Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 An Orphan’s Fire 1
5. 2 A Father in Black Robes 18
6. 3 The Count and the Club 31
7. 4 Walking Right into Trouble 41
8. 5 King Carl Wins the Crown 58
9. 6 Eastern Washington’s First Black Lawyer 77
10. 7 Stirrings from the South 101
11. 8 The Haircut Uproar and a Perfunctory Execution 108
12. 9 Freedom Summer in the Tail End of America 120
13. 10 “The Sickness of Our Nation” 130
14. 11 A Right Hook to Scoop Jackson 151
15. 12 The Seattle Seven Circus 162
16. 13 The Maxey Temper 181
17. 14 Ruth Coe’s Greek Tragedy 209
18. 15 “No Goddamned Award” 223
19. 16 “Living through All This B.S.” 237
20. 17 Type-A Gandhi 242
21. Notes on Sources 249
22. Index 255