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false reports about
families of
and FBI, see FBI
first alarms about
funerals of
hoax assumed by locals
and the Klan
and media
memories of
murder of
murder trials about
photos of
rumors of murder
search for
station wagon of
suspects in case of
as symbol
witnesses’ stories about
Till, Emmett:
memory of
murder of
Tillinghast, Holly
Tillinghast, Muriel:
building courage
family background of
fears of
and Freedom Day
and Greenville office
influence of
in later years
and Non-Violent Action Group (NAG)
and SNCC politics
traveling south
in volunteer training
Tobis, Heather
Today (TV)
Toliver, Gladys
Tolkien, J. R. R., Fellowship of the Ring
“Too Many Martyrs”
Touré, Sékou
Travis, Brenda
Travis, Jimmie
Truth, Sojourner
Tubman, Harriet
Tullahoma Hardshells
Turnbow, Hartman
Turnbow, “Sweets”
United Auto Workers
United Farmworkers of America
University of California at Berkeley
Vardaman, James K.
Vicksburg, Mississippi:
Civil War battle in
Freedom House in
King’s visit to
Miss Mississippi pageant in
violence in
Vicksburg Post
Vietnam War
Village Voice
volunteers:
arrests of
black vs. white
books read by
changed lives of
in community centers
and Democratic Convention
disillusionment of
fears of
and first day of Freedom Summer
and Fourth of July
hate stares directed at
hospitality toward
and host families
idealism of
interviews of
as invaders
in later years
leaving
and legislation
letters home
media interviews of
numbers of
at Ole Miss
parents of
plea for federal protection of
praise for
radio network for
recruitment of
returning home
reunions of
risks assumed by
settling in
and sex
“sharing the terror”
staying on
as teachers
threats against
training of
traveling south
violence against
for voter registration
wearing out their welcome
as writers
see also specific volunteers
voter registration
classes for
on Freedom Days
for Freedom Democrats
lawsuits filed
at night
numbers of
obstacles to
post-World War II
repeated attempts for
resistance to
successes of
and violence
volunteer work on
voting rights
congressional challenge to
denied to blacks
and Reconstruction
and Supreme Court
Voting Rights Act (1965)
“Wade in the Water”
Wallace, George
Wall Street Journal
War for Southern Independence (Civil War)
Warren, Earl
Washington, Booker T.
Washington Post
Waters, Muddy
Watkins, Hollis
Weaver, Claude
“Wednesdays in Mississippi”
“We’ll Never Turn Back”
Welty, Eudora
“We Shall Overcome”
Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio
Wetmore, Linda
“What a Beautiful City”
White Citizens’ Councils
White Folks Project
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi
“Whites Only” signs
Wilkins, Roy
Williams, Chris
attacks on
and COFO
and Democratic Convention
on first day of Freedom Summer
and host families
in later years
letters home
and media stories
and Penny
personal traits of
settling in
threats against
in training program
traveling south
volunteering for Freedom Summer
and voter registration
Williams, Jean
Williams, Myrlie Evers
Williams, Roosevelt (fict.)
Williams, Rosa Lee
Williams, Tennessee
Winn, Fred:
carpentry work of
decision to stay in Mississippi
in Indianola
in later years
letters home from
marriages of
memories of
name changed by
and nights
in San Francisco
in Shaw, Mississippi
writing his will
women’s movement
Woodward. Vann
Wright, Richard
Black Boy
Yancey, Wayne
Young, Andrew
Zellner, Bob
Zinn, Howard
Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint excerpts from the following copyrighted works:
“A Change Is Gonna Come,” words and music by Sam Cooke. © 1964 (renewed) ABKCO Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
“They Say That Freedom Is a Constant Sruggle” by Guy and Candie Carawan and “We’ll Never Turn Back” by Bertha Gober from Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs by Guy and Candie Carawan, published by NewSouth Books (2008).