, 305–7, 311, 315,
330–32, 341, 351, 358, 369, 382–
84, 403, 407–8, 420–21, 428–32,
443, 445, 450, 458, 465, 484–85,
493, 512, 518, 600–603, 606–7,
623–27, 646, 651
Montgomery Advertiser, 245, 291
Montgomery Bus Boycott, 3, 7, 57–
80, 87, 178, 206, 215, 225, 230,
603–4
Montgomery County Jail Council,
290, 298
Montgomery Improvement
Association (MIA), 57–9, 61–76,
78–80, 87, 272, 287, 488, 622
Montgomery, G. V. “Sonny,” 265,
266
Moody, John, Jr., 101–3, 108, 224–
25, 229, 255, 266, 388, 422–23, 541
Moore Memorial Trek, 498
Moore, Amzie, 395, 398, 481
Moore, Ivor (Jerry), 128, 149, 156,
192, 536
Moore, Jamie, 137, 154, 173, 188–90,
196, 202, 208, 290, 621
Moore, Douglas, 84
Moore, Russel, 386, 391, 418–22,
427, 432, 481, 639
Moore, William, 496–98
Morehouse College, 72–73, 103, 261,
290, 454
Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia,
14–22, 33–36, 43, 45, 48–54, 93,
97, 106, 110–11, 129, 393, 442,
504, 594
Morgan, Irene, 10, 10–22, 55, 525–
26, 525, 652
Morgan, Joe, 249
Morgan, Joe C., 621
Morgan, Sherwood, 525
Mormon, Natalie, 35
Morris College, 128, 131–32, 612,
617
Morris, Aldon, 72
Morris, Chester, 53
Morris, John B., 433, 582
Morrison, deLesseps, 177, 628
Morse, Wayne, 622
Morsell, John, 80
Morton, David, 315, 417, 552, 580,
641
Morton, Nelle, 45
Moses, Robert, 179, 395–400, 398,
402, 422, 427, 442–43, 448–54,
468, 479–81, 637, 650
Motley, Constance Baker, 312, 387,
443–45, 526, 643
Motor Carrier Act (1935), 292, 393
Moultrie, Mae Frances, 127–28, 127,
141, 167, 536
Mulligan, Hugh, 382–83, 639
Murphy, Rupert L., 644
Murray, Pauli, 35
Murrow, Edward R., 306, 337
Musgrove, David Ronald “Ronnie,”
525, 652
Muste, A. J., 23–24, 26, 32–36, 61,
64, 73, 87
Myers, Charles David, 287, 344–45,
544, 551, 636
Myrdal, Gunnar, 15
Myrtle Beach, SC, 318
Nabrit, James, 305
Nash, Diane, 86, 86–87, 94–95, 179–
87, 190, 198–200, 218, 224–25,
229, 231–32, 234–35, 238, 248–50,
260, 279, 305–6, 328–29, 328, 340–
41, 372–73, 395–98, 405–6, 480–
81, 496, 498, 503, 509–10, 539,
619, 625–26
Nashville, TN, 3, 8, 9, 27, 50, 57, 62,
80, 82, 84, 86–87, 94–95, 99, 104–
6, 108, 135, 179–87, 189–90, 192–
93, 195, 197–200, 202–3, 206, 209,
218, 222, 224–25, 229, 235, 248–
50, 252, 254, 282, 307–8, 312–13,
332–33, 339, 341, 351–53, 361,
369, 396–97, 403, 405, 407, 422,
427–28, 430, 432, 437, 446, 448,
454, 498, 502–3, 508, 522, 606,
617–18, 620, 623–24, 626, 644, 649
Nashville Banner, 635
Nashville Christian Leadership
Council (NCLC), 80, 87, 105–6,
182–84, 249, 254, 282, 510, 604,
609, 620
Nashville Community Relations
Conference, 605
Nashville Movement, 8, 30, 87, 89,
104, 135, 179–90, 192–93, 223–54,
261, 266, 281, 306–7, 341, 363,
365, 366, 405, 447, 502, 624, 649
Nashville Tennessean, 163, 188, 219
Nation of Islam, 81
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), 5, 6, 9, 12, 14–17, 18–
22, 34, 36–38, 44, 49, 53–54, 57,
62, 69, 73–77, 79–88, 92, 96, 102–
4, 109, 114, 119, 121, 126, 130,
141, 195, 207, 251, 255, 271, 282,
286–87, 310–13, 320–21, 332–35,
346, 366–69, 373–75, 384, 387,
390, 392, 395–96, 399–400, 432,
435–47, 451, 454–56, 463–64, 468,
470–72, 474–85, 495–96, 508, 510,
526, 597, 603, 607, 620, 629, 638,
650; Legal and Educational
Defense Fund, 437, 482, 643;
Youth Councils, 22, 38, 60, 82, 85,
102–4, 374, 468, 454–55
National Baptist Convention, 427
National Civil Rights Museum, 652
National Committee for a Sane
Nuclear Policy (SANE), 101
National Council of Churches, 315
National Freedom Council, 403–5,
407
National Guard, 2, 4, 226, 230, 237–
38, 240, 242–46, 248, 251, 256,
259–71, 284, 290, 305–6, 414
National Negro Congress, 30–31
National States Rights Party (NSRP),
153–57, 189, 221, 615
National Student Association, 97,
192, 282, 328
National Student News, 451
National Urban League, 133, 282,
366, 484
National Youth Administration, 624
NATO, 256
NBC, 159, 212, 272, 282, 436, 493,
518, 635
Nearing, Scott, 23
Negen, Gordon, 318, 535
Nelson, Frank, 466, 560
Nelson, Macdonald, 323
Nelson, Wallace, 39, 41, 41–43, 48,
51, 534, 597
New Orleans, LA, 1, 35–36, 89, 94,
96, 110, 116, 130, 162, 166, 172,
174–79, 182, 187, 192, 197, 199,
206–7, 222, 225, 248–49, 255–56,
267, 271, 276, 282, 286, 291, 295,
307, 309–12, 330–33, 335, 341,
368, 369, 375, 381, 384, 389–90,
419, 421, 423, 433, 457, 464–65,
484–85, 518, 521, 621, 628, 632,
649
New Republic, 306, 520
New South Wales, 511
New World Foundation, 396
New York, NY, 19, 21–22, 24–28,
32–36, 38–39, 44, 53–54, 56, 61–
62, 64–67, 70, 72–75, 80, 83–85,
89, 94–95, 99, 101–2, 107–8, 110–
11, 114, 119, 121, 128, 166, 177,
184–85, 192, 198, 225, 233, 242,
249, 255, 305, 309–13, 315, 321,
323, 327, 332, 336–37, 339, 348,
356, 383–84, 389–91, 394–95, 398,
405, 408, 412, 416–17, 419, , 434,
437, 442, 444, 456, 461, 477, 485,
502, 508, 520, 525, 622, 628, 652
New York Council for Permanent
FEPC, 39
New York Herald Tribune, 474, 628
New York Post, 55, 59, 389
New York Times Magazine, 336, 431
New York Times v. Sullivan, 621
New York Times, 19, 36, 153, 166,
196, 211, 243, 283, 289, 339, 379,
440, 460, 475–76, 486
Newman, I. DeQuincey, 501
Newman, Paul, 499
Newson, Moses, 110, 127, 141, 147,
173, 192, 523, 610
Newsweek, 306
Newtown (Monroe), 411–15
Nicholas, Mike, 315
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 23
Niven, David, 506