Reformers to Radicals (54 page)

associates,
110
,
111

confrontation with local officials,
116
,
128–29
,
168
,
171
,
187

county community action programs,
167

created,
86

joins Appalachian Volunteers,
86–87
,
89
,
93–94
,
103
,
107
,
113
,
146
,
211

problems with Appalachian Volunteers,
125
,
142–44

problems with Council of the Southern Mountains,
136
,
141

problems with Office of Economic Opportunity,
125
,
134

trained by Appalachian Volunteers,
111
,
142–44

Voting Rights Act (1965),
14

Waller, Altina,
9

Walls, David,
192–93
,
195–96
,
204–5
,
254n43

War on Poverty,
1
,
4
,
7
,
8
,
10–11
,
13–15
,
22
,
29
,
42–43
,
46
,
49
,
79
,
93–93
,
103
,
119
,
126
,
134
,
146
,
176
,
201
,
207
,
209
,
215

Appalachian Volunteers,
88
,
113
,
115
,
123–24
,
134
,
135
,
146
,
148
,
161
,
168
,
171
,
184
,
213

created,
49
,
70

Council of the Southern Mountains,
98
,
121
,
123–24
,
145

Johnson's declaration,
48
,
147

Kentucky Office of Economic Opportunity,
190–91
,
213

Nunn, Louie,
179–80

Office of Economic Opportunity,
131–32

Vietnam War,
211

Weeksbury, KY,
101
,
134

Weisman, Ellen,
123
,
134

welfare rights,
135
,
160
,
172
,
173–74
,
202
,
203

Weller, Jack,
8
,
32
,
111

Wells, William (Bill),
98
,
106
,
115
,
119
,
125
,
139
,
161–62
,
163
,
191

Whisman, John,
28
,
74–75

Whisnant, David,
10
,
153
,
185
,
193

Whitehouse, Al (Office of Economic Opportunity, KY office),
190–91
,
213

Whitesburg, KY,
8
,
36
,
127

Whitley County, KY,
161
,
183
,
190

Gatliff,
161

Hanging Rock,
161

Midspring,
161

Wilkerson,
161

Wilmington College,
105–6
,
118

Wise County, VA,
29
,
169
,
183

Appalachian Volunteers in,
172
,
174

community action program,
169–70

Wolfe County, KY,
29
,
97
,
98
,
114
,
172
,
175

Hunting Fork,
97
,
98

Malaga,
172

Sandy Ridge,
172

Vortex,
97
,
98

Wolfenden, Carol,
155

World War II,
1
,
4
,
5
,
18
,
31
,
47
,
69

Wyoming County, WV,
151
,
183

Yarrow, Doug,
98
,
191

Yost, John (Citizens Bank of Pikeville),
184–85

Zellner, Bob,
2

Zuckerman, Alan,
129

Zysman, John,
156