INDEX

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ABC (American Broadcasting Company): Agnew, Spiro and, 149–150; as author resource, 19; Boston and, 190, 194–95, 195–96, 197; Chicago busing and, 72–73, 75; Civil Rights Act (1964) violation and, 194–95; Hicks, Louise Day and, 83–84; Kirk, Claude and, 103, 105, 107; McCabe, Irene and, 142, 145–48, 157, 159, 163fig.; Nixon, Richard and, 115, 136; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and, 24, 27fig.; production decisions and, 13; research lack and, 14

Abner, Willoughby, 56, 228n12

Adabo, Jean, 23

Agnew, Spiro, 13, 101, 106, 116, 121, 149–150

Alabama: busing and, 174; civil rights movement and, 10, 14; de facto segregation and, 127; desegregation and, 8, 104; freedom of choice school legislation and, 52, 110–11; governors meeting and, 102; Hood, James and, 106, 207; Jones, Vivian Malone and, 106; judicial oversight and, 210; Montgomery Advertiser (newspaper), 11; Rosa Parks and, 2; Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, 77; Sparkman, John and, 50–51; University of Alabama integration, 207. See also Wallace, George

Albert, Carl, 138fig.

Alcott Parent-Teacher Association (Pontiac, Michigan), 155

Alexander v. Holmes (1969), 103, 122–23

Alinsky, Saul, 58

Alioto, Joseph, 170

Allen, James, 122

Allin, Lyndon (Mort), 116

Altschuler, Glenn, 240n10

American Jewish Congress, 43

American Party, 187–88

An American Dilemma (Myrdal), 8

Anderson, Alan, 228n12

Andry, Inez, 168–170, 171–72

Annenberg, Walter, 240n10

antibusing activists, 11–12, 164, 170, 186, 187–88, 199, 246n1. See also individuals

antibusing amendments, 1, 28, 52, 96–100, 110–13, 134, 157, 158, 163fig., 165

antibusing legislation, 5, 52, 100, 110

antibusing protests: Chicago and, 70–75; Labor Day March (Pontiac, Michigan), 145–46, 147fig.; legislation and, 5; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and, 170; news media and, 11, 179; New York and, 56; Nixon, Richard and, 131; television and, 13–14, 145–46, 147fig., 155, 164, 192–94, 197, 198fig., 209; white parents and, 11–12, 24–26, 46–47, 144; women and, 152. See also mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972); National Action Group (NAG); Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City)

antibusing provision (Civil Rights Act) (1964), 15, 28, 50–52, 56

antibusing resolution (National Black Political Convention), 181–85, 188

Anti-Defamation League, 43

Armor, David, 5

Ashbrook, John, 95

Askew, Reubin, 95–96, 109

Associated Press (AP), 14, 33, 159, 163fig., 165, 186, 187

“As We See It” (television), 166

Atkins, Thomas, 77–78, 84

Atlanta Journal Constitution (newspaper), 19

Austin High School (Chicago), 61

Austin School Board (Texas), 131–32

“Backlash in Boston—and Across the U.S.” (Newsweek), 83

Baker, Ella, 15, 30–31, 34

Baldwin, James, 6

Baltimore Afro-American (newspaper), 19, 136, 175

Baraka, Imamu (Amiri), 184

Barnett, Ross, 102

Bart, Peter, 33

Batson, Ruth, 16, 20–21, 77, 78–81, 86, 90, 144

Batson, Susan, 77–78

Batten, Tony, 184

Bayh, Birch, 26

Bay State Banner (newspaper), 19

“Because It Is Right—Educationally” (report) (Boston), 81

Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York City), 29, 36–37, 40

Bell v. School City of Gary, Indiana, 66

Benti, Joseph, 150

Berger, Martin, 217n41

Bertram, Frederick, 61

Bickel, Alexander, 111, 136–37

Biden, Joe, 1

bilingual education, 45

black communities: black educators, 18, 37–38, 169, 171, 175–76, 178–79, 180; black mothers, 37, 58, 75, 144, 168, 170; busing and, 18, 154–56, 170–75, 180, 183, 184, 188–89; Chicago and, 59–60, 67; Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas) and, 20; Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 25, 43, 45–46, 59, 87, 170, 181, 183, 186; Crestwood High School (Virginia) and, 176; Intergroup Committee on New York Public Schools and, 30; National Action Group (NAG) and, 170–71; news media and, 8, 18, 155, 170–71, 180, 184, 189, 217n41; Northeastern University conference (1994), 20; opinion diversity and, 18, 154–55, 170, 171–72, 184; Pontiac (Michigan) and, 154–56; school closures and, 171, 176–78; school desegregation and, 18, 29–36, 87, 170, 171, 175–180, 184; television and, 208, 217n41. See also black parents; National Black Political Convention; New York Amsterdam News (newspaper); Smothers, Clay

black educators, 18, 37–38, 169, 171, 175–76, 178–79, 180

Black Journal (television), 173–74

black migration, 7–8, 29, 58, 140

black mothers, 37, 58, 75, 144, 168, 170. See also black parents; individuals

Blackmun, Harry, 118

Black Nationalism, 169

black parents: Boston and, 79–80, 174; busing and, 171–72; Intergroup Committee on New York Public Schools and, 30, 32; Jackson, Ellen, 16, 84, 85–90, 144; McCabe, Irene and, 170–71; news media and, 170–71; New York City and, 30, 36, 39, 43; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 85–86, 90; Parents Committee for Better Education (New York City) and, 37, 43, 45–46; Parents in Actions Against Education Discrimination (New York City) and, 37; Pontiac (Michigan) and, 154–56; San Francisco Board of Education and, 168–170; school boycotts and, 37–39, 43

black students: “As We See It” (television) and, 166; Boston and, 79, 85, 88, 179–180; busing data and, 214n20; Chicago and, 54, 57–59, 63, 71, 74–75; desegregation and, 4, 18, 166–67, 171, 174–75, 176–180; Florida and, 106; Michigan and, 154; New York City and, 39, 43, 179; open enrollment policy and, 42, 44; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 85–90, 192, 194; Princeton Plan and, 46; Public Education Association (PEA) and, 32; school boycotts and, 43; school conditions and, 36, 37, 57, 58, 59, 79, 85, 91, 154; suspensions, pushouts of, 18, 171, 179–180; white parents and, 2, 36, 74, 212

Blocker v. Board of Education on Manhassett (1964), 49

Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell (1991), 210

Bodroghkozy, Aniko, 217n41

Bogan High School (Chicago), 60–61

Bond, Julian, 10, 168, 172

Booker, James, 93–94

Booker T. Washington High School (Virginia), 176–78

Boston, 77–92, 190–210; ABC (American Broadcasting Company) and, 190, 194–95, 195–96, 197; antibusing and, 187; “As We See It” (television) and, 166; “Backlash in Boston—and Across the U.S.” (Newsweek), 83; Batson, Ruth and, 16, 20–21, 77, 78–81; “Because It Is Right—Educationally” (report), 81; black parents and, 79–80, 174; black students and, 79, 85, 88, 179–180; “Boston’s Busing Battle” (Time), 83; busing and, 3, 29, 82–85, 87–88, 174, 192–93, 197–200; busing frame and, 18, 78, 83, 91, 192–93; Charlestown, 18, 193, 200–204, 205; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 4, 192, 194; civil rights movement and, 4, 194–95; Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas) and, 19, 20; court ordered school desegregation and, 7; de facto segregation and, 8, 77–78, 80–81, 84; forced busing and, 197–200; Garrity, W. Arthur and, 190, 193–94, 194–95, 196, 199–200, 202–3, 208; housing discrimination and, 88, 90, 200, 203; judicial oversight and, 210; Kiernan Commission report and, 81, 82; Morgan v. Hennigan (1974) and, 7; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and, 84, 174; news media and, 3, 78, 190–210; New York Times on, 190, 195; open enrollment policy and, 85; Operation Exodus and, 85–90, 192, 194; other cities and, 193, 195, 204–8; probusing events and, 164; protests and, 174; Racial Imbalance Act (1965), 78, 81–83, 85, 91, 193; Roxbury, 77–78, 85–90, 193, 203–4, 207–8; San Francisco Board of Education busing and, 169–170; school boycotts and, 64fig., 80, 81, 191; segregation and, 7, 16, 194–95, 200; Smothers, Clay and, 185, 186–88; South Boston, 18, 193, 196, 197, 199, 200–204, 205–6; “Southern Perspective on School Busing in Boston, A” (television), 206; “Stay Out for Freedom” protests, 80, 81; television and, 13, 18, 84, 166, 171, 190–210; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and, 190; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 192, 194–95; violence and, 191, 193, 196, 204. See also Boston Globe; Boston School Committee; Hicks, Louise Day; school desegregation (Boston)

Boston Globe: as author resource, 19; Batson, Ruth and the, 80–81; Boston busing and the, 1, 82, 191; Chicago Board of Education and the, 76; Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas) and the, 19; on Hicks, Louise Day, 3, 84; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the, 3; Nixon, Richard and the, 138; on Racial Imbalance Act (1965), 85; “Stay Out for Freedom” protest (Boston) and the, 80

“Boston’s Busing Battle” (Time), 83

Boston School Committee: Atkins, Thomas and the, 78; Batson, Ruth and the, 79–81; de facto segregation and the, 78; Fourteenth Amendment violation and the, 199; Garrity, W. Arthur and the, 199–200; Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) and the, 90; Morgan v. Hennigan (1974) and the, 7, 84, 199; Operation Exodus and the, 88, 90; racial discrimination and the, 128, 180; Racial Imbalance Act (1965) and the, 78, 85, 91; segregated schools and the, 194. See also Boston; Hicks, Louise Day; school desegregation (Boston)

boycotts. See school boycotts

Brady, Phil, 199

Brennan, William, 128

Breyer, Stephen, 210–11

Brinkley, David, 130

Brock, William, 158, 161

Brooklyn (New York), 37, 42, 49, 96. See also Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York City)

Brooklyn’s Parents’ Workshop, 42

Brown, Linda, 2

Brownsville (New York City), 29

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954): Alexander v. Holmes County (1969) and, 122; Brown, Linda and, 2; busing and, 212; Chicago and, 55; civil rights movement and, 4; Clark, Kenneth and, 30, 31; Florida and, 103; House Joint Resolution 620 (H.J. Res. 620) and, 111; Nixon, Richard and, 121–22, 126, 129; northern violation of, 7; school desegregation (New York City) and, 31–32; taxpayer rights and, 26

Brudnoy, David, 187

Buchanan, Pat, 13, 116, 135, 149

Buffalo (New York), 210

Burger, Warren, 118, 123, 125, 126, 129–130, 140

Burnside Elementary School (Chicago), 58–59

busing: ABC (American Broadcasting Company) and, 72–73; “As We See It” (television) and, 166; black communities and, 18, 154–56, 170–75, 180, 183, 184, 188–89; Boston and, 3, 29, 82–85, 87–88, 174, 192–93, 197–200; Chicago and, 70–76; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 51–52, 95, 103; extremism and, 21, 35–36, 121–22; Glendale-Ridgewood (Queens) (New York City) transfer plan and, 39–41; intact busing, 91; Kirk, Claude and, 16, 95–96, 101, 108, 164, 238n60; Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) and, 90, 203; moratorium on, 114–15, 134, 136, 139, 172, 174, 182–83; myths and, 15; National Black Political Convention and, 181–84; news media and, 3, 5, 12, 14, 18, 29, 33–34; New York and, 15, 16, 28–29, 33, 34–36, 39–41, 52–53, 93, 111; Nixon, Richard and, 1, 17, 101, 113, 114–15, 118, 130–141, 182–83; as northern de jure segregation remedy, 7; one-way busing, 40fig., 74, 90, 91, 212; politicians and, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16–17, 92, 93–96, 109, 164, 170, 172; Pontiac (Michigan) and, 7, 11–12, 13, 29, 145–46, 154–56, 192; racism of debate on, 172–75; San Francisco Board of Education and, 168–170; school desegregation and, 2, 3, 6, 35–36, 82–84, 87–90, 192, 193, 212; Smothers, Clay and, 18, 171, 185–89; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and, 129–133, 140; television and, 11, 13–14, 88–89, 95, 133, 150, 192, 204–8, 209; term appearance of, 33; two-way, 90, 203; Wallace, George and, 95, 114, 135, 164. See also antibusing amendments; busing frame; Hicks, Louise Day; Kirk, Claude; McCabe, Irene; Nixon, Richard

“Busing Foe Fades from Limelight” (New York Times), 165–66

busing frame: black communities and the, 170, 180, 183, 184, 189; Boston and the, 18, 78, 83, 91, 192–93; Clark, Kenneth on the, 35; Hicks, Louise Day and the, 89fig., 91; news media and the, 3, 5, 12, 83, 89fig., 170–71, 175, 180, 189, 209; politicians and the, 170; school desegregation and the, 4, 35–36, 91, 170–71, 192–93, 212

“Busing Gets OK from Black Unit” (Chicago Tribune), 184

Byrd, Robert, 65–66

California, 28, 85, 104, 128, 166, 192, 204, 205. See also Los Angeles (California)

CALM (Concerned About Louisville’s Mood), 204

Carmichael, Stokely, 86–87, 150

Carter, Hodding, III, 45

Carver, George Washington, 177

Castleberry, Jackie, 195–96

Catholic Interracial Council, 43

Catledge, Turner, 11, 44

CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System): Agnew, Spiro and, 149–150; Benti, Joseph and, 150; Boston busing and, 190, 191, 194–96, 201; Burger, Warren and, 130; CBS v. Democratic National Committee (1973), 12; civil rights coverage and, 10; Goldwater, Barry and, 94; Kirk, Claude and, 103–4, 105, 107; McCabe, Irene and, 142, 145–49, 159–161, 162; Nixon, Richard and, 115, 135, 136; production decisions and, 13; research lack and, 14; Smothers, Clay and, 186; on South Boston, 201; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and, 130

CBS v. Democratic National Committee (1973), 12

CCCO (Coordinating Council of Community Organizations), 54–56, 59, 61–62, 64, 66, 67, 68

Cellar, Emmanuel, 27, 49–51, 54

Chancellor, John, 13, 191, 196, 202fig.

Charlestown (Boston), 18, 193, 200–204, 205

Charlotte (North Carolina), 124, 209

Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, 111, 124, 129–131, 140

Chatham-Avalon Park Community Council (Chicago), 59

Cheney, James, 138–39

Chew, Charles, 62

Chicago, 54–76; ABC (American Broadcasting Company) and, 72–73, 75; Abner, Willoughby and, 56, 228n12; “As We See It” (television) and, 166; black communities and, 59–60, 67; black students and, 54, 57–59, 63, 71, 74–75; Bogan High School, 60–61; Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and, 55; Burnside Elementary School, 58–59; busing and, 70–76; Chatham-Avalon Park Community Council, 59; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 4, 15–16, 28, 54–56, 65–70; de facto segregation and, 55, 66, 67, 69, 127; Dirksen, Everett and, 15–16, 28, 55, 67; Freedom Day school boycotts and, 61–63, 64fig.; Goldwater, Barry and, 94; Hirsch High School, 61; housing discrimination and, 73; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and, 56–57, 228n12; NBC (National Broadcasting Company) and, 13; news media and, 9; New York Times on, 69; Operation Transfer and, 57–58; racism and, 71–72, 73, 74; riots and, 48; segregation and, 15–16, 54, 55, 57, 63, 75, 195; Smothers, Clay and, 185; Stennis, John on, 99; Taxpayers Council of the Northwest Side, 71; Teachers for Integrated Schools, 59; Title VI (Civil Rights Act) and, 15–16, 54–56, 65–67, 117; truth squad mothers and, 58, 144; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and, 63; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 15–16, 54–56, 65–70, 75, 76, 96, 99, 117; Washington High School, 61; white parents and, 58–59, 61, 70–75; Woodlawn Experimental Schools Project and, 178. See also Chicago Defender (newspaper); Chicago Tribune (newspaper); Daley, Richard J.; Title VI (Civil Rights Act)

Chicago Board of Education, 54–76; Boston Globe and the, 76; busing opposition and the, 63; consent degree and the, 75; Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO), 54–56, 67; “Increasing Desegregation of Facilities, Students, and Vocational Education Programs” (report), 70; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the, 56–57; Redmond, James and the, 70–72, 74; segregation and the, 75; Title VI (Civil Rights Act) violation and the, 15–16, 54–56, 65–70, 76, 117; Webb v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago (1963), 57–58; Whitson, Frank and, 59–60, 66, 68, 229n27. See also Willis, Benjamin

Chicago Defender (newspaper): as author resource, 19; on busing, 136, 144, 173; Chicago Board of Education Title VI violation and the, 67; on Freedom Day school boycotts, 62; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the, 57; on the National Black Political Convention, 181, 183; on Nixon, Richard, 136; parent protests and the, 58–59, 71–72, 74, 75; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and the, 67; Willis, Benjamin and the, 59–60

Chicago Tribune (newspaper): as author resource, 19; busing and the, 71; federal funds withholding and the, 66, 67, 68; on Freedom Day school boycotts, 62; on McCabe, Irene, 161–62; on the National Black Political Convention, 181, 184; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 87; school desegregation and the, 11, 56; Willis, Benjamin and the, 60, 61, 68

Children’s Defense Fund, 179

Chisholm, Shirley, 127, 170, 173, 174

Chotin, Arthur, 138–39

Christian Science Monitor (newspaper), 150

Cincinnati Enquirer (newspaper), 238n60

city-to-suburb busing programs, 90, 91, 212

Citywide Coordinating Council (Boston), 180

civil rights. See civil rights activists; civil rights movement; civil rights movement modeling; northern vs. southern civil rights; U.S. Civil Rights Commission

Civil Rights Act (1964): antibusing provision and the, 15, 56; bill evolution and the, 49–52; Boston and the, 4, 192, 194; busing and the, 51–52, 95, 103; Cellar, Emmanuel and the, 27, 49–51; Chicago and the, 4, 15–16, 28, 54–56, 65–70, 117; debate over the, 26–28; de facto segregation and, 27–28, 49–50, 51, 111; Dirksen, Everett and the, 15–16, 28, 55, 67; Eastland, James and the, 50; Goldwater, Barry and the, 94; House Joint Resolution 620 (H.J. Res. 620) and the, 111; Humphrey, Hubert H. and the, 94–95; New York and the, 4, 28, 50–51; Nixon, Richard and the, 126; northern opposition and the, 28–29; northern vs. southern civil rights and the, 50, 52; politicians and the, 4, 49–52, 56; Racial Imbalance Act (1965) and the, 82, 119; racial imbalance and the, 49–52, 56; school desegregation and the, 4, 27–28, 49–50, 51, 111; Title IV and the, 4, 28, 51, 111; white backlash and the, 28, 48; white mothers and the, 51. See also Javits, Jacob; Title VI (Civil Rights Act)

civil rights activists: Chicago and, 56; Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas) and, 20; de facto segregation and, 7; as extremists, 42; intact busing and, 91; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and, 228n12; news media and, 217n41; Nixon, Richard and, 122, 136; opinion diversity and, 170; white antibusing marches and, 25. See also individuals

Civil Rights Commission. See U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

civil rights movement, 4, 5–6, 9–10, 11–12, 14, 20, 25, 86, 208, 217n41

civil rights movement modeling, 5–6, 11–12, 17, 24–26, 46–48, 144, 148, 157, 170

Clark, Kenneth, 15, 30–31, 32, 34–35, 38

Clark, Mamie, 30

Clarke, K. Marie, 203–4

Cleveland (Ohio), 13, 64fig., 164, 179, 205, 210

Cleveland Call and Post (newspaper), 19, 91

Cohen, Wilbur, 68

Coleman, James, 5

Columbia (South Carolina), 132

Columbus (Georgia), 149

Commission on Integration (New York), 31–32, 33, 34–35

Committee for Parents of Transported Pupils (Saint Louis), 91

Committee on Education and Labor (House of Representatives), 179

Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas), 19–20

Concerned About Louisville’s Mood (CALM), 204

Concerned Parents (Pontiac, Michigan), 246n1

Congress. See U.S. Congress

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE): busing and the, 170, 181, 183–84, 186; Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) and the, 59; Dennison, Mary and the, 183–84; education control and the, 170, 253n55; Innis, Doris and the, 25; Innis, Roy and the, 170, 181, 182fig., 183, 186; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 87; school boycotts (New York City) and the, 43, 45–46; Willis, Benjamin and the, 59

Conheim, Maryanne, 150

Connecticut, 99

constitutional amendments, 52, 157. See also antibusing amendments

Conyers, John, 186

Coons, John, 63, 66

Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO), 54–56, 59, 61–62, 64, 66, 67, 68

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). See Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

court ordered school desegregation, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 29, 190, 192, 204

Cox, Edward, 178

Coxey’s Army march (1894), 157

Cradle, Johnnie Mae, 176

Craig, Winston, 36

Cramer, William, 49–50

Crawford v. Los Angeles Board of Education (1982), 100, 175

Crespino, Joseph, 104

Crestwood High School (Virginia), 168, 176, 178

Crisis (journal), 57

Cronkite, Walter, 13, 103–4, 149, 159fig., 196

Crouch, Tom, 132

Dahmer, Vernon, 138–39

Daley, Richard J., 15–16, 55–56, 62–63, 67–68, 70, 76, 99, 117

Dallas (Texas), 13, 149, 179, 205

Davidson, Jack, 109

Davis, Donald, Sr. and Jr., 154–55. See also Davis v. School District of City of Pontiac (1970)

Davis, Dwight, 177

Davis, Milton, 59

Davis, Sadie, 154–55

Davis v. School District of City of Pontiac (1970), 7, 152–55

Dawson, William, 228n12

Deacons for Defense and Justice, 86–87

de facto segregation: Baldwin, James on, 6; Boston and, 8, 77–78, 80–81, 84; Chicago and, 55, 66, 67, 69, 127; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 27–28, 49–50, 51, 111; Davis v. School District of City of Pontiac (1970) and, 153; de jure–de facto dichotomy, 6; housing discrimination and, 3–4; Lassiter, Matthew on, 214n21; myth of, 8; New York City and, 32; Nixon, Richard and, 101, 113, 118, 123, 126–29, 130, 153; northern school desegregation and, 3–4, 6, 51; Parents Involved v. Seattle (2007) and, 210–11; politicians and, 96; Shagaloff, June on, 7; Stennis amendment and, 100

de jure segregation: Boston and, 7; Chicago and, 55, 69; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 111; Davis v. School District of City of Pontiac (1970) and, 7, 152; de jure–de facto dichotomy, 6; Lassiter, Matthew on, 214n21; Michigan and, 7, 140; Missouri v. Jenkins (1995) and, 210; Nixon, Richard and, 101, 113, 117, 118, 123, 126–29, 153; Parents Involved v. Seattle (2007) and, 210–11; politicians and, 96; Stennis amendment and, 100; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 69, 98

Delaney, Steve, 149

Delaware, 210

Delta Democrat-Times (newspaper), 45

Democratic Party, 12, 95, 96, 133, 135, 186. See also individuals

Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, 96–97

Dennison, Mary, 183–84

Dent, Harry, 120, 121, 123, 139

Dentler, Robert, 20

Denver (Colorado), 7, 128, 131, 139, 153, 192, 204, 210

desegregation. See school desegregation

Desegregation Assistance Centers, 211

Detroit (Michigan): Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 28, 50, 51, 76, 140; de facto segregation and, 8; de jure segregation and, 7; McCabe, Irene and, 162; Milliken v. Bradley (1974) and, 17, 118, 140, 153, 210; O’Hara, James and, 95, 97; school boycott (1960) and, 3; school district discrimination and, 8, 128; television and, 13; U.S. Department of Justice and, 139

Detroit Free Press (newspaper), 19, 154–55, 155–56

Diggs, Charles, Jr., 184

Dillon, Rae, 206

Dirksen, Everett, 15–16, 28, 55, 67

Dirksen-Mansfield substitute, 28. See also Civil Rights Act (1964)

Donovan, James, 44, 94

Dorchester (Boston), 207–8

Eastland, James, 23, 28, 50

Eckford, Elizabeth, 106, 207

educational inequality, 16, 18, 21, 30, 57

Egly, Paul, 12

Ehrlichman, John, 114, 117, 123–24, 129–130, 165

Eisenhower, Dwight, 35–36, 42, 115, 122, 192

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Title I), 67, 97, 126, 137

Elli, Michael, 156

Emergency School Aid Act of 1972, 211

Englewood Council for Community Action (Chicago), 59

Epstein, Edward Jay, 13

Erickson, Kai, 20

Evans, Rowland, 68–69, 120, 132–33

Eve, Arthur, 172

Evers, Medgar, 2, 138–39

Eyes on the Prize (television), 208

Fairness Doctrine (FCC), 12, 46–48

Farmer, James, 87

Faubus, Orval, 102, 192

Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 9, 12, 46–48

Federal funds, 54–56, 64–65, 67, 230n49. See also Title VI (Civil Rights Act)

feminist movement, 147, 161–62

Fiedler, Bobbi, 165, 251n85

51st State, The (television), 184

Finch, Robert, 119–121, 124

Finch-Mitchell statement, 120–21

Fino, Paul, 97

Fligger, Lorene, 165

Florida: “As We See It” (television) and, 166; black students and, 106; busing opposition and, 16, 114, 137, 181–83; Cramer, William and, 49–50; forced busing and, 109–10; Holland, Spessard and, 51; judicial oversight and, 210; Manatee County School Board, 16, 95, 100–101, 103, 104–5, 109; McGovern, George and, 136; Nixon, Richard and, 112, 120, 133–34; Parents Against Forced Busing and, 110; U.S Department of Justice and, 103; U.S. Supreme Court and, 103. See also Kirk, Claude

forced busing: Alexander v. Holmes County (1969) and, 103; Boston and, 18, 192–93, 197–200; fears, myths and, 14; Florida and, 109–10; Ford, Gerald and, 199; McCabe, Irene and, 144, 162; news media and, 209; New York Times on, 192; Reynolds, William Bradford on, 1; Whitten amendment and, 97

Ford, Gerald, 138fig., 141, 161, 199

Forman, Stanley, 187

Fourteenth Amendment, 7, 136, 184, 199

Frank, Reuven, 149–150

Franklin, John Hope, 174

Frank McGee Report (television), 87–89

Frantz, Shirley, 155

Freedom Day school boycotts (Chicago), 61–63, 64fig.

freedom of choice, 39, 42, 52, 73, 85, 97, 98, 103, 110–11, 120

Freeman v. Pitts (1992), 210

Fuchs, Lawrence, 82

Fuqua, Carl, 57, 228n12

Galamison, Milton, 15, 25, 36, 39, 42, 43, 45–48, 87

Gallup polls, 100, 182

Garret, Clarence, 177

Garrity, W. Arthur: Boston and, 190, 193–94, 194–95, 196, 199–200, 202–3, 208; Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas) and, 19; Morgan v. Hennigan (1974) and, 7, 84, 180, 199–200

Garvey, Marcus, 78–79

Geer, Stephen, 103

Geismer, Lily, 203

Georgia, 8, 26, 52, 100, 110–11, 149, 172, 174

Gibson, Charles, 196

Gitleson, Alfred, 6–7, 100, 124, 126, 175

Gitlin, Todd, 197

Glendale-Ridgewood (Queens) (NYC) transfer plan, 39–41

Gloria, Leopoldo, 204

Goldberg, Arthur, 136

Goldwater, Barry, 16, 93–94

Goode, Mark, 135

Goodman, Andrew, 138–39

Graber, Doris, 191

Graham, Billy, 125

Grant, William, 156

grassroots antibusing protests, 145, 150, 152, 161

grassroots educational traditions, 169

Green, Edith, 16, 95

Green, Richard, 204

Greenberg, Gary, 122

Greensboro (North Carolina), 132

Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (1968), 103

Griffin, Robert, 158

Griswold, Erwin, 129, 130

Gross, Calvin, 42

Grossvogel, David, 240n10

Gunning, Rosemary, 46–48, 87

Hager, Robert, 196, 197, 201

Halberstam, David, 20, 101–2

Halsey, Margaret, 45

Hamer, Fannie Lou, 86–87

Harlem (New York City), 29–30, 37–38, 43, 45–46. See also Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Harlow, Bryce, 116–17, 125–26

Harris, Cheryl, 222n7

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), 133

Hart, Philip, 120–21, 165

Hartford (Connecticut), 91

Hatcher, Richard, 184

Hatchett, Elbert, 154, 170–71

Hauser, Philip, 58, 61, 63

Havinghurst, Robert, 63

Hawkins, Augustus, 126–27

Height, Dorothy, 184

Heineman, Ardith, 165

Henderson, Lloyd, 176

Hesburgh, Theodore, 2, 111, 122, 209

Hicks, Louise Day: ABC (American Broadcasting Company) and, 83–84; Boston schools and, 3, 16, 77–78, 80–81, 82–84, 87–88, 91; Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas) and, 19; Morgan v. Hennigan (1974) and, 84; mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972) and, 161; neighborhood schools and, 77, 83; news media and, 194; political career of, 83, 91, 165, 251n85; Racial Imbalance Act (1965) and, 78, 82, 91; San Francisco Board of Education and, 169–170

Hirsch High School (Chicago), 61

H.J. Res. 620 (House Joint Resolution 620), 52, 110–12, 134, 157, 163fig. See also Lent, Norman

Hodgson, James, 137–38

Hoffman, Julius, 58

Holland, Spessard, 51

Holland Evening Sentinel (newspaper), 142

Holley, Edward DeLeyatte, 176

Holmes, Peter, 179

Hood, James, 106, 207

Horn, Stephen, 5, 209

House Education and Labor Committee, 67

House Joint Resolution 620 (H.J. Res. 620), 52, 110–12, 134, 157, 163fig. See also Lent, Norman

housing discrimination: Boston and, 88, 90, 200, 203; Chicago and, 73; de facto segregation and, 3–4; federal policies and, 101; Kerner Commission report and, 9; New York City and, 29–30; politicians and, 26; Pontiac (Michigan) and, 153

housing patterns, 127–28. See also de facto segregation

Houston (Texas), 13, 179

Howe, Harold, 70

Howell, A. J., 176

Huggins, Nathan Irvin, 12, 144

Human Events (newspaper), 123

Humphrey, Hubert H., 16, 65–66, 94–95, 115, 136

Hunt, Richard, 196, 201

Huntley-Brinkley Report (television), 10

Hyde Park (Massachusetts), 193, 194

Illinois, 28, 58, 67, 181. See also Chicago

“Increasing Desegregation of Faculties, Students, and Vocational Education Programs” (report), 70

Indiana, 26, 28, 66, 182fig., 205–6, 210. See also National Black Political Convention

Indianapolis (Indiana), 205–6, 210

Innis, Doris, 25

Innis, Roy, 170, 181, 182fig., 183, 186, 188, 189

intact busing, 91

Integrated Education (journal), 64

Intergroup Committee on New York Public Schools, 30, 32

“It’s Not the Distance, ‘It’s the Niggers’” (NAACP report), 114, 172

Ivie, Ardie, 184

Jackson, Ellen, 16, 84, 85–90, 144

Jackson, Gregory, 106, 194, 195, 196, 197

Jackson, Jesse, 170, 184

Jackson, Robert, 148

Jacksonville (Florida), 210

Jaffa, Henry, 94

Jansen, William, 29–30, 31, 32, 34–36, 42

Jarrett, Vernon, 75

Javits, Jacob, 50, 53, 95, 96

Jim Crow laws, 6, 31, 43, 62, 77–78, 93, 111, 173, 191

John Birch Society, 187–88

Johnnene, Fran, 199

Johnson, Lady Bird, 68

Johnson, Lyndon: Chicago schools and, 15–16, 55, 68, 69, 117; Goldwater, Barry and, 94; Model Cities legislation and, 96; Nixon, Richard and, 115; school desegregation and, 120, 121; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 121

Johnson, Nicholas, 9

Jones, Vivian Malone, 106, 207

Jordan, Vernon, 172–73, 175, 178

judiciary branch, 117–18, 121, 123, 187. See also U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Department. See U.S. Department of Justice

Kallina, Edmund, Jr., 109

Kansas City (Missouri), 7

Kaplan, Nathanial, 37, 38

Katzenbach, Nicholas, 49

Kaufman, Irving, 6

Keating, Kenneth, 50

Keith, Damon J., 7, 145, 152–53, 246n1

Kelly, Chris, 191, 201

Kemmitt, Edward, 169

Kennedy, Edward, 195–96

Kennedy, John F., 49, 94, 115

Kennedy, Robert F., 16, 94

Kentucky, 13, 35–36, 164, 185, 204–5, 210–11

Keppel, Francis, 66–67, 68, 69, 70

Kerner, Otto, 9, 67

Kerner Commission, 9

Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver (1973), 128, 153

Kiernan, Owen, 81

Kiernan Commission, 81, 82

Kiesling, Herbert, 137

Kiley, Robert, 206

Kincaid, Jim, 157

King, Coretta Scott, 122

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 10, 11–12, 23, 73, 138–39, 148, 170, 187

King, Mel, 80, 136, 208

Kirk, Claude, 100–110; ABC (American Broadcasting Company) and, 103, 105, 107; busing and, 16, 95–96, 101, 108, 164, 238n60; McCabe, Irene and, 110, 112fig.; national school desegregation policy and, 106; news media and, 238n60; New South and, 102; Nixon, Richard and, 101, 104, 109, 238n60; political ambitions of, 101–2, 109, 110; standoff end and, 109; television and, 101, 102, 103–10; Wallace, George and, 101, 102, 103, 105. See also Manatee County School Board

Klucsynski, John, 67

KNXT (television), 205

Kornegay, Francis, 162

KPIX-TV, 168, 169–170

Kranich, Kimberlie, 247n9

Krasowski, Joseph, 70

Krentzman, Ben, 104, 105–6, 109

Kuhr, Harry, 71

Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 136, 145

Kunzeman, Joseph, 52

Labor Day March (Pontiac, Michigan), 145–46, 147fig.

Lambda Corporation, 137

Landry, Lawrence, 62

Landsmark, Ted, 187

Lassiter, Matthew, 214n21

Las Vegas (Nevada), 7, 209, 210

law enforcement (Boston), 197–200, 204, 205

Lawrence, Tina, 43

lawsuits, 7–8. See also individual cases

“Law vs. the Mob, The” (New York Times), 174

Le Baron Elementary School (Michigan), 146, 154

Lee, Joseph, 82

Lent, Norman, 16, 52, 93, 95, 110–12, 134, 157

Lent-Kunzeman neighborhood schools bill, 52, 110–11, 172

Leonard, Jerris, 121, 122, 125

Levey, Robert, 84, 85

Levitt, Arthur, 31

Lewis, Anthony, 122–23

Little Rock Nine of Harlem, 37

Little Rock school integration crisis (1957), 4, 14, 74, 106, 173, 191–92, 207

Liuzzo, Viola, 138–39

Long, Russell, 26

Long Island Press (newspaper), 111

Look (magazine), 83, 234n36

Los Angeles (California): Boston busing and, 204, 205; busing and, 7; Crawford v. Los Angeles Board of Education (1982), 100; de facto segregation and, 8, 127; de jure segregation and, 7, 124; Fiedler, Bobbi and, 165; school district discrimination and, 128; television and, 13, 205; Wakefield, Floyd and, 3

Los Angeles School Board. See Los Angeles Unified School District

Los Angeles Sentinel (newspaper), 19, 172, 175, 183

Los Angeles Times (newspaper), 19, 130, 175, 182, 187

Los Angeles Unified School District, 6–7, 100, 124, 126–27

Louisiana, 26, 52, 100, 104, 110–11, 177

Louisville (Kentucky), 13, 164, 185, 204–5, 210–11

Louisville Defender (newspaper), 183

Louis X, 86–87

Lukas, J. Anthony, 19–20

MacGregor, Clark, 134–35

MacNeil, Robert, 14

Maddox, Lester, 100, 102, 103

Malcolm X, 45–46

Manatee County School Board, 16, 95, 100–101, 103, 104–5, 109. See also Kirk, Claude

Mansfield, Mike, 28, 138fig.

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963), 60, 157

Marshall, Thurgood, 17, 140–41

Martin, Ruby, 68, 69, 121

Massachusetts, 48, 79, 81–82, 91, 161, 199, 200, 205. See also Boston; Boston School Committee; Hicks, Louise Day; Racial Imbalance Act (1965); school desegregation (Boston)

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), 79

Mays, Benjamin, 119

McCabe, Charles, 161–62

McCabe, Irene, 142–167; black parents and, 170–71; civil rights movement modeling and, 11–12, 144, 148, 157; Detroit Free Press (newspaper) on, 155–56; as housewife and mother, 144, 145, 146, 157–58, 161–62, 165–66; Kirk, Claude and, 110, 112fig.; Michigan and, 162; mothers’ march (1972) and, 17, 110, 134, 142, 157–166, 184; news media and, 142, 146–47, 148–49, 157–58, 159–161, 162–64, 167; Nixon, Richard and, 134, 135fig., 184; political career of, 165; as racist, 156; sexuality use and, 17, 150–52; Smothers, Clay and, 186; television and, 17, 143, 144–152, 156–164, 166; Washington Post (newspaper) and, 145, 148, 162; white parents and, 145. See also National Action Group (NAG)

McCulloch, William, 49, 95

McGee, Frank, 87–88

McGovern, George, 136

McKeithen, John, 100

McMillan, James, 124, 130

McNairy, Gladys, 133

Medeiros, Humberto, 19

media. See news media; television

Memphis (Tennessee), 125, 149, 166, 179, 185

Mendelsohn, Jack, 84

Meredith, James, 106, 207

Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), 90, 203

Miami (Florida), 166, 210

Michigan: Detroit Free Press (newspaper), 19, 154–55, 155–56; Dirksen-Mansfield substitute and, 28; Ford, Gerald and, 138fig., 141, 161, 199; Griffin, Robert, 158; Hart, Philip, 120–21; Le Baron Elementary School, 146, 154; Milliken v. Bradley (1974) and, 17, 118, 140, 153, 210; O’Hara, James, 95; school boycotts and, 149; school desegregation cases and, 153. See also Detroit (Michigan); McCabe, Irene; Pontiac (Michigan)

Michigan Civil Rights Commission, 153

Milliken v. Bradley (1974), 17, 118, 140, 153, 210

Milwaukee (Wisconsin), 64fig., 91

Minneapolis (Minnesota), 210

Minnesota, 44, 65–66, 97, 154, 210

Mississippi: busing and, 174; Delta Democrat-Times (newspaper), 45; Eastland, James and, 28, 50; federal funds and, 119; Meredith, James and, 106, 207; Mississippi Burning (film) (1988) and, 20; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 86–87; Nixon, Richard and, 121–22, 123; Pasadena (California) school desegregation case and, 104; school desegregation lawsuits and, 8; television and, 206; Thurmond, Strom and, 26; Title VI (Civil Rights Act) and, 66; University of Mississippi, 106, 207; Whitten, Jamie and, 95, 97–98. See also Stennis, John

Mississippi Burning (film) (1988), 20

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 86–87

Missouri, 28, 91, 210

Missouri v. Jenkins (1995), 210

Mitchell, John, 120, 122, 129, 130, 131

Mizell, Hayes, 132

Mobile (Alabama), 210

Model Cities legislation, 96, 97

Molotoch, Harvey, 152

Mondale, Walter, 133, 154

Monroe, William, 10

Montana, 28, 138fig.

Montgomery Advertiser (newspaper), 11

Moore, Queen Mother, 184

Morgan v. Hennigan (1974), 7, 20, 84, 179–180, 199–200

mothers’ march (1967), 157

mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972), 17, 110, 134, 142, 157–166, 184. See also Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City)

Mothers Support Neighborhood Schools (San Francisco), 168, 169

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 120

Mudd, Roger, 191

Multer, Abraham, 96–97

Myrdal, Gunner, 8

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). See National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

NAG (National Action Group). See National Action Group (NAG)

Nakdimen, Dave, 204–5

Nashville (Tennessee), 139, 210

National Action Group (NAG): black communities and the, 170–71; civil rights movement modeling and, 148; decline of the, 165; news media and the, 142–43, 146, 149, 150, 157; origin of the, 246n1; Patterson, L. Brooks and the, 143, 162, 165; Pontiac (Michigan) and the, 154; rally of the, 112fig.; school boycotts and the, 147–48, 149; Smothers, Clay and the, 186; television and the, 17, 164. See also McCabe, Irene; mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972)

National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 9

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): Atkins, Thomas and the, 77–78, 84; Baker, Ella and the, 30; Batson, Ruth and the, 79–80; Bedford-Stuyvesant rezoning and the, 37; Boston and the, 84, 174; Boston Globe and the, 3; Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools and the, 125; Chicago and the, 56–57, 228n12; Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) and the, 59; Craig, Winston and the, 36; Crisis (journal), 57; Davis v. School District of City of Pontiac (1970) and the, 153; Fuqua, Carl and the, 57, 228n12; Hatchett, Elbert and the, 154, 170–71; Hicks, Louise Day and the, 3; “It’s Not the Distance, ‘It’s the Niggers’” (report), 114, 172; Manatee County School Board and the, 103; news media and the, 170–71; New York City school boycott (1964) and, 43, 45; New York Times and the, 2–3, 121, 174; Nixon, Richard and the, 114, 115, 119, 136, 172; Parks, Paul and the, 80; school desegregation and the, 7, 31, 33; Shagaloff, June and the, 7, 32, 42, 81; U.S. Supreme Court and the, 121; white domination and the, 86; Wilkins, Roy and the, 115, 119, 120–21, 136

National Association of Puerto Rican Rights, 45

National Black Political Convention, 1, 18, 134, 171, 181–85, 188

National Council of Negro Women, 184

National Home and Property Owners Foundation, 61

National Observer (newspaper), 148

national school desegregation policy, 52, 98–100, 104, 106, 111, 128

National Urban League, 31, 45, 59, 86, 162, 172–73, 178

National Welfare Rights Organization, 184

Nation of Islam, 86–87

NBC (National Broadcasting Company): Agnew, Spiro and, 149–150; as author resource, 19; Boston busing and, 190, 191, 196–97, 198fig., 199, 201–5, 207fig., 208; civil rights and, 10, 12; Fairness Doctrine (FCC) and, 46–48; McCabe, Irene and, 142, 148, 149, 159; Nixon, Richard and, 115, 136; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 88, 89fig.; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and, 24, 25fig., 46–47; production decisions and, 13; research lack and, 14; Smothers, Clay and, 186; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and, 130; WAVE-TV, 204; WKYC, 205; WTHR-TV, 205–6

Negro Teachers Associations, 37

neighborhood schools: Boston and, 18, 77, 192, 193, 200–204; Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools and, 124; Chicago and, 72–75; Crawford v. Los Angeles Board of Education (1982) and, 100; Hicks, Louise Day on, 77, 82, 83; Lent-Kunzeman neighborhood schools bill, 52, 110–11, 172; Look (magazine) on, 234n36; Milliken v. Bradley (1974) and, 141; Model Cities legislation and, 97; New York and, 41, 93; Nixon, Richard and, 101, 124, 127, 130, 173; politicians and, 3, 94–95; Pontiac (Michigan) and, 145–46; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and, 130; United Concerned Citizens of America (UCCA) and, 185; white parents and, 3, 234n36

network news: Agnew, Spiro and, 106, 149–150; black communities and, 155, 170–71; Boston busing and the, 193–94, 197–99, 200, 206; civil rights movement and, 217n41; feminist movement and, 162; Kirk, Claude and, 106; law enforcement (Boston) and, 197–99; McCabe, Irene and, 142–43, 162; national v. local, 206; school desegregation and, 11; Vietnam war and, 12–13; wire services and, 14. See also ABC (American Broadcasting Company); CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System); NBC (National Broadcasting Company)

Newark (New Jersey), 9, 91

New Haven (Connecticut), 91

Newhouse, Richard, 74, 181

New Jersey, 51, 128

New Rochelle (New York), 6, 38–39, 58, 128

news media: Agnew, Spiro and the, 13, 106, 116, 149–150; Associated Press (AP), 14, 33, 159, 165, 186, 187; Austin School Board (Texas) and the, 133; bias of, 106; black communities and the, 8, 18, 155, 170–71, 180, 184, 189, 217n41; Boston busing and the, 3, 78, 190–210; Buchanan, Pat and the, 13, 116, 135, 149; busing frame and the, 3, 5, 12, 83, 89fig., 170–71, 175, 180, 189, 209; civil rights and the, 44; Hicks, Louise Day and the, 84, 194; Kirk, Claude and the, 238n60; McCabe, Irene and the, 142, 146–47, 148–49, 156, 157–58, 159–161, 162–64, 167; National Action Group (NAG) and the, 142–43, 146, 149, 150, 157; National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and the, 9; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the, 170–71; National Black Political Convention and the, 181–84; New York City and the, 33, 34–35; Nixon, Richard and the, 13, 17, 115–17, 133, 136; northern vs. southern civil rights and the, 9, 11, 44–45, 195; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 87; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and the, 26; politicians and the, 15, 92, 149, 164; production decisions and the, 13–14; school boycotts and the, 147–48; school desegregation and the, 6, 11–12, 14, 29, 33–34, 46–48, 91–92, 133, 156, 175, 209; Smothers, Clay and the, 186, 188; Stennis amendment and the, 100; United Press International (UPI), 14, 159; white backlash and the, 28; white media, 9, 18, 32, 171, 173, 175, 181, 184, 185, 217n41. See also ABC (American Broadcasting Company); CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System); NBC (National Broadcasting Company); network news; television; individual magazines; individual newspapers; individual wire services

Newsweek (magazine), 83, 84, 186

New York: Blocker v. Board of Education on Manhassett (1964) and, 49; busing and, 15, 16, 28–29, 33, 34–36, 39–41, 52–53, 93, 111; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 28, 50–51; Commission on Integration, 31–32, 33, 34–35; Dirksen-Mansfield substitute and, 28; freedom of choice school legislation and, 52; Javits, Jacob, 50, 53, 95, 96; Keating, Kenneth and, 50; neighborhood schools and, 41, 93; New Rochelle and, 6, 38–39, 58, 128; Powell, Adam Clayton, 66–67; riots and, 48; school boycotts and, 15, 24–25, 37–39, 43–46, 48, 64fig.; school desegregation and, 52; Stennis, John on, 98–99; white parents and, 3. See also Galamison, Milton; House Joint Resolution 620 (H.J. Res. 620); Lent, Norman; New York City; New York City School Board; Rockefeller, Nelson; school desegregation (New York City)

New York Amsterdam News (newspaper), 19, 31, 37, 38, 41, 93–94

New York City: Baker, Ella, 15, 30–31, 34; Bedford-Stuyvesant, 29, 36–37, 40; black population of, 29; black students and, 39, 43, 179; busing and, 33, 34–36, 43–44, 52–53, 93, 94; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 4, 28; Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and, 43; de facto segregation and, 32; educational inequality and, 30; Goldwater, Barry and, 93; housing discrimination and, 29–30; Intergroup Committee on New York Public Schools, 30, 32; New York Amsterdam News (newspaper), 19, 31, 37, 38, 41, 93–94; New York Citywide Committee for Integrated Schools, 43; Northside Center for Child Development, 30; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT), 46, 48, 52, 87, 93; Parents Committee for Better Education and, 37, 43, 45–46; Parents in Actions Against Education Discrimination, 37; Parents’ Workshop for Equality in New York City Schools, 39, 43, 45–46; Public Education Association (PEA), 31–33, 43; school boycotts and, 15, 24–25, 37–39, 43–46, 48, 64fig.; segregation and, 29–33, 195; television and, 13; United Parents Associations of New York City, 31, 43. See also New York Times; school desegregation (New York City)

New York City School Board: busing and the, 43–44, 94; Commission on Integration and the, 31–32, 33, 34–35; desegregation and the, 31–38, 41; discrimination and the, 128; Donovan, James and the, 44, 94; Glendale-Ridgewood (Queens) transfer plan and the, 39–41; Gross, Calvin and the, 42; Jansen, William and the, 29–30, 31, 32, 34–36, 42; open enrollment policy and the, 39, 40, 41; Princeton Plan and the, 46; Skipwith vs. NYC Board of Education (1958), 37–39; white backlash and the, 49

New York Citywide Committee for Integrated Schools, 43

New York Times: Austin School Board (Texas) and the, 133; as author resource, 19; on Bedford-Stuyvesant rezoning, 36–37; on Boston, 190, 195; busing and the, 34, 43–44, 192; on Chicago, 69; Civil Rights Act (1964) and the, 50–51; Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (Lukas) and the, 20; Kirk, Claude and the, 101, 102; on McCabe, Irene, 165–66; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the, 2–3, 121, 174; on the National Black Political Convention, 182; on northern vs. southern civil rights coverage, 11, 44, 45; on open enrollment policy (New York), 41; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 87; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and the, 23, 25; on school boycotts (New York City), 43–44, 48; school desegregation and the, 11, 31; Smothers, Clay and the, 186; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and the, 130; on white backlash, 48–49

Nickerson, Michelle, 250n69

Nixon, John, 122

Nixon, Richard, 114–141; Alexander v. Holmes County (1969) and, 122–23; Annenberg, Walter and, 240n10; antibusing amendments and, 165; Austin School Board and, 131–33; Boston Globe and, 138; Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) and, 121–22, 126, 129; busing and, 1, 17, 101, 113, 114–15, 118, 130–141, 182–83; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 126; de facto segregation and, 101, 113, 118, 123, 126–29, 130, 153; de jure segregation and, 101, 113, 117, 118, 123, 126–29, 153; Emergency School Aid Act of 1972 and, 211; Florida and, 112, 120, 133–34; judiciary branch and, 117–18, 121; Kirk, Claude and, 102, 104, 109, 238n60; Lambda Corporation study and, 137; Los Angeles case and, 124–25; McCabe, Irene and, 134, 135fig., 184; Milliken v. Bradley (1974) and, 17, 141; Mississippi and, 121–22, 123; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and, 114, 115, 119, 121, 172; neighborhood schools and, 101, 124, 127, 130, 173; news media and, 13, 17, 115–17, 133, 136; northern vs. southern school desegregation and, 101, 127, 128; Panetta, Leon and, 7; racial imbalance and, 113, 118–19, 120; racism and, 136, 184; Safire, William and, 101; school desegregation and, 36, 101, 112–13, 116–129, 133, 173; Southern Strategy and, 120–21, 127; Stennis amendment and, 128, 243n70; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and, 124–25, 129–133; television and, 115, 116, 133, 134–36, 138, 143, 164; Texas and, 120, 131–32; U.S. Congress and, 114, 119, 134–35, 136–37, 138fig., 139, 182–83; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 17, 112–13, 117, 118–19, 120–21, 122, 124, 128–29, 131–32, 139–140; U.S. Department of Justice and, 17, 112–13, 114, 117, 121, 122, 124, 128–29, 136, 138–140, 153; U.S. Supreme Court and, 118, 123, 129–130, 132, 136–37; Wallace, George and, 114, 118, 134, 136; Washington Post (newspaper) and, 114–15, 122, 125, 138–39, 174, 184

Nixon administration. See individuals; Nixon, Richard

Norfolk Journal and Guide (newspaper), 19, 173, 175, 176, 177

North Carolina, 2–3, 119, 132, 176, 177, 209. See also Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools

Northeastern University, 20

Northern Student Movement (civil rights group), 86

northern vs. southern civil rights: Chicago and, 54, 69; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 50, 52; Malcolm X on, 45–46; news media and, 9, 11, 21, 44–45, 195; New York Times on, 44, 45; Ribicoff, Abraham on, 99; Stennis, John on, 98–99; Title VI (Civil Rights Act) and, 65–66; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 69

northern vs. southern school desegregation: antibusing and, 3; anti-HEW measures and, 96; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 4, 28, 51; de jure–de facto dichotomy and, 6; Human Events (newspaper) and, 123; news media and, 21; Nixon, Richard and, 101, 127, 128; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and, 48; Pasadena (California) school case and, 104; school desegregation (New York City) and, 32

Northshield, Shad, 150

Northside Center for Child Development (New York City), 30

Novak, Robert, 68–69, 120, 132–33

Office of Civil Rights (OCR), 179

O’Hara, James, 95, 97

Ohio, 28, 49, 95, 157, 172, 179, 205, 210

Oklahoma, 138fig., 210

Oliphant, Thomas, 138

one-way busing, 40fig., 74, 90, 91, 212

open enrollment policies, 39–42, 44, 85, 194, 195. See also Operation Exodus (Boston)

Operation Exodus (Boston), 85–90, 192, 194

Operation Transfer (Chicago), 57–58

Orfield, Gary, 5, 211

Osborne, Ray, 109

Page, Ray, 67

Pan-Africanism, 169

Panetta, Leon, 7, 123–24

Parents Against Forced Busing (Florida), 110

Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City), 23–29, 46, 48, 52, 87, 93

Parents Committee for Better Education (New York City), 37, 43, 45–46

Parents in Actions Against Education Discrimination (New York City), 37

Parents Involved v. Seattle (2007), 111, 210–11

Parents’ Workshop for Equality in New York City Schools, 39, 43, 45–46

Parker, Mike, 205

Parks, Paul, 80, 82, 199

Parks, Rosa, 2, 12, 144

Pasadena (California), 104, 128, 131, 204, 209

Patterson, L. Brooks, 143, 162, 165

Payne, Ethel, 181, 183

PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), 166

PEA (Public Education Association), 31–33, 43

Peabody, Endicott, 81

Penn, Lemuel, 138–39

Pennsylvania, 1, 28, 48, 133, 138fig., 195

Peters, William, 10

Pettigrew, Thomas, 5

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 1, 48, 195

Philadelphia Tribune (newspaper), 19

Philip Hauser, 58

Phillips, Kevin, 115, 116

Pickering, George, 228n12

Pittsburgh Board of Education, 133

Pittsburgh Courier (newspaper), 19, 183

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), 139, 174

Polier, Justine Wise, 37–38

politicians: anti-HEW measures and, 96–100; busing and, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16–17, 92, 93–96, 109, 164, 170, 172; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 4, 49–52, 56; de facto, de jure segregation and, 96; housing discrimination and, 26; neighborhood schools and, 3, 94–95; news media and, 15, 92, 149, 164; Nixon, Richard and, 117; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and, 26; racism and, 172. See also antibusing amendments; House Joint Resolution 620 (H.J. Res. 620); individual politicians

“Poll Shows Whites in City Resent Civil Rights Drive” (New York Times), 48

Pontiac (Michigan): ; “As We See It” (television) and, 166; black parents and, 154–56; busing and, 7, 11–12, 13, 29, 145–46, 154–56, 192; Concerned Parents, 246n1; Davis v. School District of City of Pontiac (1970), 7, 152–55; housing discrimination and, 153; National Action Group (NAG) and, 112fig., 246n1; neighborhood schools and, 145–46; racial segregation of, 153–54; school boycotts and, 149; school district discrimination and, 128, 131; Smothers, Clay and, 185, 186; U.S. Civil Rights Commission and, 209. See also McCabe, Irene; mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972)

Porter, David H., 133

Post, Rollin, 169–170

Pottinger, J. Stanley, 194

Powell, Adam Clayton, 54, 66–67, 69, 230n49

Powell, Lewis, 118

Powledge, Fred, 48

Price, Raymond, 125, 129, 134

Princeton Plan, 46

Public Education Association (PEA), 31–33, 43

Pucinski, Roman, 67, 68, 74

Puerto Rican students: “As We See It” (television) and, 166; Glendale-Ridgewood (Queens) (NYC) transfer plan and, 39, 40fig.; National Association of Puerto Rican Rights, 45; one-way busing and, 212; open enrollment policy (New York) and, 42, 44; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and, 23, 25, 26; Princeton Plan and, 46; Public Education Association (PEA) and, 32; school boycotts (New York City) and, 15, 43

Queens (New York), 39–40, 52

Quie, Albert, 97

Quigley, James, 66

Raby, Al, 56, 67, 68

racial imbalance: antibusing amendments and, 96–97, 98, 99; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 49–52, 56; Dirksen-Mansfield substitute and, 28; Ford, Gerald and, 199; Milliken v. Bradley (1974) and, 140; Nixon, Richard and, 113, 118–19, 120; Reagan, Ronald and, 211; Stennis amendment and, 100; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and, 140; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 96, 97–98

Racial Imbalance Act (1965), 78, 81–83, 85, 91, 119, 193

racism: Boston and, 82, 201, 203–4; busing and, 170, 171, 172–75; Chicago and, 71–72, 73, 74; de facto segregation myth and, 8; educational policies and, 176; Hicks, Louise Day and, 82, 83, 84; Nixon, Richard and, 136, 184; politicians and, 172; television and, 8–9; Wallace, George and, 136

Rakow, Lana, 247n9

Rand Corporation, 137

Raspberry, William, 125

Rather, Dan, 186

Reagan, Ronald, 1, 75, 100, 210, 211

real estate discrimination, 3–4, 39. See also housing discrimination

Reasoner, Harry, 190, 195

Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission (1969), 12

Redmond, James, 70–72, 74

Rehnquist, William, 94, 118

Republican Party, 116, 120, 182fig., 243n70. See also individuals

Research Council for the Great Cities Program for School Improvement, 76

Reston, James, 106

Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR), 186, 187, 199, 251n85

Reynolds, Frank, 105

Reynolds, William Bradford, 1, 211

Ribicoff, Abraham, 99

Richardson, Elliot, 91, 131, 137

Richmond (Virginia), 139, 159

ROAR (Restore Our Alienated Rights), 186, 187, 199, 251n85

Roberts, John, 210

Robertson, Absalom, 26

Robertson, Stanley, 172, 175

Rochester (Massachusetts), 48, 91

Rockefeller, Nelson, 52, 100, 102, 110

Roddewig, Clair, 63

Rostenkowski, Daniel, 67

Roth, Stephen, 153

Roxbury (Boston), 77–78, 85–90, 193, 203–4, 207–8

rural to urban migration, 2

Russell, Richard, 26

Rustin, Bayard, 25, 43, 45

Safire, William, 101–2, 125

Saint Louis (Missouri), 91, 210

San Francisco (California), 128, 166, 168–170, 192, 210

San Francisco Board of Education, 168–170

San Jose (California), 210

Santaella, Irma Vidal, 43

Sargent, Tony, 161, 162

Saturday Evening Post (magazine), 102

Saturday Review (magazine), 55

Saunders, Beaulah, 184

Schakne, Robert, 10

school boycotts: Boston and, 64fig., 80, 81, 191; Freedom Day school boycotts (Chicago) and, 61–63, 64fig.; National Action Group (NAG) and, 147–48, 149; news media and, 147–48; New York and, 15, 24–25, 37–39, 43–44, 45–46, 48, 64fig.; “Stay Out for Freedom” protest (Boston), 80, 81

school desegregation: black communities and, 18, 29–36, 170, 171, 175–180, 184; black educators and, 18, 171, 178–79; black students and, 4, 18, 166–67, 171, 174–75, 176–180; busing and, 2, 3, 6, 35–36, 82–84, 87–90, 91, 192, 193, 212; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 4, 27–28, 49–50, 51, 111; definitions of, 4, 27–28, 50, 56, 111, 119; Detroit (Michigan) and, 140; Johnson, Lyndon and, 120, 121; King, Mel on, 208; Lambda Corporation and, 137; lawsuits and, 7–8; Milliken v. Bradley (1974) and, 140; National Black Political Convention and, 181, 184; as national issue, 101; national school desegregation policy and, 52, 98–100, 104, 106, 111, 128; news media and, 6, 11–12, 14, 29, 33–34, 46–48, 91–92, 133, 156, 175, 209; Nixon, Richard and, 36, 101, 112–13, 116–129, 133, 173; North vs. South and, 3–4, 28; Pontiac (Michigan) and, 152–56; television and, 11, 14, 46–48, 156, 192; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and, 209; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and, 15, 176; U.S. Department of Justice and, 211; U.S. Supreme Court and, 4–5, 119; Willis, Benjamin and, 61, 63–64, 76. See also Chicago; mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972); neighborhood schools; northern vs. southern school desegregation; school desegregation (New York City); Title VI (Civil Rights Act)

school desegregation (Boston), 77–92; Batson, Ruth and, 16, 20–21, 78–81, 90; busing frame and, 3, 78, 82–84, 87–89, 91, 192–93; Hicks, Louise Day and, 3, 16, 77–78, 80–81, 82–83, 84, 87–88, 91; marches and, 250n80; Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) and, 90, 203; Operation Exodus and, 85–90, 192, 194; other cities and, 204; Racial Imbalance Act (1965) and, 78, 81–83, 85, 91, 193; Roxbury and, 77–78, 85–90; “Stay Out For Freedom” protests and, 80, 81; suspensions, pushouts of black students and, 179–180; television and, 84, 192–93

school desegregation (Chicago). See Chicago

school desegregation (New York City), 23–53; black communities and, 29–36; Clark, Kenneth and, 15, 30–31, 32, 34–35; Dirksen-Mansfield substitute and, 28; Galamison, Milton and, 15; New York City school board and, 31–38, 41; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) and, 23–29; school zoning policies and, 29–30; Shagaloff, June and, 32, 42

school desegregation (Pontiac, Michigan), 152–56

school district gerrymandering, 31, 58, 59, 68, 128, 152–53

school segregation research, 5, 63–64

school siting, 3–4, 131, 153, 195, 200

school-zoning policies, 29–30, 31, 33, 36–37, 101, 125, 131, 153, 200, 202

Schorr, Daniel, 195

Schwerner, Michael, 138–39

SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), 30, 73, 170

Scott, Hugh, 122, 138fig.

Seattle (Washington), 64fig., 111, 204, 210–11

segregation: Boston and, 7, 16, 194–95, 200; busing frame and, 21; Chicago and, 15–16, 54, 55, 57, 63, 75, 195; Denver (Colorado) and, 128; New York City and, 29–33, 195; Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and, 195; television and, 10–11. See also de facto segregation; de jure segregation

Select Senate Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, 133

Semple, Robert, Jr., 136

Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, 154

separate but equal, 54, 139, 174

Shadur, Milton, 75

Shagaloff, June, 7, 32, 42, 81

Shapiro, Rose, 32

Sharpe, Jeffrey, 176

Sieber, Hal, 132

Silver, Charles, 41

Sims, Charles, 86–87

Simuel, Tony, 166–67

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (Alabama), 77

Sizemore, Barbara, 178

Skipwith vs. NYC Board of Education (1958), 37–39, 57–58

Smith, Betty, 178–79

Smith, John, 178–79

Smothers, Clay, 18, 171, 185–89

SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), 10, 30, 86–87, 172

“Soiling of Old Glory, The” (photo), 187

South Boston, 18, 193, 196, 197, 199, 200–204, 205–6

South Boston High School, 196, 197, 199

South Carolina, 52, 110–11, 118, 119, 132

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 30, 73, 170

Southern Governors Conference, 121

“Southern Perspective on School Busing in Boston, A” (television), 206

Southern Regional Council, 179

Sparkman, John, 50–51

Springfield (Illinois), 91

Stanley, Frank, 173, 183

“Stay Out for Freedom” protests (Boston), 80, 81

Stein, Annie, 36, 39

Stennis, John, 16, 50–51, 52, 95, 98–100, 104, 111, 128, 243n70

Stennis amendment, 98–100, 104, 128, 243n70

Stewart, Potter, 118, 140

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 10, 30, 86–87, 172

Student Pushout: Victim of Continued Resistance to Desegregation, The (Southern Regional Council), 179

student transfers, 3–4, 23, 39–40, 60–61, 195. See also Operation Exodus (Boston)

student transportation, 2, 125, 131, 214n20. See also busing

Sullivan, Neil, 85

suspensions, pushouts of black students, 18, 171, 179–180

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971), 111, 129–133, 140, 178

Sweatt v. Painter (1950), 38

Sweeney, Al, 91

Tampa (Florida), 209

taxpayer rights, 73, 222n8. See also Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City)

Taxpayers Council of the Northwest Side (Chicago), 71

Taylor v. Board of Education of City School District of City of New Rochelle (1961), 6, 38–39, 58

Teachers for Integrated Schools (Chicago), 59

television: antibusing protests and, 13–14, 145–46, 147fig., 155, 164, 192–94, 197, 198fig., 209; Associated Press (AP) and, 14; “As We See It,” 166; bias of, 12–13, 106, 143; black communities and, 208, 217n41; Black Journal, 173–74; Boston and, 13, 18, 84, 171, 190–210; busing and, 11, 13–14, 88–89, 95, 133, 150, 192, 204–8, 209; civil rights and, 9–11, 170; Egly, Paul on, 12; Eyes on the Prize and, 208; Fairness Doctrine (FCC) and, 12, 46–48; 51st State, The, 184; Frank McGee Report, 87–89; Goldwater, Barry and, 94; Kirk, Claude and, 101, 102, 103–10; McCabe, Irene and, 17, 143, 144–152, 156–164, 166; National Action Group (NAG) and, 143; Nixon, Richard and, 115, 116, 133, 134–36, 138, 143, 164; Operation Exodus (Boston) and, 87–89; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City) and, 23–24, 25fig.; Pontiac (Michigan) and, 154, 155, 156; production decisions and, 13–14; racism and, 8–9; research lack and, 14; San Francisco Board of Education and, 168; school desegregation and, 11, 14, 46–48, 156, 192; segregation policies and, 10–11; Smothers, Clay and, 188; South Boston, Charlestown and, 193, 200–204; “Southern Perspective on School Busing in Boston, A,” 206; violence and, 196; white backlash and, 144; women and, 247n9. See also ABC (American Broadcasting Company); Boston; CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System); NBC (National Broadcasting Company); network news; news media

Tennessee, 35–36, 52, 110–11, 125, 149, 158, 161, 166, 179, 185

Texas: Austin School Board, 131–32; black student suspension rates and, 179; Boston busing and, 205; Dallas, 13, 149, 179, 205; McCabe, Irene and, 149; Nixon, Richard and, 120, 131–32; Tower, John, 118–19, 132; violence and, 35–36. See also Johnson, Lyndon

Theobold, John J., 41

Thomas, Clarence, 111

Thurmond, Strom, 26, 102, 103, 118–120, 121, 123

Time (magazine), 83

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 137

Title IV (Civil Rights Act) (1964), 4, 28, 51, 111

Title VI (Civil Rights Act): antibusing amendments and, 97; Chicago and, 15–16, 54–56, 65–70, 117; federal enforcement of, 98; Federal funds denial and the, 230n49; northern vs. southern civil rights and, 65–66, 69; school segregation and, 15

“Title VI: Southern Education Faces the Facts” (Saturday Review), 55

Tower, John, 118–19, 132

Trilling, Leon, 90

truth squad mothers, 58, 144

Tucker, Charles, Jr., 155

Tucker, Lem, 196

TV Guide (magazine), 116, 240n10

two-way busing, 90, 203

United Concerned Citizens of America (UCCA), 185

United Parents Associations of New York City, 31, 43

United Press International (UPI), 14, 159

University of Alabama integration, 207

University of Georgia, 19

University of Mississippi, 106, 207

University of Notre Dame, 2, 111

Urban League. See National Urban League

Urla, Joe, 166

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Boston and the, 190; busing and the, 15, 209; Chicago and the, 63; Coons, John and the, 66; Hesburgh, Theodore and the, 2, 111; Horn, Stephen and the, 5, 209; Kiley, Robert and the, 206; Nixon, Richard and the, 122, 133; school desegregation and the, 209

U.S. Congress: busing and the, 95, 114; civil rights legislation and the, 49; Daley, Richard J. and the, 68; Hauser, Philip and the, 61; mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972) and the, 157, 158, 161, 162; Nixon, Richard and the, 114, 119, 134–35, 136–37, 138fig., 139, 182–83; Reagan, Ronald and the, 211; Title VI (Civil Rights Act) and the, 65; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and the, 97–98. See also antibusing amendments; Civil Rights Act (1964); House Joint Resolution 620 (H.J. Res. 620); individuals

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW): anti-HEW measures and, 96–100; “As We See It” (television) and the, 166; black educators and the, 178; Boston and the, 192, 194–95; Chicago and the, 15–16, 54–56, 65–70, 75, 76, 96, 99, 117; Crestwood High School (Virginia) and the, 176; Johnson, Lyndon and the, 121; Lambda Corporation and the, 137; Nixon, Richard and the, 17, 112–13, 117, 118–19, 120–21, 122, 124, 128–29, 131–32, 139–140; Panetta, Leon and the, 7, 123–24; Quigley, James and the, 66; Richardson, Elliot, 131; school desegregation and the, 15, 176; Title VI (Civil Rights Act) and the, 98; U.S. Department of Justice: Chotin, Arthur and the, 138–39; Finch-Mitchell statement and the, 121; Florida and the, 103; lawyer resignations and the, 114–15, 122, 139, 174; Nixon, Richard and the, 17, 112–13, 114, 117, 121, 122, 124, 128–29, 136, 138–140, 153; Reagan, Ronald and the, 75, 211; school desegregation and the, 211; school district discrimination and the, 124

U.S. House of Representatives, 27, 91, 165, 179, 251n85

U.S. Justice Department. See U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. News and World Report (magazine), 120

U.S. Office of Education, 54, 55, 119, 122

U.S. Supreme Court: Alexander v. Holmes County (1969), 103, 122–23; Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell (1991), 210; CBS v. Democratic National Committee (1973); Freeman v. Pitts (1992), 210; Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (1968), 103; Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver (1973), 128, 153; Kirk, Claude and, 103, 104; Milliken v. Bradley (1974), 17, 118, 140, 153, 210; Missouri v. Jenkins (1995), 210; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the, 121; Nixon, Richard and the, 118, 123, 129–130, 132, 136–37; Parents Involved v. Seattle (2007), 111, 210–11; Rehnquist, William and the, 94; school desegregation and the, 4–5, 119; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971), 129–131, 178; taxpayer rights and the, 26; Thomas, Clarence and the, 111; United Concerned Citizens of America (UCCA) and the, 185. See also Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954); individual Justices

Vanderbilt Television News Archive, 12–13, 19

Vietnam war, 12–13, 116

violence, 35–36, 37, 171, 191, 192, 193, 196, 204

Virginia, 26, 139, 159, 168, 176–77, 178

Volpe, John, 82

voluntary busing, 84, 90, 204, 212, 214n20, 247n9

Wakefield, Floyd, 3

Walker, Jo Ann, 154

Wallace, George: busing and, 95, 114, 135, 164; Florida primary and, 114, 181–83; Kirk, Claude and, 101, 102, 103, 105; Nixon, Richard and, 114, 118, 134, 136; Smothers, Clay and, 186; Willis, Benjamin and, 59–60

Wall Street Journal (newspaper), 19, 33, 238n60

Walsh, Camille, 222n8

Walter J. Brown Media Archives, 19

Washington, Booker T., 177, 185

Washington, D.C., 13, 91, 185

Washington High School (Chicago), 61

Washington Post (newspaper): as author resource, 19; McCabe, Irene and the, 145, 148, 162; on the National Black Political Convention, 181, 182; Nixon, Richard and the, 114–15, 122, 125, 138–39, 174, 184; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) and the, 130; U.S. Department of Justice lawyer resignations and the, 174; on Willis, Benjamin, 68–69

Waterbury (Connecticut), 91

Watergate scandal, 116, 140, 141

WAVE-TV (NBC), 204

Webb v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago (1963), 57–58

W. E. B. DuBois High School, 177

Weinberg, Meyer, 64–65

Westfeldt, Wallace, 10

Westin, Av, 14

West Roxbury (Boston), 193, 203–4

West Virginia, 65–66, 185

White, Kevin, 19, 83

white antibusing protestors, 11–12, 24–26, 46–47, 70–75, 144, 192

white backlash, 4, 17, 28, 48–49, 78, 83, 84–85, 144, 194

white homeowners’ associations, 3–4

white media, 9, 18, 32, 171, 173, 175, 181, 184, 185, 217n41

white mothers, 12, 28, 29, 51, 144, 168. See also McCabe, Irene; mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972); Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City)

whiteness as property, 222n7

white parents: antibusing protestors, 11–12, 24–26, 46–47, 144; Bedford-Stuyvesant rezoning and, 36–37; black communities and, 170–71; vs. black students’ rights, 2, 36, 74, 212; Bogan High School (Chicago) student transfers and, 60–61; Charlotte, Los Angeles decisions and, 124; Chicago and, 58–59, 61, 70–75; Civil Rights Act (1964) and, 52; civil rights movement modeling and, 24–26, 46–47, 144; Glendale-Ridgewood (Queens) (NYC) transfer plan and, 39, 40fig.; Kirk, Claude and, 108; neighborhood schools and, 3, 234n36; New York City and, 3, 34; Nixon, Richard and, 117; Northern Civil Rights Act exemption and, 28. See also antibusing activists; McCabe, Irene; Parents and Taxpayers (PAT) (New York City); white backlash; individual parent groups

white press. See white media

Whitmer, Dana, 147–48

Whitson, Frank, 59–60, 66, 68, 229n27

Whitten, Jamie, 95, 97–98

Whitten amendments, 97–98

Wicker, Tom, 133

Wilkins, Roger, 181, 190, 195

Wilkins, Roy, 115, 119, 120–21, 136

Willeford, George, 132

Williams, Ben, 169

Williams, Harrison, 51

Willis, Benjamin: Chicago Defender (newspaper) and, 59–60; Freedom Day school boycotts and, 62, 63–64; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and, 57; Research Council for the Great Cities Program for School Improvement and, 76; resignation of, 61, 70; school desegregation and, 61, 63–64, 76; school transfers and, 60–61; Title VI (Civil Rights Act) and, 66–67, 68; Washington Post (newspaper) on, 68–69; Webb v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago (1963) and, 58; “Willis Wagons” and, 59

Wilmington (Delaware), 210

Winship, Thomas, 19

WKYC (NBC), 205

WLBT (television), 206

women: antibusing protests and, 152; black mothers, 37, 58, 75, 144, 168, 170; housewife populism and, 250n69; Parents and Taxpayers protest march (NYC) and, 23; white mothers, 12, 28, 29, 51, 144, 168. See also mothers’ march (McCabe) (1972); individual women

Women’s National Press Club, 124

Women’s Strike for Equality, 147

Wood, Clifton, 178

Woodlawn Experimental Schools Project (Chicago), 178

Woodlawn Organization (Chicago), 58, 59, 144

WTHR-TV (NBC), 205–6

WTTW (television), 166

Young, Whitney, 173

Ziegler, Ronald, 121, 123, 130, 132, 134

Zuber, Paul, 37, 38–39, 57–58