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, February 8, 1962.

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, December 3, 1967.

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. New York: The New Press, 1993.

 

Websites

The King Center,
www.thekingcenter.org

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute,
www.stanford.edu/group/King/liberation_curriculum/resources

The Malcolm X Project at Columbia University,
www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp

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INDEX

 

African Americans.
See also
civil rights movement

employment discrimination
, 58–61
, 63–64
, 76
, 79

genocide of
, 141

housing
, 28–29
, 64–65
, 77

miscegenation legislation
, 164

murders of
, 75
, 87–90
, 132
, 233

segregation of
, 27–28
, 122
, 164
, 174–75
, 224

African Pavilion
, 203

Agony and the Ecstasy, The
(movie)
, 272

Alpert, Robert
, 251
, 252

America Be Seated
(revue)
, 235

American Arts Pavilion
, 235

American-Israel Pavilion
, 204
, 211–15
, 294–95

Animals
, 299–300

anti-American culture
, 129–34

antiobscenity campaigns
, 161–72

Apollo space program
, 47
, 206

Audio-Animatronics
, 53–57

Autofare
, 209

 

Baez, Joan
, 85–86
, 241
, 280

Baldwin, James
, 71–72
, 115
, 132
, 174–75

“Ballot or the Bullet, The” (speech)
, 139–42

Barety, Leon
, 41

Barnes, Henry A.
, 181
, 312

Basil, Amos
, 94

Beame, Abraham
, 271–72
, 275
, 276
, 313

Beatles

albums as time capsule item
, 269

Ali/Clay meeting with
, 127–28

artistic direction
, 301–2
, 326–27

competition
, 298

concerts
, 125–26
, 241–42
, 245
, 302–5
, 310

criticism of
, 133–34

Dylan and
, 124–25
, 242–45
, 280

Goodman, Benny
, i
nterview with
, 241

lyrics
, i
mportance of
, 300

New York arrivals
, 121
, 301

popularity of
, 104–5
, 121–25
, 244
, 298–99

Beckwith, Byron De La
, 75

Belafonte, Harry
, 72
, 85
, 86
, 240

Bel Geddes, Norman
, 237

Belgian Village
, 272

Bennett, George H.
, 64

Berkeley Free Speech Movement
, 172

Bernbach, Doyle Dane
, 13

Bernstein, Leonard
, 98

Bernstein, Sid
, 124
, 302
, 303
, 305

Bikila, Abebe
, 293

Birmingham racial violence
, 69–71
, 87–90
, 176

Black Nationalists
, 136

Bloody Sunday
, 291

Blues for Mr. Charlie
(play)
, 132

boycotts
, 40–41
, 70
, 176
, 177
, 178
, 294

Brazil
, 266

Brig, The
(play/film)
, 166

Brooks, Harvey
, 240

Bruce, Lenny
, 168–71
, 251

Bruno, Jerry
, 84

Brunson, Isaiah
, 175
, 180
, 194

Bryant, C. Farris
, 259

Bunche, Ralph J.
, 58
, 63–64
, 180
, 195
, 235

Bureau of International Expositions (BIE)
, 12–13
, 14–15
, 37–41
, 46
, 203

Burial of the Count of Orgaz, The
(El Greco)
, 210

Burroughs, William S.
, 131

Byrd, Robert
, 221

Byrds
, 280–81

 

Café Au Go Go
, 168–69

Lé Cafe Metro
, 167

Callender, Herbert
, 194

Canaday, John
, 209–10
, 216
, 323

Candy
(Southern)
, 131

Carlino, Joseph
, 12

Carousel of Progress
, 54
, 207

Carter, Al
, 188

Cassady, Neal
, 247

Castro, Fidel
, 6

Catan, Michael
, 188

Catholicism
, 132–33

Chamberlain, Wynn
, 149

Chaney, James
, 219–24
, 226
, 232–33

Chant d'Amour, Un
(film)
, 166–67

Chrysler Pavilion
, 294

Churchill, Winston
, 278

“City in Crisis, A” (
Herald Tribune
series)
, 288

City in History, The
(Mumford)
, 30

Civil Rights Act of 1964
, 108
, 129–30
, 138
, 140
, 142
, 174
, 178
, 182
, 221–22
, 282–83

civil rights movement

Birmingham demonstrations and violence
, 69–71
, 87–90

conflicted philosophies
, 174–75

counterprotests against
, 294

employment discrimination
, 58–61
, 63–64
, 76
, 79
, 175

fair venue for international attention
, 78
, 80
, 81–82

Freedom Summer murders
, 217–24
, 226
, 231–32

growth of
, 61–62

Johnson's address and support of
, 292

Kennedy and politics
, 66–69
, 71–75

leadership of
, 61

legislation, anti-discrimination
, 108
, 129–30
, 138
, 140
, 142
, 174
, 178
, 182
, 221–22
, 282–83

legislation, voting rights
, 292
, 296

militancy
, 175–76
, 324–25

nationwide demonstrations
, 89

New York City demonstrations (
see
New York City civil rights demonstrations)

revolutionary approaches to
, 135–42

riots
, 224–31
, 297
, 324

Selma demonstrations and violence
, 290–91
, 292

university integration
, 68
, 73

urban development and integration
, 62–63
, 64–65

Washington march
, 82–86

Clark, Jim
, 291

Clarke, Gilmore D.
, 120

Clay, Cassius (Muhammad Ali)
, 127–30
, 325

Clay, Lucius D.
, 16

Clearview Expressway
, 43

Cohen, Michael
, 296

Cold War
, 6–7
, 44–45
, 46–47
, 47
, 130

Coleman, John A.
, 277

Collins, Addie Mae
, 88

Collins, Sylvia Porter
, 265

Colonial Park Pool
, 62

Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)
, 51

Committee of Artists' Societies
, 96–98

Committee on Poetry (COP)
, 168

Connor, Eugene “Bull
,” 69–70
, 87–88

CORE (Congress for Racial Equality)

conflicted philosophies
, 175

counterdemonstrations at fair
, 185–86
, 191–94
, 200

counterprotests against
, 294

demonstrations
, 76
, 79–80
, 89
, 226

demonstrations school boycotts
, 177

fair pavilion suggestion
, 79

freeway protests organized by
, 90
, 138
, 160–61
, 178–87
, 191
, 194

Kennedy administration warnings
, 80

leadership
, 61
, 192

militancy of
, 175–76

Mississippi voter registration projects
, 217

Triborough Bridge blockades
, 177–78

Washington march
, 82–86

Costello, Frank
, 31

Countdown Clock
, 91

Crystal Gazing Palace
, 237

Crystal Palace Exhibition (New York, 1853)
, 37

Cuban Missile Crisis
, 6–7
, 45

Cushing, Richard, Cardinal
, 133
, 267

 

Davis, Angela
, 87
, 89

Dead Sea Scrolls
, 212

“Death and Disaster” (Warhol)
, 152–53

Deegan, Thomas J.
, 13
, 15–16
, 32
, 34
, 48
, 257
, 270
, 276
, 315

De Lue, Donald:
Rocket Thrower, The
,
323

“Dem Bolts” (Chrysler Pavilion song)
, 294

Deputy, The
(play)
, 132–33

Dillion, Mary C.
, 125–26

DiSapio, Carmine
, 263

Disney, Walt
, 49–57

Doty, Robert C.
, 112

Douglas, Paul
, 9

Downs, John
, 164–65

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(movie)
, 130–31

Dukes, Nelson C.
, 226

Dylan, Bob

activism
, 110–11
, 115–16

artistic direction
, 116
, 242–43
, 279–81
, 305–7
, 327–28

Beatles and
, 124–25
, 242
, 243–45
, 280

concerts
, 86
, 241
, 242
, 306–9
, 310

lyrics
, i
mportance of
, 300

motorcycle accident and public retreat
, 327

poetry books read by
, 247

 

Eames, Charles
, 205

Eastland, James O.
, 140
, 223–24

East Village
, 109–11
, 165–68

Ecker, Frederick H.
, 27–28

Eisenhower, Dwight D.
, 7
, 13
, 14

Electric Power & Light
, 205

Ellison, Ralph
, 224

Emergency Committee Against the Harassment of Lenny Bruce
, 169–70

employment discrimination
, 58–61
, 63–64
, 76
, 175
, 180

Eros
(magazine)
, 163–64

Eshkol, Levi
, 214

“Eve of Destruction” (song)
, 300

Evers, Medgar
, 66
, 75

Exhibitors Council of Public Relations Subcommittee
, 268–69

Expo ‘67 (Montreal)
, 188
, 203
, 323

Exposition Universelle (Paris, 1867)
, 42

Exposition Universelle (Paris, 1889)
, 3

 

“Fair, the City, and Its Critics, The” (Moses, R.)
, 264

Farmer, James L., Fr.

background
, 192

CORE leadership
, 61
, 192

demonstrations
, 79
, 80
, 89
, 185–86
, 191–94
, 200

Freedom Summer murders
, 219
, 223

knifes as evidence strategies
, 226

Malcolm X meeting with
, 138

principles of
, 174
, 175

riot control attempts
, 227–28

stall-in plan response
, 180
, 182
, 183
, 185–86

Felury, John J.
, 184

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
, 167–68
, 325

Ferris wheels
, 4
, 205

Film-Makers' Cooperative
, 166

Fire Next Time, The
(Baldwin)
, 71–72

Flaming Creatures
(film)
, 165
, 167

Florida Pavilion
, 195
, 259

Flushing Meadow Park (
renamed
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park)

baseball stadiums in
, 14
, 30
, 43
, 103–4

development of
, 26
, 42–43
, 238
, 258
, 322–23

fair buildings as permanent structures at
, 102

as fair location
, 13–14
, 26–27

as fair main attraction
, 43

historical moments at
, 204

rechristening ceremonies
, 322

folk-rock music
, 300–301

Ford Motor Company
, 53–54
, 205

Ford Mustang (car)
, 53–54
, 205

Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
, 241
, 272
, 307–9

Forman, James
, 115

Fortas, Abe
, 167

Fort Worth Frontier Centennial Exposition (1936)
, 236

Franco, Francisco
, 46
, 203
, 277

Freedom Summer
, 217–24
, 226
, 231–32

French Pavilion
, 235

Fulbright, J. William
, 6
, 7
, 13
, 61

Futurama
, 29–30
, 178
, 205
, 237
, 263