INDEX
Numbers in boldface refer to illustrations.
A
ABC (American Broadcasting Company)
Abernathy, Ralph
Alabama National Guard
Alabama State Troopers
Arrests
B
Baker, James
Bevel, James
“Berlin Wall,”
Birmingham, Alabama
Blackmon, Joanne
arrests of
and Bloody Sunday
at freedom fighter meetings
on Selma to Montgomery march
and Turn Around Tuesday
Blackmon, Lynda
arrests of
and Bloody Sunday
on Selma to Montgomery march
at freedom fighter meetings
injuries of
and Turn Around Tuesday
Bland, Joanne. See Blackmon, Joanne
Bloody Sunday
Bonner, Charles
Bomb threats
Boynton, Amelia
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
C
cattle prods, use of
Chandler, Len
Children and students, participation of Martin Luther King Jr. on
Children’s Crusade
City of Saint Jude, Montgomery, Alabama
Civil Rights Act of 1964,
Clark, Jim (sheriff)
Convict leasing program
D
Dallas County, Alabama
Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama
Dallas County Voters League
Dallas County Youth League
Demonstrations and marches
See also Selma to Montgomery march (March 1965)
Drinking fountains
E
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Emancipation Proclamation
F
Federal registrars
Forced marches
Freedom Fighters
G
Gandhi, Mahatma
Griffin, Martha
H
Herron, Matt
Hudson High School, Selma, Alabama
Hughes, Langston
J
Jackson, Jimmie Lee
Jesus
Johnson, Lyndon B.
and Martin Luther King Jr.
speech of
and Voting Rights Act
Johnson, Sylvia
Juvenile convicts
K
King, Coretta Scott
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
arrest of
death threats against
Jackson funeral and
nonviolence principle and
participation of children and
Selma campaign and
Selma to Montgomery march and
speeches of
Ku Klux Klan
L
Lee, Cager
Letherer, Jim
Lewis, John
Lincoln, Abraham
Literacy tests
Liuzzo, Viola
Lowndes County, Alabama
M
Marion, Alabama
Mauldin, Ardies
Mauldin, Charles
arrests of
and Bloody Sunday
on mindset
on Selma to Montgomery march
as student leader
on nonviolence
Media coverage
Montgomery, Alabama. See Selma to Montgomery march (March 1965)
Moore, Margaret
“Mother to Son” (Hughes)
Moton, Cliff
Music and songs. See Songs and music
N
Newall, Samuel
New York Times, The
Night marches
Nonviolence, principle of
P
Parks, Rosa
Perry County, Alabama
Police brutality
Poll taxes
Prayer
Press coverage
Prisoners, treatment of
Public places, segregation in
R
Reagon, Bernice Johnson
Reeb, James
Registration, voter. See Voter registration
S
Segregation in schools
SCLC. See Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Selma Negro Teachers Association
Selma Prison Camp
Selma to Montgomery march (March 1965)
Bloody Sunday
conditions at camp
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
federal ruling on
first idea of
Turn Around Tuesday
three hundred who completed full march
Simmons, Bobby
and Bloody Sunday
and Selma to Montgomery march
Slavery
SNCC. See Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Songs and music motivating power of
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Steele, Rosa
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Students and children, participation of
T
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Selma, Alabama
Teachers
Teenagers, freedom fighters and
Tear gas
Television coverage
Trickem Fork, Alabama
Turn Around Tuesday reasons for turn around
V
Voter registration
barriers to
registration drives
Voting Rights Act of 1965,
W
Wallace, George
Washington Post, The
Webb, Sheyann
West, Rachel
Williams, Hosea
Wilson, Doris
Y
Young, Andrew
Z
Zion Methodist Church, Marion, Alabama