FIRST
AMENDMENT FELON CHAPTERS:
Preface ~ xiii
1 Meet a Key Architect of the Cold War, Mr. Truman,
and the Victim We're Primarily Interested In, Mr. Wilkinson
~ 1
2 Welcome to the Very Irrational, Very Cold
War ~ 17
3 The Real Beginning ~ 24
4 How the Playboy "Scholar" Almost
Wins the UCLA Student
Body Presidency ~ 34
5 Frank Begins His Real Education ~
43
6 Robert Frost Was Right: "Home Is the
Place Where, When
You've Got to Go There, They Have to Take You In." ~
59
7 Integrated Public Housing - a Most Effective
Scandal ~ 69
8 Why
Join the Party ~ 77
9
A Moment of Ominous Silence - the Impact of the Fifth ~
85
10
Wilkinson Takes On a New Role: Pariah ~ 92
11
Finally, Real Employment ~ 96
12
The Smith Act - and Taking Down the
CP Leadership in Court ~ 99
13 Sorry,
But Frank Was Not Issued Cloak and Dagger ~ 107
14
"Human Rights Shall Be More Highly Regarded Than
Property Rights": Obviously, the NLG Was Subversive
~ 117
15
Organizing to Repel the Storm ~ 121
16
The Slow Evolution Toward the First Amendment Challenge ~
127
17 The East
Coast Was Watching with Admiration ~ 142
18
The South: Integration and Civil Liberties Entangle, and the
SISS ~ 154
19
Tracking the Muddy Footprints of the American Legion ~
165
20 On
Various Levels, a Momentous Year ~ 169
21
The Black Rebellion Begins to Rumble across Dixie
~ 175
22
Youth Joins In, Lending Enormous Vigor to Frank's Crusade
~ 191
23
Eloquent Words, but Was Anyone Paying Attention? ~
206
24 Showdown
at the Supreme Court's Not-So-OK Corral ~ 212
25
An Organizing Interlude before Jail ~ 224
26
Guests of Honor, then Off to a Hairy Atlanta Jail ~
229
27
A Bitter Introduction to Peniteniary Life ~ 243
28
Picking Up the Pieces Twice ~ 259
29
Fighting His Way through Tangled Grass Roots ~ 269
30
Too Much Travel, No Home Life Equals - Well, Of Course ~
279
31
Suddenly, or So It Seemed, Protestors Were Everywhere ~
286
32
Chicago: One More Nail in HUAC's Coffin ~ 301
33
The Show Sinks to New Levels of Absurdity ~ 314
34
A Foul Atmosphere from the Top Down ~ 325
35
HUAC's Grotesque Solution to a Problem It Helped Create ~
335
36
The Slow Death of the McCarran Act ~ 342
37 Suddenly,
the Once Seemingly Indestructible HUAC Wasn't ~ 349
Epilogue ~ 366
Notes ~ 385
Bibliography ~ 401
Acknowledgments ~ 412
Index ~ 415
