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Authors: Taylor Branch

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humility of

idealism of

impatience of

inscrutability of

intellectuality of

job-hunting trips of

leadership of

maturity of

melancholy of

moral standards of

music studies of

name change of

nicknames of

optimism of

oratory skills of

passion of

patience of

perjury charges against

perjury trial of

personableness of

Ph.D. dissertation of

physical appearance of

physical attacks on

pool played by

popularity of

pragmatism of

prestige sought by

public media applications of

questioning nature of

romances of

security provided for

self-consciousness of

as self-effacing

sermonizing style of

shotgun fired into home of

shyness of

skepticism of

social life of

stateliness of

steadiness of

stubbornness of

suicide attempts of

threats on life of

transcendental religious experiences of

trial sermons delivered by

vacations taken by

weaknesses of

wedding of

wit of

King, Martin Luther, Sr. (father)

Albany Movement and

Alberta King courted by

Alberta King's first meetings with

in Atlanta boycott negotiations

Atlanta student movement and

autobiography of

background of

Birmingham campaign and

bombing of M. L. King, Jr.'s house and

Borders and

in break with NBC

Ebenezer finances reorganized by

Freedom Rides and

Gone With the Wind
opening and

Jackson and

leadership ability of

Levison's relationship with

married life of

M. L. King, Jr.'s arrests and

M. L. King, Jr.'s Dexter call and

M. L. King, Jr.'s education and

M. L. King, Jr.'s finances and

M. L. King, Jr.'s job hunt and

M. L. King, Jr.'s moral standards and

M. L. King, Jr.'s popularity and

M. L. King, Jr.'s relationship with

M. L. King, Jr.'s return to Atlanta and

M. L. King, Jr.'s romances and

M. L. King, Jr.'s sermonizing style and

M. L. King, Jr.'s trial sermons and

M. L. King, Jr.'s wedding and

Montgomery bus boycott and

Morehouse financial crisis and

mother-in-law's death and

name changed by

nicknames of

1960 elections and

pastoral authority of

political ventures of

race issues and

reputation of

shotgun fired into M. L. King, Jr.'s house and

success pursued by

trips abroad of

King, Martin Luther, III (son)

King, Naomi (sister-in-law)

King, Preston

King, Slater

Albany Movement criticized by

Albany Movement indictments and

at Albany Movement mass meetings

arrests and imprisonments of

beating of

Marion King's beating and

Ware case and

King, Yolanda Denise “Yoki” (daughter)

birth of

bombing of home of

Montgomery bus boycott and

Kingdom of Heaven Is Within You, The
(Tolstoy)

King's Inn, King and Belafonte refused service at

Kingston Baptist Church

Kirkland, Joseph

kitchen debate

kneel-ins

Knowland, William

Knox, Preacher

Koenigsdorf, Richard H.

Koestler, Arthur

Koinania Farm

Korean War

Kress, sit-in at

Krystal, The, sit-in at

Ku Klux Klan

Atlanta student pickets opposed by

Birmingham campaign and

federal restraining order against

Freedom Rides and

Freedom Walks and

King's life threatened by

Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss and

Montgomery march of

Moose Club Park Rally of

voter registration and

Kunstler, Lotte

SCLC fund-raiser of

Kunstler, William

on Second Emancipation Proclamation

Kyle, Keith

 

Labor Department, U.S.

Ladder Sermons

Lafayette, Bernard

Lafayette, Marquis de

Lahey Clinic

Lake, Clancy

Lamar, Lucius

Lancaster, Burt

Lancaster, Norma

Langford, Charles

Lao-tze

Lawford, Patricia Kennedy

Lawford, Peter

Lawless Memorial University Chapel

Lawrence, David

Lawson, James

Albany Movement and

Birmingham campaign and

Freedom Rides and

imprisonments of

jail, no bail speech of

King's first meeting with

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” and

Montgomery bus boycott and

nonviolent workshops of

sit-in movement and

voter registration and

Wilkins's criticisms of

Lazarus and Dives, parable of

Leadbelly

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,”

Lee, Bernard “Jelly,”

Albany Movement and

Birmingham campaign and

Birmingham riots and

Freedom Rides and

imprisonment of

on People-to-People tours

in sit-in movement

Lee, Herbert:

murder of

voter registration and

Lee, Mrs. Herbert

Lee, Robert E.

Lee County, Ga.

Lee County Movement

LeFlore County, Miss.

food relief assistance in

voter registration in

Lenin, V. I.

Lenud, Philip

Leonardo da Vinci

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (King)

Carpenter's reaction to

public acclaim of

writing of

Levison, Andy

Levison, Stanley

alleged espionage activities of

Birmingham campaign and

Birmingham youth marches and

Communist Party background of

on criticism of King

Crusade for Citizenship and

direct-mail operation of

Ecuador vacation of

FBI investigations of

Freedom Rides and

“I Have A Dream” speech praised by

on J. F. Kennedy's civil rights address

J. F. Kennedy's funeral and

on J. F. Kennedy's Supreme Court appointments

King-Eisenhower meeting and

King-Nixon meeting and

at King-R. Kennedy meeting

King's AFL-CIO speech written by

King's book on Birmingham and

King's break with

King's imprisonments and

King's relationship with

King's return to Atlanta and

King's tax indictment and

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” and

March on Washington and

on NAACP antagonism toward King

1960 elections and

O'Dell's alleged Communist ties and

Prayer Pilgrimage and

proposed presecution of

on Rockefeller's Emancipation celebration invitation

Senate appearances of

Sullivan
case and

telegrams to Eisenhower drafted by

Wachtel and

Walker and

on Young

Levy, Moe

Lewis, Ike

Lewis, John

Albany Nine and

Americus sedition case and

arrests and imprisonments of

background of

Birmingham church bombings and

in Freedom Ride project

at Highlander

March on Washington and

on Moore's murder

movie theaters picketed by

nonviolent training of

SCLC appointment of

sit-in movement and

suit to enroll at Troy State of

voter registration work of

Lewis, Rufus

Montgomery bus boycott and

Lewisburg Penitentiary

Lewis Elementary School

Libby Holman Reynolds Foundation

liberalism

classical

Liberation

Liberty Baptist Church

Life

“Life Is What You Make It” (Fosdick)

Liftman, Gloria

Lillard, Leo

Lincoln, Abraham

Emancipation Proclamation of

Lincoln, Evelyn

Lincoln's Birthday, White House reception for Negro leaders on

Lindsay, Jake

Lingo, Al:

Birmingham church bombings and

Birmingham riots and

Lippman, Walter

Liston, Sonny

Little Rock crisis

“Little Song, The,”

Little Union Baptist Church

Locke, John

Lloyd George, David

Lodge, Henry Cabot, vice-presidential campaign of

Loe, Judge

Lollobrigida, Gina

London
Daily Sketch

London
Economist

Looby, Alexander

“Lord, I Just Can't Turn Back” (Williams)

Lord, Walter

“Lord's Prayer, The,”

Louisiana, SCLC registration drive in

Louisville Civic Auditorium

love, King on

“Love Lifted Me,”

Loveman's

Lowell, James Russel

Lowery, Joseph:

Birmingham campaign and

libel suit against

Luccock, Hartfort

Luce, Henry

Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti)

Lucy, Autherine, University of Alabama suspension of

Ludlow massacre

Luke, Gospel according to Saint

Lumumba, Patrice

Luther, Martin

Luthuli, Albert

Lynching Letter

lynchings:

FBI investigations of

in Monroe

NAACP drive for legislation against

of Parker

of Till

Truman's legislation on

Lynd, Staughton

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