Parting the Waters (199 page)

Robinson, Spottswood

Rockefeller, Happy Murphy

Rockefeller, John D.

background of

impact on Negro Atlanta of

Ludlow massacre and

Rockefeller, John D., Jr.

Baptist church projects of

Rockefeller, Laura Spelman

Rockefeller, Michael

Rockefeller, Nelson

Birmingham movement and

divorce of

Emancipation Proclamation centennial and

J. F. Kennedy criticized by

on King's Albany imprisonments

King's relationship with

in 1960 elections

SCLC libel case and

Spelman address of

Rockefeller Foundation

Rock Hill, S.C.:

Freedom Ride in

jail-in in

sit-in in

“Rock Me, Lord,”

Rockwell, George Lincoln

Rockwell, Norman

Rogers, Will

Rogers, William P.

civil rights interests of

civil rights legislation and

King-Eisenhower meeting and

Little Rock crisis and

Nixon campaign and

Parker lynching and

Roldan, Amadeo

“Romance of Death, The” (Johns)

Romans, Book of

Rometsch, Ellen

Roosevelt, Eleanor

1960 elections and

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

discrimination in defense industries banned by

presidential campaigns of

Roosevelt, Theodore

Rosen, Alex

Rosenberg, Ethel

Rosenberg, Julius

Rosenwald, Julius

Rowan, Carl

Rowe, Gary Thomas

Royal College of Physicians

Royal Crown Cola

Royall, Kenneth:

Birmingham church bombings and

Royall, Kenneth (
cont
.)

Birmingham mission of

R. R. Moton High School, strike at

Ruby, Jack

Ruleville, Miss.

shootings in

Rushmore, Howard

Rusk, Dean

Russell, Henry “Jeb,”

Russell, Nipsey

Russell, Richard

Rustin, Bayard

anti-Communist activities of

background of

bus segregation suit and

Crusade for Citizenship and

Farmer and

FBI surveillance of

Gandhism promoted by

homosexuality of

King-Eisenhower meeting and

King-Nixon meeting and

King's estrangement from

King's relationship with

King's strategy sessions with

King's tax indictment and

Lewis's March on Washington speech and

March on Washington and

Montgomery bus boycott and

Moses and

New York Times
libel suits and

1960 elections and

nonviolent workshops of

Prayer Pilgrimage and

purging of

in Randolph's Youth Marches

SCLC activities of

SNCC activities of

telegrams to Eisenhower drafted by

Walker and

Rustin, Florence

Rutgers University

Rutland, John

 

St. James Baptist Church

mass meetings at

St. John's A.M.E. Church

St. John's Baptist Church, mass meetings at

St. Jude's Hospital

St. Luke's Baptist Church

St. Matthew's Church

St. Paul's Baptist Church

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Salinger, Pierre

Birmingham church bombings and

Birmingham riots and

King's imprisonment and

Lincoln's Birthday reception and

Salt March

“Salute to the Freedom Riders,”

Sampson, Charles

Gregory's confrontation with

on violence in Greenwood

San Antonio Crusade

Sandburg, Carl

Sanders, Carl

San Francisco, Calif.

Sarah Lawrence College

Saturday Evening Post

Savannah, Ga.:

Birmingham campaign planning in

children's march in

history of

Scarlett, Will

Schenley distillery

Schlei, Norbert

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.

school desegregation

in Birmingham

Brown
decision on,
see Brown
v.
Board of Education of Topeka

in Huntsville

implementation of

Kennedy strategy on

marches for

nonviolent methods considered for

in Prince Edward County

Schultze, Sigmund

Schweitzer, Albert

Scopes trial

Scott, C. A.

on Birmingham campaign

Scott, Hazel

Scott, Obadiah (father-in-law)

bombing of King's house and

Scottsboro rape case

Screws, Claude

Screws
precedent

Searles, A. C.

Sears

Seattle World's Fair

Seay, S. S., Jr.

Seay, S. S., Sr.:

bombing of King's house and

bus segregation suit and

Freedom Rides and

libel suit against

Montgomery bus boycott and

Secomatico

Second Baptist Church (Colored)

Second Emancipation Proclamation

Kennedys' opposition to

King's draft for

Secret Service

Seeger, Pete

segregation:

Du Bois's acceptance of

in Jackson airport

Johns's sermon on

Kennedy on

modern defense of

multifaceted attack on

NAACP court challenges to

rallies in favor of

in U.S. Army

“Segregation After Death” (Johns)

“Segregation Forever!” (Wallace)

Seigenthaler, John

Freedom Rides and

hospitalization of

injuries sustained by

Sellers, Clyde

bombing of King's house and

bus segregation suit and

King's arrests and

Montgomery bus boycott and

Sellers, Juanita

Selma, Ala.

Freedom Day campaign in

voting rights campaign in

Senate, U.S.

Albany Movement and

Baker investigated by

Internal Security Subcommittee of

Judiciary Committee of

Levison's appearance before

Rometsch scandal and

Rules Committee of

Rustin denounced in

Valachi's testimony before

see also
Congress, U.S.

Sengstacke, John

Sermon on the Mount

Seven Days in May
(Knebel and Bailey)

“Seven Minutes at the Mike,”

Seventh Baptist Church

Shady Grove Baptist Church

firebombing of

Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare Museum

“Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” (Fosdick)

Shapiro, Alex

Shapiro, Harvey

Sharpeville massacre

Shaw University

Shay's Rebellion

Shelton, Robert

Shephard, Alan

Shepherd, Marshall L.

Sherman, William T.

Sherrod, Charles

Albany Freedom Ride and

at Albany Movement mass meetings

alleged beating of

arrest of

background of

dedication to Albany Movement of

imprisonment of

King criticized by

picketing of Smith's grocery stores and

self-shame of

SNCC speeches of

in test of ICC desegregation rule

voter registration and

Ware case and

Shiloh Baptist Church

mass meetings at

Shirah, Sam

Shores, Arthur D.

Birmingham campaign and

bombings of home of

Shortridge, William:

background of

Birmingham campaign and

Shreveport, La.

King's life threatened in

Shridharani, Krishnalal

Shriver, Sargent

in Kennedy campaign

King's imprisonment and

Shufeldt, Robert W.

Shuttlesworth, Fred

arrests and imprisonments of

background of

Birmingham campaign and

Birmingham church bombings and

Birmingham youth marches and

bombing of parsonage of

criminal conviction of

Freedom Rides and

Kennedy praised by

libel suit against

March on Washington and

NBC elections and

1960 elections and

SCLC Birmingham convention and

sit-in movement and

Smyer's negotiations with

voter registration and

Siciliano, Rocco

King-Eisenhower meeting and

Simmons, Clyde

Simpkins, C. O.

Sinatra, Frank

mob acquaintances of

sin of triviality

Sisson, Hattie

Sisson, Herman

sit-in protests

in Birmingham campaign

coordination of

humiliations of

in Jackson

Kennedy on

King's endorsements of

King's participation in

in McComb

nationally televised debates on

Nixon on

Shaw conference and

spread of

squelching of

successes of

see also specific sit-ins

Sitton, Claude

voter registration stories of

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

bombing of

mass meetings at

padlocking of

Sixth Avenue Baptist Church

mass meetings at

Skyrocket Sermons

slavery, church and

Sloan, Ab

Smiley, C. T.

Smiley, Glenn

nonviolent workshops of

sit-in movement and

Smiley, Richard

Smith, Andrew P.

Smith, Carl

Smith, Edward

Smith, Ellison D. “Cotton Ed,”

Smith, Howard K., Freedom Rides and

Smith, Jack

Smith, Jerome:

Canton project of

in Freedom Ride projects

R. Kennedy's meeting with