Part 46 (2/2)

”I will go to any state”: ”Nixon in the South, Bids GOP Drop Race Issue,” NYT, May 7, 1966. ”Nixon in the South, Bids GOP Drop Race Issue,” NYT, May 7, 1966.

At a party dinner that night: ”Nixon Building Solid Southern Base of Support for President Nomination Bid in '68,” NYT, May 8, 1966. ”Nixon Building Solid Southern Base of Support for President Nomination Bid in '68,” NYT, May 8, 1966.

He learned that the beloved Dent: Witcover, Witcover, Resurrection of Richard Nixon, Resurrection of Richard Nixon, 310. 310.

”Strom is no racist”: Carter, Carter, Politics of Rage, Politics of Rage, 328. 328.

”If I had to practice law”: Witcover, Witcover, Resurrection of Richard Nixon, Resurrection of Richard Nixon, 127. 127.

Deadwyler case: Johnnie Cochran, A Lawyer's Life A Lawyer's Life (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002), 2428; Terry Anzur interview; David Moberg interview; NYT, May 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 1966; UPI ticker, May 31, 1966, LBJCR, Reel 6; Califano to LBJ, May 18, 1966, LBJCR, Reel 6; Marvin Watson to LBJ, May 31, 1966, LBJCR, Reel 6. (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002), 2428; Terry Anzur interview; David Moberg interview; NYT, May 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 1966; UPI ticker, May 31, 1966, LBJCR, Reel 6; Califano to LBJ, May 18, 1966, LBJCR, Reel 6; Marvin Watson to LBJ, May 31, 1966, LBJCR, Reel 6.

In Bakersfield, two thousand Negroes: ”Negroes on Coast Stone School Bus and Fire a Shack,” NYT, May 24, 1966. ”Negroes on Coast Stone School Bus and Fire a Shack,” NYT, May 24, 1966.

On Memorial Day weekend: ”Reagan Shuns Image of Goldwater in Coast Race,” NYT, June 1, 1966; Boyarsky, ”Reagan Shuns Image of Goldwater in Coast Race,” NYT, June 1, 1966; Boyarsky, Rise of Ronald Reagan, Rise of Ronald Reagan, 136. 136.

Milk conviction controversy: Cannon, Governor Reagan, Governor Reagan, 146; ”Scurillous Attacks Sent Through Mail, Christopher Claims,” LAT, June 2, 1966; ”Reagan Nominated in California,” NYT, June 8, 1966; ”Brown Tells Christopher of Regret for Pearson's Attack,” LAT, June 30, 1966. ”Wanted” poster: Anderson and Lee, ”1966 Election in California.” 146; ”Scurillous Attacks Sent Through Mail, Christopher Claims,” LAT, June 2, 1966; ”Reagan Nominated in California,” NYT, June 8, 1966; ”Brown Tells Christopher of Regret for Pearson's Attack,” LAT, June 30, 1966. ”Wanted” poster: Anderson and Lee, ”1966 Election in California.”

Christopher fought back with theatrics: ”Christopher Puts 7 Queries to Reagan,” NYT, June 3, 1966. ”Christopher Puts 7 Queries to Reagan,” NYT, June 3, 1966.

”Thou shalt not speak ill”: Cannon, Cannon, Governor Reagan, Governor Reagan, 14547. 14547.

At a rally in San Francisco's: ”Brown Ends Northern Drive, Likens Reagan to Goldwater,” LAT, June 3, 1966. LSD ban: ”Brown Ends Northern Drive, Likens Reagan to Goldwater,” LAT, June 3, 1966. LSD ban: Richmond News Leader, Richmond News Leader, May 30, 1966. May 30, 1966.

In the California Poll: Anderson and Lee, ”1966 Election in California.” Anderson and Lee, ”1966 Election in California.” He used phrases like ”basic”: He used phrases like ”basic”: NYT, May 15, June 1, July 3, 1966. NYT, May 15, June 1, July 3, 1966. He called ”the one overriding”: He called ”the one overriding”: ”Another Opinion; Reagan States His Case,” NYT, October 30, 1966. ”Another Opinion; Reagan States His Case,” NYT, October 30, 1966.

The leftists of the California Democratic Council: CQ Political Notes, October 1, 1965; Anderson and Lee, ”1966 Election in California”; Boyarsky, October 1, 1965; Anderson and Lee, ”1966 Election in California”; Boyarsky, Rise of Ronald Reagan, Rise of Ronald Reagan, 125. 125. One of the president's favorite congressmen: One of the president's favorite congressmen: Wells, Wells, War Within, War Within, 81; ”'New Left' Parley on Coast Denounces Brown and Backs Black Power,” NYT, October 3, 1966. 81; ”'New Left' Parley on Coast Denounces Brown and Backs Black Power,” NYT, October 3, 1966. Johnson's poverty czar: Johnson's poverty czar: Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin, Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin, America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 194. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 194.

Watts hospital bond issue: ”Watts Area County Hospital Approved; Supervisors OK Bond Issue on June 7 Ballot,” LAT, March 9, 1966; ”Reagan Victory Aids GOP Right,” NYT, June 9, 1969; Nation, Nation, June 26, 1966. June 26, 1966.

”against all counsels of common sense”: ”California Primaries,” NYT, June 9, 1966. ”California Primaries,” NYT, June 9, 1966.

Nixon briefed Senator George Murphy: ”RMN Call Sandy Quinn,” June 16, 1966, RNLB, 501.1. ”RMN Call Sandy Quinn,” June 16, 1966, RNLB, 501.1.

Reagan dashed off a note: Reagan to Nixon, June 14, RNLB, 501.1. Eisenhower and Scaife meetings: ”Eisenhower Meets Reagan and Backs Him for Governor,” NYT, June 16, 1966. Reagan to Nixon, June 14, RNLB, 501.1. Eisenhower and Scaife meetings: ”Eisenhower Meets Reagan and Backs Him for Governor,” NYT, June 16, 1966.

Reagan Was.h.i.+ngton trip: Broder and Hess, Republican Establishment, Republican Establishment, 24344; ”Reagan Attacks the Great Society,” NYT, June 17, 1966; Sandy Quinn to Rose Mary Woods, RNLB, 501.110. 24344; ”Reagan Attacks the Great Society,” NYT, June 17, 1966; Sandy Quinn to Rose Mary Woods, RNLB, 501.110.

Nixon Rochester controversy: ”Rochester Degree for Nixon Opposed,” NYT, April 15, 1966; ”Nixon Offers View on Degree Protest,” April 16, 1966. ”If we are to defend academic”: ”If we are to defend academic”: William Safire, William Safire, Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House (New York: Ballantine, 1977), 2425. (New York: Ballantine, 1977), 2425.

Harold Howe II speech: USNWR, July 4, 1966.

Louise Day Hicks speech: Charles Sumner Brown, ”Negro Protest and White Power Structure: The Boston School Controversy, 19631966” (Boston University theology Ph.D. dissertation, 1973).

Sargent Shriver speech: ”Shriver in Plea for Rights,” NYT, June 6, 1966.

Arthur Schlesinger speech: ”McCarthyism Is Feared,” NYT, June 6, 1966.

John Steinbeck p.r.o.nounced himself: ”What's Happening to America,” ”What's Happening to America,” Sat.u.r.day Evening Post, Sat.u.r.day Evening Post, July 2, 1966. July 2, 1966. Horrified also was the advertising agency: Horrified also was the advertising agency: NYT, June 28, 1966, 92. NYT, June 28, 1966, 92.

CHAPTER FIVE: LONG, HOT SUMMER.

Early in the year a young: John Lewis, John Lewis, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998), 37374. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998), 37374.

It was an old argument: Sally Avery Bermanzohn, ”Violence, Nonviolence, and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement,” in Kenton Worcester, Sally Avery Bermanzohn and Mark Ungar, eds., Sally Avery Bermanzohn, ”Violence, Nonviolence, and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement,” in Kenton Worcester, Sally Avery Bermanzohn and Mark Ungar, eds., Violence and Politics: Globalization's Paradox Violence and Politics: Globalization's Paradox (New York: Routledge, 2001). (New York: Routledge, 2001). ”If we can't sit at the table”: ”If we can't sit at the table”: Charles Silberman in Charles Silberman in Fortune, Fortune, November 1965, in LBJCR, Reel 2. November 1965, in LBJCR, Reel 2.

Stokely Carmichael biography: James Haskins, Profiles in Black Power Profiles in Black Power (New York: Doubleday, 1971), 185202. (New York: Doubleday, 1971), 185202. ”This proves,” he cried: ”This proves,” he cried: E. J. Dionne, E. J. Dionne, Why Americans Hate Politics Why Americans Hate Politics (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991), 82. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991), 82.

”The murder of Samuel Younge”: Lewis, Lewis, Walking with the Wind, Walking with the Wind, 375. 375.

Julian Bond, a SNCC activist: Ibid., 377. Ibid., 377.

”You don't imitate white politics”: Haskins, Haskins, Profiles in Black Power, Profiles in Black Power, 190. 190. ”We need someone who”: ”We need someone who”: Lewis, Lewis, Walking with the Wind, Walking with the Wind, 383. 383. The brackets were the The brackets were the New York Times New York Times's: ”Rights Unit Quits Parley in Capital,” NYT, May 24, 1966. ”Rights Unit Quits Parley in Capital,” NYT, May 24, 1966.

The previous Sunday, James Meredith: ”Meredith Begins Mississippi Walk to Combat Fear,” NYT, June 6, 1966; Dan T. Carter, ”Meredith Begins Mississippi Walk to Combat Fear,” NYT, June 6, 1966; Dan T. Carter, The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origin of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origin of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996), 303. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996), 303. Early, inaccurate, reports: Early, inaccurate, reports: Paul Cowan, Paul Cowan, The Making of an Un-American The Making of an Un-American (New York: Viking, 1970), 171. (New York: Viking, 1970), 171. ”Meredith Regrets He Was Not Armed”: ”Meredith Regrets He Was Not Armed”: NYT, June 8, 1966, 1. NYT, June 8, 1966, 1.

Meredith sympathy march in general: David J. Garrow, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leaders.h.i.+p Conference Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leaders.h.i.+p Conference (New York: Harper Perennial, 1999), 47390; Lewis, (New York: Harper Perennial, 1999), 47390; Lewis, Walking with the Wind, Walking with the Wind, 38789; NYT, June 628, 1966; USNWR, July 11, 1966; CBS News, ”The March in Mississippi,” MTR (with video of ”Black Power” speech). 38789; NYT, June 628, 1966; USNWR, July 11, 1966; CBS News, ”The March in Mississippi,” MTR (with video of ”Black Power” speech).

”Meredith's sacrifice might spur”: ”Freedom March,” WP, June 8, 1966. ”Freedom March,” WP, June 8, 1966.

”a reverse Hitler”: Nation, August 8, 1966. Closing rally: CBS, ”March in Mississippi”; ”The 'Color' Line Closes on King,” LAT, July 3, 1966. August 8, 1966. Closing rally: CBS, ”March in Mississippi”; ”The 'Color' Line Closes on King,” LAT, July 3, 1966.

Vietnam fuel depot bombings: Tom Wells, The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994), 94, 99. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994), 94, 99. The next week, at the LBJ Ranch: The next week, at the LBJ Ranch: PPP 320, July 5, 1966. PPP 320, July 5, 1966.

What he did not mention: Wells, Wells, War Within, War Within, 98. 98. ”Your daddy may go down”: ”Your daddy may go down”: Ibid., 94. Ibid., 94.

For early history of the Vietnam War I rely on A. J. Langguth, Our Vietnam: The War, 19541975 Our Vietnam: The War, 19541975 (New York: Touchstone, 2000). For combat tactics I rely on Christian Appy, (New York: Touchstone, 2000). For combat tactics I rely on Christian Appy, Working-Cla.s.s War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam Working-Cla.s.s War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993). (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993).

Ho Chi Minh telegrams to Truman: Tom Bissell, ”Was Uncle a Stalinist?” Old Town Review, Old Town Review, December 2004, bat battalions: Ibid., 265. Marching at gunpoint to refugee camps: Langguth, Ibid., 265. Marching at gunpoint to refugee camps: Langguth, Our Vietnam, Our Vietnam, 175. 175.

It was ”the wrong war”: James T. Patterson, James T. Patterson, Grand Expectations: The United States, 19451965 Grand Expectations: The United States, 19451965 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), 23132. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), 23132. ”Within five years”: ”Within five years”: Langguth, Langguth, Our Vietnam, Our Vietnam, 152. 152. the actual number of troops: the actual number of troops: Appy, Appy, Working-Cla.s.s War, Working-Cla.s.s War, 168. 168.

The 1964 Special National Intelligence: Langguth, Langguth, Our Vietnam, Our Vietnam, 318. 318.

LBJ Johns Hopkins University speech: PPP 172, April 7, 1965. But according to a memo: But according to a memo: Langguth, Langguth, Our Vietnam, Our Vietnam, 350. 350.

”Fort Hood Three”: Mary Hershberger, Mary Hershberger, Jane Fonda's War: A Political Biography of an Antiwar Icon Jane Fonda's War: A Political Biography of an Antiwar Icon (New York: New Press, 2005), 1920; Wells, (New York: New Press, 2005), 1920; Wells, War Within, War Within, 99; Jerry Lembcke, 99; Jerry Lembcke, The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam (New York: NYU Press, 1998), 35. (New York: NYU Press, 1998), 35.

Los Angeles Times columnist Paul Coates: columnist Paul Coates: ”A Long Hot Weekend?” LAT, July 3, 1966. ”A Long Hot Weekend?” LAT, July 3, 1966.

Chief Parker was in Sacramento: ”Yorty and Parker Urge Riot Laws,” June 29, 1966. ”Yorty and Parker Urge Riot Laws,” June 29, 1966.

Riots broke out in places like: USNWR, July 18, 1966; ”Policemen Stoned by Mob in Des Moines,” LAT, July 6, 1966. USNWR, July 18, 1966; ”Policemen Stoned by Mob in Des Moines,” LAT, July 6, 1966. In New York City: In New York City: Tamar Jacoby, Tamar Jacoby, Someone Else's House: America's Unfinished Struggle for Integration Someone Else's House: America's Unfinished Struggle for Integration (New York: Free Press, 1998), 9495. (New York: Free Press, 1998), 9495. In Miami, two factions: In Miami, two factions: NYT, July 5, 1966. NYT, July 5, 1966.

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