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Index
A
Abington Township v. Schempp, 186
Abortion rights, 43, 54
Abstract Expressionism, 200
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), 105
Agricultural Labor Relations Act
of 1975, 93
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), 105
Alcatraz Island, occupation of,
176–179, 177 (ill.)
Aldrin, Edwin “Buzz,” 116
Ali, Muhammad, 1–8, 1 (ill.), 2
(ill.), 7 (ill.)
comebacks of, 5, 6
conviction for draft evasion, 5
fighting style of, 3, 6
popularity of, 4, 6–8, 148
refusal to be inducted into military, 1, 5
retirement of, 6
reversal of conviction of, 6
as World Heavyweight Champion, 4, 6
“Ali Shuffle,” 3
All We Did Was Fly to the Moon
(Lattimer), 71
Alloway, Lawrence, 200
Alpert, Richard (a.k.a. Baba Ram
Das), 136, 137
Amateur Athletic Union, 2
American Atheists, 188
American Atheists Radio Series,
188
American Bandstand (TV program),
60
Anna Records, 58
Anti-authoritarianism, 122–123,
135
Anti-Communism. See Communism, opposition to
Anti-Jewish attitudes, 81
Antiwar movement. See Vietnam
War, opposition to
Apollo 1, 70
Apollo 11, 72
Arden, Elizabeth, 12
Armstrong, Neil, 116
Bold type indicates main
entries and their page
numbers. Illustrations are
marked by (ill.).
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Ash, Mary Kay (née Wagner),
9–16, 9 (ill.), 13 (ill.)
founding of Mary Kay Cosmetics by, 9, 11–13
success of, 14–16
work experience of, 10–11
Ash, Melville Jerome, 14
Astronauts, selection and training
of, 65–67
Atheism, 81, 181, 187–189
Atheist, The: Madalyn Murray
O’Hair (Le Beau), 182
Atomic weapons, fear of, 53
Autobiography of Malcolm X, The,
161, 165
Automobile safety, 168–170
B
Baba Ram Das. See Alpert, Richard
“Back to Africa” movement,
160–161
Baer, Barbara L., 92
Baez, Joan, 35-36, 35 (ill.), 37
Ballard, Florence, 60 (ill.), 61
Bay of Pigs invasion, 67, 98
Beat lifestyle, 34
Beatles, The (musical group),
148, 155–156, 156 (ill.)
Beatniks, 33, 34, 82, 120
Beauty, feminine ideals of, 15
Beauty by Mary Kay. See Mary Kay
Cosmetics
Bengston, Phil, 151
Berbick, Trevor, 6
Berry, Wendell, 120
Betty Friedan, Her Life (Hennessee), 45
Betty Friedan and the Making of
“The Feminine Mystique,” 45
Beyond Gender: The New Politics of
Work and Family (Friedan),
45
Birmingham Movement, 130,
131
Birney, Fred, 25
Birth defects, 103
Black Legion, 161
Black Muslims. See Nation of
Islam
Black Panther Party, 77, 165
Black separatism, 160, 161–162
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Blackmore, Bobby, 192
Blaik, Earl “Red,” 146
Blood on the Tracks (album, 1975),
38
“Blowin’ in the Wind” (Dylan),
35
Bob Dylan (album, 1962), 35
Bob Dylan, Self-Portrait (Dylan),
38
Bonavena, Oscar, 5
Bootlegging, 182
Boxing, 1–8
Brando, Marlon, 178
Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, Kansas, 129
Bryant, Paul “Bear,” 149
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 178
Burroughs, William S., 136
Bush, George H. W., 93
Bush, George W., 172
C
Camil, Scott, 78
Campaign for Economic Democracy (later, Campaign California), 78
Carlo, Tyran (Roquel “Billy”
Davis), 57
Carpenter. M. Scott, 65 (ill.), 66
Carson, Rachel, 17–23, 17 (ill.),
21 (ill.)
background and education of,
17–18
legacy of, 22
political activism of, 17, 21–22
works by, 18–21
Cassady, Neal, 123
Cassius X. See Ali, Muhammad
Castallo Institute, 137
CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System), 27, 147, 191, 194–195,
196–197
CBS Evening News, 24, 28–29
Censorship, 194–196
Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research (CDER), 108
Center for Study of Responsive
Law, 172
CDER (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research), 108
Chaffee, Roger, 69–71, 70 (ill.)