Negroes and the Gun (75 page)

Indian Removal Act,
128
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129

International Order of Twelve of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor,
59

Isaiah Thomas,
300

Jackson, Andrew (escaped slave),
58

Jackson, Andrew (president),
128

Jackson, Jessie,
282
,
285

Jackson, John,
252

Jackson, Maynard Holbrook,
285

Jackson, Mississippi,
219
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239
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240
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245
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252
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266

Jackson, Rev. Y. D.,
272

Jackson, Robert,
47

Jackson Daily News
,
219

Jacksonville, Florida,
109
,
111
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112
,
191

Jacobs, Elmo,
274

Jefferson, George L.,
218

Jefferson, Ohio,
40

Jefferson County, Georgia,
113

Jenkins, Bee,
247

Jenkins, Sandy,
34

Jessup, Maj. Gen. Thomas Sidney,
128

Jet
(magazine),
251
,
280
,
282

Jim Crow,
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105
,
118
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163
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187
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188
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218
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236
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288
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298

John Eagle,
88

Johnson, Andrew (president),
80
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88
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Johnson, Brit,
141

Johnson, Henry,
59

Johnson, James Weldon,
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183
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193
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201
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202

Johnson, Lyndon B. (president),
286
,
293

Johnson, Milton,
280

Johnson, Mordecia,
157

Johnson, Paul,
241

Johnson, Sydney,
157

Johnson, T. C.,
223

Jones, “Big Ben,”
49

Jonesboro, Louisiana,
267
,
271
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274
,
280

Jonesboro Freedom House,
271

Jonesboro High School,
273

Kelly, “Nigger Jim,” 136

Kansas City American Citizen
,
107

Kansas City Call
,
179

Kansas City News
,
130

Kemper County, Mississippi,
112

Kennard, Willie,
140

Kennedy, John F. (president),
286

Kennett Township, Pennsylvania,
40

Kent County, Maryland,
70

Kentucky,
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55
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110
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156
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158
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167
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215
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245

Kentucky Courier-Journal
,
165

Kentucky Freedman's Bureau,
81

Keystone State.
See
Pennsylvania

Kilgore, Rev. Thomas,
280

Killens, John,
223

King, Coretta,
62

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
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147
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289
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293

King Fisher, Oklahoma Territory,
131
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132

Kirklin, Austry,
222

Kirkpatrick, Fred,
246

Kite, Elijah,
56

Knights of Labor,
114

Knights of the Black Cross,
80

Knights of the White Camellia,
80
,
102

Ku Klux Klan (KKK, a.k.a. Klan),
13
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24
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292
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297

Lagrange, Kentucky,
85

Lake City, South Carolina,
124

Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
39

Langston, Charles,
58

Langston City, Oklahoma Territory,
131

Langston City Herald
,
108
,
131

Lasky County, Arkansas,
114

Lautier, Louis,
27

Lawrence, Carl,
309

Lawrence County, Ohio,
56

Leake County, Mississippi,
248

Lebanon Junction, Kentucky,
167

Lee, Henry,
219

Lee, Herbert,
254

Lee, Rev. George,
28
,
152
,
230

Leflore County, Mississippi,
254

Lenox Avenue Baptist Church,
205

Leon County, Florida,
43

Lesser, Mike,
269

Lever, Constance,
259

Lewis, Anthony,
242

Lewis, Clayton,
238

Lewis, Elder,
85

Lewis, John,
250
–
252

Lexington, Kentucky,
158

Liberator
,
50
,
60

Liberty Insurance Company,
197

Life
(magazine),
23
,
280

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” (song, “Black National Anthem”),
193

Lincoln, Abraham (president),
69
,
72

Lincoln County, New Mexico,
142

Lincoln County Riflemen,
137

Lincoln County War,
137

Linton, Cecil,
172
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173

Little Rock, Arkansas,
227
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231

Little Rock Nine,
227

Littleton Lawrence,
137

Logan, Greenburry,
134
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135

Loguen, Rev. Jermaine,
60

Longview, Texas,
175

Looby, Alexander,
214

Lorraine Motel, Memphis,
265

Los Angeles Times
,
279

Love, Nat (a.k.a. Deadwood Dick),
138

Lowery, Henry,
183

Lowman, Bertha,
183

Lowman, Sam,
183

Luckey, Buss,
139

Lucy, Autherine,
219
,
221

Ludwig, Jens,
251

Lumbee Indians,
23
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24
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146

lynching,
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Lyon County, Kentucky,
165

M-1 Garand rifle,
265
,
276

Mack, Joe,
197

Macksville, Kentucky,
162

Magee, Joe,
212

“Man” (Sylvester Carrier),
191
,
192

Mandingo Tribe,
70

Manly, Alex,
123

Manly, Gov. Charles,
123

Manning, Lauren,
44

March against Fear,
264
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266
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268
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270
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278
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283
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288

Marine Corps,
19

Marion County, Iowa,
57

Marrs, Rev. Elijah,
44
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84
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85

Marshall, Hon. Thurgood,
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293

Martin, William,
195

Mason, William Herbert,
216

Mathies, Aladeine,
199

Mathies, Fleta,
199
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200

Mauney, A. A. (Monroe police chief),
21

Maury County, Tennessee,
90

Maxton, North Carolina,
23

Mayfield, Kentucky,
112

McCabe, Edwin P.,
130

McClellan, Gen. George,
71

McCray, John,
28

McDonald, Otis,
14
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296
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299
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303
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311

McDowell, Calvin,
106
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108

McDowell, Harve,
161

McDowell, Jacob,
161
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163

McElroy, J. B.,
156

McGee, Tempe,
212

McGhee, Laura,
255

McGregor, Rose Anne,
57
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58

McGregor, Tom,
57
–
58

McHenry, William,
60

McKay, Claude,
180

McKeithen, Gov. John,
281

McKinley, William (president),
121

McKinney, Jesse,
101

McKissick, Floyd,
265
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270
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282
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288
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289

McRae, Will,
156

McRoberts, Al,
84

Mead, Kansas,
137

Medlin, Lewis,
25

Meet the Press
,
288
,
293

Memphis, Tennessee,
105
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110
,
118
,
131
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132
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144
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265
,
305

Memphis Free Speech
,
109
–
110

Memphis Ledger
,
109

Menendez, Francisco,
128

Meredith, James,
264
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265
,
288
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290

Meridian, Mississippi,
225

Messenger
,
178
,
180

Metcalf, George,
226

Mexican Joe,
137

Michigan,
175
,
199
,
205
,
218

Michigan Negro Convention,
59

Miller, Kelly (dean),
123

Miller, Richard,
159

Milliken's Bend,
70

Minkslide, Tennessee,
214
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215

Minstrels (Republican faction),
93

Mississippi,
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19
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299
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Mississippi Delta Committee for Better Citizenship,
24
,
307

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,
231
,
247

Mississippi March against Fear.
See
March against Fear

Mississippi National Guard,
114

Mississippi State Conference of NAACP Branches,
242

Mississippi Supreme Court,
185
–
186

Missouri,
36
,
51
,
60

Mohammed, Elijah,
282

mongrelization.
See
amalgamation

Monroe, Louisiana,
227

Monroe, North Carolina,
17
,
230
,
256