At Canaan's Edge (116 page)

“I think it's outrageous what's on TV”: LBJ phone call with Bill Moyers, March 8, 1965, Cit. 7044, Audiotape WH6503.04, LBJ.

For the remainder of a long hard night: Garrow,
Protest,
pp. 85–86; Garrow,
Bearing,
pp. 400–403; Forman,
Sammy Younge,
pp. 77–78; Young,
Burden,
pp. 359–60; Abernathy,
Walls,
pp. 335–37.

“too deeply committed”: Louis Martin to Marvin Watson, March 8, 1965, Ex HU2/ST1, FG135, LBJ.

About two o'clock Tuesday morning: SAC, Mobile, to Director, 2:51
A.M.
, CST, March 9, 1965, FDCA-479.

“have his heart”: Int. Harry Wachtel, Nov. 29, 1983.

tenderfoot church elders could not walk far: New York LHM dated March 11, 1965, FK-NR.

agents gleaned from wiretapped conference calls: Rosen to Belmont, March 9, 1965, FDCA-491.

coming to rest in King's own private office: Judy Upham oral history dated January 6, 1966, pp. 15–16, JDC.

dozed in the Hertz rental office: Howlett,
Greater,
p. 200.

“What happened with Martin Luther King?”: LBJ phone call with Bill Moyers, 7:33
A.M.
, March 9, 1965, Cit. 7045, Audiotape WH6503.04, LBJ.

Collins landed at Craig Air Force Base: Wagy,
Governor,
p. 183.

“a man from the President”: Int. Jean Jackson, May 27, 1990.

7: DEVIL'S CHOICE

PAGE

the bed collapsed under a conclave: Int. Jean Jackson, May 27, 1990.

King sat at the dining room table: Ibid. Also Abernathy,
Walls,
pp. 336–39; Garrow,
Protest,
pp. 85–86.

Like Katzenbach, Doar privately agreed with King's lawyers: Int. Nicholas Katzenbach, June 14, 1991; int. John Doar, May 12, 1986.

“This is a
federal
order”: Westin and Mahoney,
Trial,
p. 172.

Doar was a pioneer of tenacity: Branch,
Parting,
pp. 331–35, 647–72, 825–27.

discomfited government lawyers as overwrought: Sikora,
Judge,
p. 196; int. Nicholas Katzenbach, June 14, 1991.

“But Mr. Attorney General”: Garrow,
Bearing,
p. 402.

“You're talking to the wrong people”: Int. Fred Shuttlesworth, March 9, 1999.

worse than improper for Collins to tinker: Int. Nicholas Katzenbach, June 14, 1991; int. John Doar, May 12, 1986.

“I don't believe you can get”: Garrow,
Bearing,
p. 402.

“ominously quiet, oppressively tense”: Martin E. Marty, “Selma: Sustaining the Momentum,”
Christian Century,
March 24, 1965, p. 358.

floor of the maternity ward: Friedland,
Lift Up,
p. 124.

asking for autographs: Statement of Barbara Krasner, March 18, 1965, A/SN94.

“coolest cats in town”: Andrew Kopkind, “Selma,”
New Republic,
March 20, 1965, p. 7.

“it ain't gonna be our women”: Howlett,
Greater,
p. 201.

cushion the expected licks: Int. Willie (Ricks) Mukasa, May 14, 1992.

fanned out to search for Hosea Williams: STJ, March 9, 1965, p. 1.

Judge Johnson signed just before ten o'clock: Johnson signed the restraining order at 9:46
A.M.
, March 9. Mobile LHM dated March 12, 1965, FDCA-565, p. 8.

“numbering between two thousand”: SAC, Mobile, to Director, March 9, 1965, FDCA-504.

“Injunctions aren't legal”: STJ, March 9, 1965, p. 1.

“As far as I'm concerned”: Wofford,
Kennedys and Kings,
p. 181.

“heavy responsibility deliberately to break the law”: Howlett,
Greater,
p. 204.

Willie Ricks of SNCC climbed the steps: Int. Ivanhoe Donaldson, Nov. 30, 2000; int. Willie (Ricks) Mukasa, May 14, 1992; Sellers,
River,
p. 123.

“Do you think people really would?”: Wofford,
Kennedys and Kings,
p. 181.

estimated eight hundred travelers:
Jet,
March 25, 1965, p. 23.

a SNCC delegation that pressed arguments: Int. Fay Bellamy, Oct. 29, 1991; int. Cleveland Sellers, Dec. 14, 1983; int. James Forman, Feb. 13, 2001.

discharged passengers at an open field: Judy Upham oral history dated January 6, 1966, p. 17, JDC.

advice not to hamper his defense by specifying his intentions: New York LHM dated March 11, 1965, FK-NR; Greenberg,
Crusaders,
p. 357; Westin,
Trial,
pp. 57–59, 173; int. Harry Wachtel, Nov. 29, 1983.

“an unruly mob”: NYT, March 10, 1965, p. 22.

five times around the Detroit federal building: NYT, March 10, 1965, p. 1; Fager,
Selma, 1965,
p. 106.

picketed a New York City FBI office: STJ, March 10, 1965, p. 2.

“Johnson Is Goldwater in Disguise”: NYT, March 10, 1965, p. 22.

strategy talks on education: PDD, March 9, 1965, pp. 1–2, LBJ.

“Good Lord, Mr. President”: Richard B. Stolley, “The Nation Surges to Join the Negro on His March,”
Life,
March 26, 1965, p. 34.

wandered off in search of a candy bar: Judy Upham oral history dated January 6, 1966, p. 18, JDC.

“Almighty God, thou has called us”: MLK prayer of March 9, 1965, transcribed by “SJE,” A/KS.

“a great rustling”: NYT, March 10, 1965, p. 22.

At 2:17
P.M.
, as recorded by FBI observers: SAC, Mobile, to Director, March 9, 1965, FDCA-504.

“You son of a bitch!”: NYT, March 10, 1965, p. 22.

crudely drawn street map he handed to King: King, “Behind the Selma March,”
Saturday Review,
April 3, 1965, p. 57.

“I'll do my best”: Wagy,
Governor,
p. 186; Abernathy,
Walls,
p. 339.

“This cause is now submitted”: NYT, March 10, 1965, p. 22.

“I am aware of the order”: Fager,
Selma, 1965,
p. 103; STJ, March 10, 1965, p. 2.

“ignored” the court order: SAC, Mobile, to Director, March 9, 1965, FDCA-504.

five hundred Alabama troopers: STJ, March 9, 1965, p. 2.

six ambulances poised in the rear:
Jet,
March 25, 1965, p. 24.

A few skeptics stood on lookout near the front: Int. Fay Bellamy, Oct. 29, 1991.

“We're at the critical moment”: Wagy,
Governor,
p. 187.

“What's that applause?”: STJ, March 10, 1965, p. 1.

on the arm of Rev. Farley Wheelwright: NYT, March 10, 1965, p. 22.

psychiatrist Belinda Strait: NYT, March 8, 1965, p. 20; BAA, March 20, 1965, p. 3;
Jet,
March 25, 1965, p. 48.

open line to Governor Wallace: Garrow,
Bearing,
p. 404.

the way to Montgomery lay open: Fager,
Selma, 1965,
p. 104.

“We will go back to the church now!”: Int. Fay Bellamy, Oct. 29, 1991; Wofford,
Kennedys and Kings,
p. 183.

Governor Collins remained petrified: (“I was standing right there, and I didn't know who was going to double cross me.”) LeRoy Collins int. by Joe B. Frantz, Nov. 15, 1972, p. 32, LBJ.

“Now I'm sure”: STJ, March 10, 1965, p. 1.

Katzenbach called the White House: Wagy,
Governor,
p. 188.

King retreated at 3:09
P.M.
: SAC, Mobile, to Director, March 9, 1965, FDCA-504, p. 3.

“If I hadn't done anything else”: LeRoy Collins interview by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries, May 19, 1975, Series A-49, Collection 4007, UNC.

“Now I want to think”: STJ, March 10, 1965, p. 1.

“Thank you, Lord”: Wofford,
Kennedys and Kings,
p. 183.

cried fitfully over a U-turn: Int. Edwin King, June 26, 1992.

fretted about treachery and betrayal: Int. Cleveland Sellers, Dec. 14, 1983; int. Willie (Ricks) Mukasa, May 14, 1992; int. Fay Bellamy, Oct. 29, 1991; int. Silas Norman, June 28, 2000; int. Ivanhoe Donaldson, Nov. 30, 2000; int. James Forman, Feb. 13, 2001; Fager,
Selma, 1965,
p. 105; Lewis,
Walls,
p. 334.

Ricks and others launched: Ibid. Also Webb and Nelson,
Selma, Lord, Selma,
p. 110.

“Well, crud”: Judy Upham oral history dated January 6, 1966, pp. 19–20, JDC.

first Episcopal bishop, James Pike of California: Ibid. Also transcript of John B. Morris tape, “The Saga of Selma,” p. 3, JDC.

two new planeloads of clergy: Mobile LHM dated March 12, 1965, FDCA-565, p. 12.

“the greatest demonstration for freedom”: “Selma: ‘Ain't Gonnas Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round,'”
New Republic,
March 20, 1965, p. 7.

“Why didn't we just sit down”: Wofford,
Kennedys and Kings,
pp. 184–85.

“I've paid my dues in Selma”: Ibid. Also statement of Barbara Krasner, March 18, 1965, A/SN94.

senior seminarians caught rides: Judy Upham oral history dated January 6, 1966, p. 21, JDC. 79 upward of fifty Unitarians: Mendelsohn,
Martyrs,
p. 167.

“Do you prefer to eat”: Howlett,
Greater,
p. 208.

“Imagine a Harvard theologian”:
Jet,
March 25, 1965, pp. 26–29.

much relieved about Selma: Johnson,
Diary,
p. 250.

Metropolitan Club was strictly segregated: Jack Valenti to LBJ, March 9, 1965, WHCF, Box 56, LBJ.

ninth of ten war briefings: PDD, March 9, 1965, LBJ.

“there are no tricks in it”: Transcript of recorded congressional reception, March 9, 1965, Congressional Briefings on Vietnam, Box 1, LBJ, p. 1.

“about 150 have proven to be Vietcong”: Ibid., p. 16.

“you just got one President”: Ibid., p. 19.

Unitarian ministers emerged from Walker's Café: Mendelsohn,
Martyrs,
pp. 168–70; Howlett,
Greater,
pp. 210–13;
Jet,
March 25, 1965, pp. 26–29; Clark Olsen, “The Longest March,”
UU World,
May–June 2001.

Diane Nash called a doctor: Ibid.

Reeb spoiled X-rays: Margaret Hatch, “Report on Burwell Infirmary, Selma, Alabama,” May 11, 1965, p. 2, RSP1.

Reeb vomited and lapsed into unconsciousness: Ibid. Also Mendelsohn,
Martyrs,
p. 170.

his own Piper Cub: Chestnut and Cass,
Black,
pp. 139–41.

“They came here from other sections”: MLK statement of March 9, 1965 [mislabeled March 10, 1965], “Brutal Beating of Three White Ministers,” A/KS.

he surrendered the pulpit at 10:30
P.M.
: Mobile LHM dated March 12, 1965, FDCA-565, p. 12.

Judith Upham and Jonathan Daniels: Judy Upham oral history dated January 6, 1966, pp. 21–22, JDC.

8: THE GHOST OF LINCOLN

“a squat figure in blue jeans”: “Nuns at Selma,”
America,
April 3, 1965, p. 455.

“We are testifying”: NYT, March 11, 1965, p. 21.

“If nonviolence can work in Alabama”: “What Lies Beyond Selma,” WS, March 16, 1965, cited in
Congressional Record,
March 17, 1965, p. H-5304.

At 12:47
P.M.
, Rev. L. L. Anderson led: Mobile LHM dated March 12, 1965, FDCA-565, p. 13.

“You can make all the statements you want”: Int. L. L. Anderson, May 27, 1990; Warren Hinckle and David Welsh, “Five Battles of Selma,”
Ramparts,
June 1965, p. 32.

more than thirty speakers stepped forward: “Nuns at Selma,”
America,
April 3, 1965, pp. 454–56.

radio station KMOX: Ibid. Also
America,
March 27, 1965, p. 411.

Ralph Abernathy announced at dusk: Mobile LHM dated March 12, 1965, FDCA-565, p. 14; WATS report, March 10, 1965, Reel 15, SNCC.