Lucas, Louis, 56
MacDonald, J. C., 76
Manire, James, 60
marital infidelity, 117, 120–21, 129–31
Marks, Mississippi, 12–13
martyrdom, 161
Mason Temple (Memphis): decision not to speak at rally at, 81–83; first rally at, 36; late-night dinner after rally at, 117–18; media coverage at, 82–83, 102–3; meeting at, 35–37; speech by MLK at, 107–15; summoning MLK to speak at, 99–105; turnout at, 99–100
massive civil disobedience, 8, 70, 145, 166
Matthews, Tarlese, 25–26, 54
McCarthy, Eugene, 8
McCollough, Marrell, 76–77, 135, 138
McDonald, Dora, 142
McGrory, Mary, 109
McRae, Frank, 40, 41, 42–43, 46, 57, 100
media coverage at Mason Temple rally, 82–83, 102–3
Medrano, Manuela Aguirre, 95
Memphis: background of strike in, 15–21; black police officers in, 28; damage control in, 11–12; desegregation of, 3, 16, 25–26, 43, 57, 61; as detour from Poor People’s Campaign planning, 7–14; early years of, 41; first pro-strike march in, 2, 3, 10, 36; history of race relations in, 3; invitation to speak in, 31–37; MLK’s knowledge and understanding of, 55; motto of, 41; NAACP in, 39–40; vs. other Southern cities, 40; participants expected at second march in, 53; plans for second pro-strike march in, 3; police response to rioting in, 26; segregation in, 41–42; self-image of, 39, 41; slave trade in, 41; state of city after rioting in, 24
Memphis Bar Association, desegregation of, 61
Memphis Civitan Club, 43
Memphis Country Club, 61
Memphis Department of Public Works, 18, 20, sewer and drain workers of, 19
Memphis police: arrival at scene of shooting, 158; death threats received by, 75; Inspectional Division of, 76; misconduct by, 78; security provided by, 73–79
Memphis Press-Scimitar (newspaper) on planned second march, 55
Memphis Zoo, desegregation of, 25–26
Meredith, James, 78
metaphors in speeches, 111
Miami, police security in, 77
migraine headaches, 82
minimum income, guaranteed, 86, 165–66
mission creep, 34
Mississippi, Poor People’s Campaign in, 12–13
Montgomery, Alabama, bombing of MLK house in, 112–13, 126, bus boycott of, 1, 103, 108, 120, 163
Montgomery, Ben, 119
Montgomery, Frances, 119
Morehouse College, 161–62
Mountaintop Speech, see Mason Temple, speech by MLK at
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. (Coretta King), 126
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 5, 15–16, 27, 32, 39–40
National Guard, 24
nationalization of industry, 162
National Urban League, 34
Nation of Islam, 146
natural law defense, 63
Newark, rioting in, 9
New Rebel Motor Hotel (Memphis), 89–90, 97
Nineteenth Century Club (Memphis), 24
Nobel Peace Prize, 5, 83, 104, 129, 165
nonviolence: Black Power militants and, 5, 9, 137–39; and the Invaders, 70–71, 133, 134, 136–37; in Mason Temple speech, 109; police security and, 75; and Poor People’s Campaign, 10, 143; reputation for, 4, 12; and street gangs of Chicago, 66; training in, 134
Oates, Stephen, 51, 66, 77
Operation Breadbasket, 50, 55–56, 146, 156, 171
Orange, James: at Centenary Church meeting, 56; at death of MLK, 155–56; and injunction, 60; and the Invaders, 50, 67, 135; at Lorraine motel, 49; return to Memphis of, 13
Paisley, Joseph, 20
parables, 110–11, 112–14
Paul VI (Pope), 165
Payne, Larry, 102
Petroleum Club, 24
police brutality, 78
police security: absence after first day of, 73–79; at airport, 25, 26, 28; at Centenary Church, 54; death threats in Memphis and, 74; declined offers of, 74–75; and fatalism, 74–75; during MLK’s 1966 visit to Memphis, 78–79; and MLK’s fear for safety, 73–75; and nonviolence, 75; in other cities, 77
Polk, James K., 61
Poor People’s Campaign: Black Power and, 10, 66, 70, 165; end of, 171; ethnic diversity in, 11; fundraising for, 143–45; Marian Logan on, 83–88; Memphis strike as detour from, 2, 7–14, 27, 34–35; Memphis strike as intended to advance, 10–11; national steering committee of, 13; nonviolence and, 143; opposition to, 3, 5, 145–46; plans for, 7–8, 11; recruiting volunteers for, 11–13, 143–45; and revolutionary ideology, 165–66; and rioting, 165; and scope of purpose of MLK, 165–66; in sermon at Washington National Cathedral, 7; and socialism, 165–66; support for, 144
Posner, Gerald, 91
poverty: shift from racial segregation to, 10, 11; war on, 86
Powell, Adam Clayton, 4
Powers, James, 170
“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” (song), 156
Presley, Elvis, 24
Pritchett, Laurie, 77
public speaking by MLK, 108, 109, 111
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 95
Quitman County, Mississippi, 12–13
racial discrimination in Memphis, 15–16, 19–20
racial segregation: in Memphis, 16, 41–42; shift to poverty from, 10, 11
Rainbow/PUSH, 171
Ray, Earl, 92
Ray, George “Speedy,” 90–92
Ray, James Earl, 89–97, 149–54; aliases of, 90, 94, 96, 97, 151; appearance of, 90; arrest and imprisonment of, 169; arrival in Memphis of, 89–90, 97; binoculars purchase by, 151–52; childhood of, 90–92; criminal life of, 92–95; death of, 169; escape from prison by, 94; hatred of blacks by, 95; jobs held by, 92, 93; in Los Angeles, 95; in Mexico, 95; military service of, 92; rifle purchase by, 96–97; schooling of, 91, 93; siblings of, 91–92; stalking of MLK by, 96–97; surveillance of Lorraine Motel by, 149–54
Ray, Lucille (Ceal), 90–92
Redditt, Edward: at airport arrival, 25, 26, 28; arrival at Lorraine Motel of, 47; continued surveillance on second day by, 76; during second afternoon, 141; on security detail during 1966 MLK visit to Memphis, 79; surveillance post of, 54–55
redemption, 164–67
religious motifs, 110–11, 112–14
Reuther, Walter, 101
revolutionary ideology, 165–66
rhetorical devices, 108–9, 111
Richmond, Willie: at airport arrival, 25, 26, 28; alerting police to shooting by, 158; arrival at Lorraine Motel of, 47; continued surveillance on second day by, 76; during second afternoon, 141; subsequent life of, 170; surveillance post of, 54–55
rioting: conference in Miami on prevention of, 31; during first march in support of strike, 2, 4; and the Invaders, 66–67, 122, 136, 138; police response to, 26; Poor People’s Campaign and, 165; response of mayor to, 24; in Watts, Newark, and Detroit, 9, 10, 86
Riverside Church (New York), 10, 158, 162
Robinson, Jackie, 120
Rogers, Taylor, 15, 18, 20, 100
Rotary Club, 43
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 111
Rustin, Bayard, 32
Rutherford, William, 144, 145
sacrifice, 164
sanitation workers. See garbage workers
Schultz, William, 28
SCLC. See Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Seabrook Wallpaper (Memphis), 152
Selma, Alabama, 45, 96, 136
sexism in civil rights movement, 128
sharecroppers, 16–17
slave trade in Memphis, 41
sleep deficit, 82
smear campaign by FBI, 145–46
Smith, Coby, 68–69
Smith, Donald, 25, 28, 47, 54, 75
Smith, John Burl, 49, 68, 69, 70
Smith, Maxine, 40, 78, 162
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), 68–69, 70, 128, 137
social gospel, 163
socialism, 86–88, 162–63, 165–66
soul food, 135–36, 147
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC): argument with Marian Logan over agenda of, 83–88; and economic justice, 11;
