Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Prologue XI
4. PART I: EAST TEXAS: 1934-1951
5. One Sodom 3
6. Two Lewis and Minnie 17
7. Three Anna Lee 25
8. Four Whitecapping 35
9. PART II: SAN FRANCISCO: 1951-1964
10. Five The Fillmore 45
11. Six Burton 55
12. Seven Jones United Methodist Church 61
13. Eight Forest Knolls 73
14. Nine The Gaffney Triangle 91
15. PART III: SACRAMENTO: 1965-1980
16. Ten Unruh 105
17. Eleven Rock the Boat! 117
18. Twelve Mice Milk 131
19. Thirteen RFK 145
20. Fourteen Deadlock 163
21. Fifteen Mr. Chairman 179
22. Sixteen Give Me Back My Delegation! 193
23. Seventeen Oblivion 215
24. Eighteen The Edge of Despair 237
25. Nineteen The Play for Power 255
26. Illustrations 273
27. PART IV: MR. SPEAKER: 1980-1995
28. Twenty Drawing Lines 276
29. Twenty-One Deukmejian 296
30. Twenty-Two Willie Brown Inc. 316
31. Twenty-Three The Gang of Five 334
32. Twenty-Four The Ends of Power 348
33. Twenty-Five Hometown Son 368
34. Epilogue 390
35. Appendix 1 Statement, California Assembly Committee on Campus Disturbances, May 1969 408
36. Appendix 2 Speech, Democratic National Convention, July 10,1972 412
37. Author's Note and Acknowledgements 414
38. Notes 422
39. Bibliography 486
40. Index 494