The America Play (Parks), 150
Anderson, Elizabeth S., 143
Arkansas, 3–8, 12–13, 20–23
Baker, Dean, 116
Baltimore, xix, 96, 113–15, 118–21, 126–27
beauty salons, 107–13
Berlin, Ira, xxi, 39, 44, 141
Better Homes movement, 55–56
Biden, Joe, 156
Birth of a Nation (Griffith), 45
Bocian, Debbie, 135
Booker, Anjanette, xix, 96–99, 107–8, 109–10, 111–13
Booker, Corey, 125
Born, Brooksley, 129
Bradwell v. Illinois, 48
Brantley, Ben, 36
Brooks, David, 146, 149
Brown, Lizzie McClain, 15, 17
Brown, Tara, 143–44
Brown, Willie, 17
Brown v. Board of Education, 31, 66, 71
Buffett, Warren, 128
Burroughs, Nannie Helen, xiv, 9, 47, 50–54, 107–8, 141–42
Bush, George W., 117, 125–26, 129, 148
Campen, Jim, 131
Carter, Jimmy, 71–72
citizenship: civil rights movement and, 45–46; education and, 45–47; equality and, xiv, 40, 44–54; gender and, 47–54; home and, xiv, 40, 44–54, 114–15, 165–69; home ownership and, xviii, 82, 114–15, 117; Obama and, 149–50; race and, 44–54, 149–50
civil rights movement: citizenship and, 45–46; equality and, xiii–xiv, xvi–xvii, 68–69; family and, xvi–xvii, 67–69; gender and, xvi–xvii, 67–69; Hill family and, xiii–xiv, 33; home and, xv–xvii, 45–46; home ownership and, 57–61, 70–71, 83; housing crisis and, xix; law in, 66–67, 83, 141, 152, 167; limitations of, xii, xix; migration and, xv–xvi, 70–71; Obama’s place in, 146; poverty and, 66–67; states’ rights and, 71, 72; suburbanization and, 70–71; violence and, xvi, 69–70; work and, 68–69. See also women’s rights movement
Civil War, 4–5
Clausen, Christopher, xxi
Clinton, Bill, 38, 117, 125, 158–59
Clinton, Hillary, 156
Coakley, Martha, 134
Cole, Nat King, 81–82
The Color Purple (Walker), 73–74
Combs, Sean “P. Diddy,” 76
Consumer Federation of America, 133
consumer lending, 101–5, 155
Cook, Mariana, 142
Council on Women and Girls (CWG), 157–64
Countrywide, 123
Crooks, Danny, 8, 13, 20
Crowley, James, 156
democracy: American Dream and, 138–39, 140; discrimination and, 62; emancipation and, 151; equality and, 62, 151–56; gender and, 152; home and, xi, xiv, 138–39, 140, 151–56; home ownership and, 140, 152, 163–64; housing crisis and, 138–39, 140; presidencies and, 151–56; race and, 62, 151–56
Dienhart, John, 111
discrimination: democracy and, 62; education and, 30–31, 71, 103; equality and, 62; home ownership and, xv–xvi, 57–61, 63–64, 70–71, 80–84, 163–64; legalization of, 13, 25, 26–27, 57, 64, 81, 83; migration and, xv–xvi, 34–35; mortgage lending and, 57, 81, 120–27, 131–37; suburbanization and, 63–64; women’s rights movement and, 48–49; work and, 64, 156–57
Dixon, Sheila, 96, 113, 119, 138
Domestic Policy Council (DPC), 157–64
Douglass, Charles R., 51–52
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 143, 144–45
Du Bois, W. E. B., 52–53
Duke University, 37–38
Eagleson, William L., 26
education: citizenship and, 45–47; discrimination and, 30–31, 71, 103; equality and, xxiv, 32–33, 45–47, 50, 52; gender and, 50, 52; of Anita Hill, 1, 31, 32–33; home and, 45–47; home ownership and, 164; race and, 103; women’s rights movement and, 50, 52; work and, 50, 52
Elliott, George, 21, 22–23, 33, 34
Elliott, Ida Crooks: family and, 8–9, 10–11; home of, 12–13, 27–28, 29; migration by, xiii, 20–23, 24, 44; research on, 34, 36
Elliott, Sam, 4, 6
Elliott, William Henry: childhood of, 5, 7; family and, 11; home of, 8–9, 12–13, 27–28, 29, 41–42; migration by, xiii, 20–23, 24, 44; research on, 34, 36
Elliott Taylor, Mollie (née Mary), xiii, 3–8, 36, 41–42
Emancipation, xxii–xxiii, 5–9, 151
equality: American Dream and, xix, xxiv, 116–18, 164; citizenship and, xiv, 40, 44–54; civil rights movement and, xiii–xiv, xvi–xvii, 68–69; democracy and, 62, 151–56; discrimination and, 62; education and, xxiv, 32–33, 45–47, 50, 52; family and, xvi–xvii; gender and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xvi–xvii, xxiv, 40–41, 47–54, 62–63, 68–69, 141–42, 158; for Anita Hill, xiii–xiv, 36–37; home and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xvi–xvii, xviii, xix, xxiii–xxiv, 40–41, 44–54, 73–77, 114–15, 116–18, 141–43, 164–69; home ownership and, xv–xvi, 57–61, 114–15, 163–64; housing crisis and, xix, 116–18; migration and, xxi, 39; Obama and, xxiii–xxiv, 141–43, 148, 168–69; Oklahoma and, 38; race and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xxiv, 40, 44–54, 57–61, 62, 158; work and, 46–47, 49, 50–54, 68–69, 141
Evans, Blanche, 132
Evers, Medgar, xvi, 70
family: civil rights movement and, xvi–xvii, 67–69; emancipation and, 5–6, 7–8, 10–11; equality and, xvi–xvii; gender and, xvi–xvii, 63, 64–66, 67–69; home and, xvi–xvii, 8–9, 64–66, 78–81, 84–94, 97–99; home ownership and, 55, 56, 63, 79–80, 84–86, 98; race and, 67–69; slavery and, 4; street culture and, 90–94; suburbanization and, 63; violence and, 10, 11, 13–20, 86–88, 90–94
farming, 7, 13, 22, 24
Faye (Anita Hill’s cousin), 19, 21
feminism, 78
Ferroll, 92
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), 117–18, 129
Ford, Gerald, 71
Frank, Barney, 131
Franklin, John Hope, 37–38, 158–59
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 160
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 3, 156
gender: American Dream and, 95–96, 112, 124–26, 167; citizenship and, 47–54; civil rights movement and, xvi–xvii, 67–69; consumer lending and, 101–5; democracy and, 152; education and, 50, 52; equality and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xvi–xvii, xxiv, 40–41, 47–54, 62–63, 68–69, 141–42, 158; family and, xvi–xvii, 63, 64–66, 67–69; home and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xvi–xvii, 40–43, 46, 47–54, 64–66, 73–77, 78–79, 136–37, 158–64, 167–69; home ownership and, 56, 65–66, 79–81, 95–96, 99–101, 106–8, 124–26, 132–34, 158–64; housing crisis and, xix, 105–15, 124–26, 131–37, 158–64; identity and, 149–50; migration and, xxi, 42–43; mortgage lending and, xix, 95–96, 99–101, 105–15, 124–26, 131–37; Obama and, 156–57, 158; public discourse on, 156–57, 158–64; race and, 47–54, 158; work and, 50–54, 63, 64, 68–69, 78, 80, 107–13, 141, 156–57, 160, 161
Gibbons, Sam, 147
Gillespie, Andra, 150
Goody, 18, 19, 20, 35
Gramm, Phil, 106
Great Migration, xv–xvi, 44, 47
Greener, Richard T., 51
Greenspan, Alan, 125, 129
Griffith, D. W., 45
Grimké, Angelina Weld, 9–10
Guinier, Lani, 159
hairstyling, 107–13
Hale, Archie, 19
Hale, Ernest, 13–20, 35–36
Hale, Lillian, 18–19, 20
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 24–25
Hansberry, Carl, xv–xvi, 58–61
Hansberry, Lorraine, xv–xvi, 59–62, 64, 65–66, 69–70, 74–77, 93
Hansberry v. Lee, xv–xvi, 58–61
Height, Dorothy, 68
Hernandez, Aileen, 68
Hill, Albert, xiii, 29–30
Hill, Anita: childhood of, xiii, 1–2, 30; education of, 1, 31, 32–33; family research by, 34–36; home and, xiii–xiv, xviii, 1–3, 30, 36–37, 164–69; mortgage lending and, 134; Thomas hearing and, xxii, 157
Hill, Bill, 2
Hill, Erma: birth of, 169; childhood of, 27; equality and, 37; home of, xiii, 29–34, 165, 166; research on, 34–35, 36
Hines, Sandra, 136–37
home: American Dream and, xiv, xix–xxii, 54, 116–18, 138–39, 140, 142–43, 153; in Arkansas, 3–8, 12–13, 20–23; citizenship and, xiv, 40, 44–54, 114–15, 165–69; civil rights movement and, xv–xvii, 45–46; democracy and, xi, xiv, 138–39, 140, 151–56; education and, 45–47; of Henry and Ida Elliott, 8–9, 12–13, 20–23, 24–29, 41–42; Emancipation and, 41–43; equality and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xvi–xvii, xviii, xix, xxiii–xxiv, 40–41, 44–54, 73–77, 114–15, 116–18, 141–43, 164–69; family and, xvi–xvii, 8–9, 64–66, 78–81, 84–94, 97–99; gender and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xvi–xvii, 40–43, 46, 47–54, 64–66, 73–77, 78–79, 136–37, 158–64, 167–69; for Anita Hill, xiii–xiv, xviii, 1–3, 29–34, 36–37, 164–69; home ownership and, xxi–xxii, 114–15, 140; housing crisis and, xi, xviii–xxii, 116–18, 136–39, 140, 153; identity and, 143–48; of Jane James, 43; of Marla, xvii–xviii; of Biddy Mason, 42–43; migration and, xv–xvi, 96, 141, 142, 144–45; mortgage lending and, 136–39, 140; Obama and, xxii, xxiii–xxiv, 139, 141–43, 144–50, 168–69; in Oklahoma, 1–3, 24–30; public discourse on, 157–64; race and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, 40, 41–43, 44–47, 73–77, 136–37, 143–47, 158–64, 167–69; religion and, 43; slavery and, 41–42, 141, 145; street culture and, 90–94; of Mollie (née Mary) Elliott Taylor, xiii, 4, 6–8, 41–42; violence and, 78–79, 86–88, 90–94; women’s rights movement and, xiv, 40–41, 47–54; work and, xiv, 46–47, 50–54, 107–13, 141. See also home ownership
home ownership: American Dream and, xviii, 55–57, 95–96, 112, 124–26, 133, 159, 164; citizenship and, xviii, 82, 114–15, 117; civil rights movement and, 57–61, 70–71, 83; democracy and, 140, 152, 163–64; discrimination and, xv–xvi, 57–61, 63–64, 70–71, 80–84, 163–64; education and, 164; by Henry and Ida Elliott, 12–13, 22; equality and, xv–xvi, 57–61, 114–15, 163–64; family and, 55, 56, 63, 79–80, 84–86, 98; gender and, 56, 65–66, 79–81, 95–96, 99–101, 106–8, 124–26, 132–34, 158–64; by Albert and Erma Hill, 30; home and, xxi–xxii, 114–15, 140; housing crisis and, xviii–xxii, xviii, 96, 105–7, 124–26, 132–34, 140; Biddy Mason, and, 42–43; migration and, xv–xvi, 60–61, 70–71; mortgage lending and, 124–26, 132–34, 140; poverty and, 125–26; public discourse on, 157–64; race and, 56, 57–61, 63–64, 65–66, 70–71, 80–84, 95–96, 99–101, 106–8, 124–26, 158–64; suburbanization and, 57, 61, 63–64, 70–71; work and, 80, 86, 107–13, 161–62. See also mortgage lending
Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC), 56–57
Homestead Act, 151
Home Summit, 157–64
The Honeymooners, 65
Hoover, Herbert, 55–56, 117
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department, 126–27
housing crisis: American Dream and, xi, xviii–xxii, 112, 116–18, 124–26, 133, 138–39, 140, 153, 163; civil rights movement and, xix; democracy and, 138–39, 140; discrimination and, 120–27, 131–37; equality and, xix, 116–18; gender and, xix, 105–15, 124–26, 131–37, 158–64; home and, xi, xviii–xxii, 116–18, 136–39, 140, 153; home ownership and, xviii, xviii–xxii, 96, 105–7, 124–26, 132–34, 140; lawsuits over, xix, xx, 96, 113–15, 118–27, 130–31; Obama and, 153–56; onset of, 96–97, 127–30; poverty and, 125–26; public discourse on, 157–64; race and, xix, 105–15, 120–27, 131–37, 155, 158–64; solutions for, 157–64; work and, 107–13. See also mortgage lending
Hughes, Langston, 62, 166
Hutton, Ralph, 30
identity, 143–48, 149–50, 164–69
Ifill, Gwen, 146, 150
Illinois, xx, 123–24, 126–27
Jackson, Michael, 88
Jacobson, Elizabeth, 120, 127
James, Jane, 43
Jarrett, Valerie, 158
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Wilson), 36
Johnson, Lyndon, xxiii, 66–67, 141, 146, 152, 153
Jones, Tayari, 87
Kabateck, Brian, 130–31, 133
Kelly, Barbara M., 61
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 66, 70
Kovacevich, Richard M., 127–31, 138
law, xviii, 66–67, 83, 141, 152, 167. See also civil rights movement
lawsuits, xix, xx, 96, 113–15, 118–27, 130–31. See also Supreme Court
Levitt, William J., 61
Liberia, 11–12
Lincoln, Abraham, xxii–xxiii, 5, 150, 151, 152
Loved Ones Victims Services, 92
Luken, Paul, 56
lynching. See violence
Madigan, Lisa, 123–24
The Making of African America (Berlin), xxi, 39
Marla, xvii–xviii
marriage. See family
Marshall, Thurgood, 70–71, 153
Mason, Biddy, 42–43
Massey, Douglas, 155
Matthews, Kristin, 76
McCabe, Edward P., 26
McCain, John, 146
McClain, Dock, 13, 14–20, 35
McClain, Ezekiel, 15, 17, 35
McClain, Lizzie, 15, 17, 35
McClain, Mary, 13, 14–20, 35
McDonald, Audra, 76
Melia, Marilyn Kennedy, 133
Memphis, xx, 124, 126–27
migration: American Dream and, xxi; civil rights movement and, xv–xvi, 70–71; discrimination and, xv–xvi, 34–35; by Henry and Ida Elliott, xiii; Emancipation and, 42–43; equality and, xxi, 39; Gates on, 3; gender and, xxi, 42–43; Great Migration, xv–xvi, 44, 47; home and, xv–xvi, 96, 141, 142, 144–45; home ownership and, xv–xvi, 60–61, 70–71; to Liberia, 11–12; Obama and, 142, 144; to Oklahoma, 12, 21, 22–23, 24–29; race and, xxi, 144–45; slavery and, 141, 145; violence and, 13, 20–23, 25–26, 34–35, 36, 44
Milliken v. Bradley, 70–71, 153
Morrison, Toni, 28–29
mortgage-backed securities, 117–18, 124, 127–30
mortgage interest, 162–63
mortgage lending: American Dream and, xviii–xxii, 95–96, 124–26, 133, 138–39, 140; in Baltimore, xix, 96; democracy and, 138–39, 140; discrimination and, 57, 81, 120–27, 131–37; gender and, xix, 95–96, 99–101, 105–15, 124–26, 131–37; home and, 136–39, 140; home ownership and, 124–26, 132–34, 140; Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC) and, 56–57; lawsuits over, xix, xx, 96, 113–15, 118–27, 130–31; mortgage-backed securities and, 117–18, 124, 127–30; Obama and, 153–56; poverty and, 125–26; race and, xix, xx, 57, 81, 95–96, 99–101, 105–15, 120–27, 131–37, 155; solutions for, 157–64; work and, 107–13
Motz, J. Frederick, 113, 118–19, 119–20, 122, 131–32
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, xvii, 67–68, 69
Murray, Pauli, 68–69
music, 88–90
Myrdal, Gunnar, 62–63
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 10, 15, 130–31
National Baptist Convention, 51, 52, 53
National Council of Negro Women, 68
National Organization for Women (NOW), 68
New Kids in the Neighborhood (Rockwell), 70
Newsome, Arthur, 9, 20, 23
Nickles, Don, 72, 73
Obama, Barack: American Dream and, 142–43; citizenship and, 149–50; democracy and, 153–56; Dreams from My Father, 143, 144–45; election of, xxii, 145–48; equality and, xxiii–xxiv, 141–43, 148, 168–69; gender and, 156–57, 158
; home and, xxii, xxiii–xxiv, 139, 141–43, 144–50, 168–69; housing crisis and, 153–56, 157–64; life story of, 143, 144; presidency of, xxiii–xxiv, 148–51, 166–67; race and, 143, 144–50, 156
Obama, Michelle, xxii, xxiii, 3, 142, 145, 148–49
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 72–73
Ogletree, Charles, 156
Oklahoma, 1–3, 12, 21, 22–23, 24–30, 38
Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 24–25
Oklahoma State University, 1
Oliver, William, 90–91
Owens, Sybela, 42
Own Your Own Home (OYOH) campaign, 55–56, 79, 84–85
Paradise (Morrison), 28–29
Parker, A. W., 46–47
Parks, Rosa, 145
Parks, Suzan-Lori, 150
Paschal, Tony, 121, 127
Plessy v. Ferguson, 13, 26–27
poverty, 66–67, 71, 72, 101–5, 106, 125–26
public discourse, 156–64
race: American Dream and, 95–96, 112, 124–26, 167; citizenship and, 44–54, 149–50; consumer lending and, 101–5; democracy and, 62, 151–56; education and, 103; equality and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, xxiv, 40, 44–54, 57–61, 62, 158; family and, 67–69; gender and, 47–54, 158; home and, xi–xii, xiv–xv, 40, 41–43, 44–47, 73–77, 136–37, 143–47, 158–64, 167–69; home ownership and, 56, 57–61, 63–64, 65–66, 70–71, 80–84, 95–96, 99–101, 106–8, 124–26, 158–64; housing crisis and, xix, 105–15, 120–27, 131–37, 155, 158–64; identity and, 143–48; migration and, xxi, 144–45; mortgage lending and, xix, xx, 57, 81, 95–96, 99–101, 105–15, 120–27, 131–37, 155; music and, 88; Obama and, 143, 144–50, 156; poverty and, 66–67; public discourse on, 156, 158–64; suburbanization and, 63–64, 70–71; work and, 46–47, 49, 50–54, 107–13
Rachel (Grimké), 9–10
A Raisin in the Sun (Hansberry), xv–xvi, 59–60, 61–62, 65–66, 69–70, 74–77, 93
Rashad, Phylicia, 76
Rawlings-Blake, Stephanie, 119
Reagan, Ronald, 71–73, 118
Reitman v. Mulkey, 83
religion, 43
Remnick, David, 146
Robinson, Marian, 148