Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

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    New York Daily News (newspaper), 50
    New York Post (newspaper), 126, 150 , 158, 173, 183, 221, 240, 257, 295, 332
    New York Times (newspaper), 68, 198, 295, 332
    on assassination of H. T. Moore, 277–78, 279–80
    Nischwitz, Robert (FBI agent), 277

    Ocala Star-Banner (newspaper), 135
    Oklahoma State University , desegregation of, 187–90
    Orlando Sentinel (newspaper), 68, 212, 232, 238, 277, 295
    call for death penalty in Groveland Boys case, 98, 113
    Ernest Thomas death and, 118–19
    Owens, Buck (detective), 204

    Padgett, Norma Lee Tyson (alleged rape victim), 3, 33–36, 85, 150
    confronts Governor Collins about W. Irvin’s clemency, 355
    defense strategy toward, in W. Irvin retrial, 306–7
    divorce from W. Padgett, 358
    given bullet from body of Ernest Thomas by W. McCall, 119–20
    identifies alleged rapists, 66
    identifies body of Ernest Thomas, 117
    initial encounter with S. Shepherd and W. Irvin, 36–38
    interviewed by reporter N. Bunin, 200
    physician’s examination of, 142–43, 150–52, 162, 268
    questions and doubts about rape claims and testimony of, 160–62, 172, 193–94, 204, 212–14, 224–26
    relationship with husband Willie, 33–36
    reputation, 35, 161
    signature in anti–death penalty petition book, 229, 351, 354, 355
    testimony in Groveland Boys (W. Irvin) retrial, 296–300
    testimony in Groveland Boys trial, 165–66
    C. Twiss and L. Burtoft encounters with, following alleged rape, 58–60
    undercover private investigation of, 204, 210–14, 227–29
    Padgett, Willie Haven (husband of Norma Padgett), 33 –36, 60, 64, 85, 117, 124
    divorce from Norma Padgett, 358
    fight with S. Shepherd and W. Irvin, 38–39
    identifies S. Shepherd and W. Irvin, 124–25
    as suspected originator of rape accusation, 224–25
    testifies in Groveland Boys (W. Irvin) retrial, 296
    testifies in Groveland Boys trial, 164–65
    unable to identify C. Greenlee, 66, 67
    Parke, Richard H. (news reporter), 295
    Patterson, William (communist activist, lawyer), 152–55, 291
    Peace of Mind (Liebman), 196
    Peonage, Florida citrus industry and black labor as, 76–81, 96–97, 132–33, 212
    Pepper, Claude (senator), 103, 200, 212
    Perkins, Paul (Florida attorney), 303
    retrial of Groveland Boy W. Irvin, and work of, 222–23, 225, 226, 230, 286, 292, 294, 312, 314, 317, 330, 335, 336
    shootings of S. Shepherd and W. Irvin and, 233, 241
    Perry, Marian Wynn (attorney), 46, 48
    Peyser, Annette (NAACP sociologist), 44
    Phillips, Alexander (U.S. attorney general’s office), 184–85
    Phillips, Herbert (U.S. attorney), files charges against J. Yates and L. Campbell for prisoner beatings, 194–95, 348
    Phillips, Leon Chase (Oklahoma governor), 52, 54
    Physician examination and report on Norma Padgett, 142–43, 150–52, 162, 268
    Pillow, “Rooster Bill,” 13, 14
    Pillsbury, W. H., 94
    Pittsburgh Courier (newspaper), 9, 40–41, 152, 160, 220, 245, 257, 330
    Plaster casts as evidence in Groveland Boys trials, 156, 166, 180, 312–14, 315, 319, 325, 356
    Platt, Allan, and family
    children denied access to public schools by W. McCall, 340–41
    home firebombed, 345–46
    Plessy v. Ferguson , 43, 44, 187, 189, 198, 203, 338
    Pogue, Jim “Buck,” 19
    Pollack, Louis H., 186
    Porter, Edward, Jr. (sheriff, Marion County, FL), 269
    Porter, Gilbert, 107
    Poston, Ted (news reporter)
    coverage of Groveland Boys trial by, 158–59, 160, 167, 171–74, 221, 267
    posttrial high-speed chase and subsequent report on, 174–77, 181–84
    Powers, Ormond (news reporter), 221, 295
    on Sheriff W. McCall’s testimony in Ernest Thomas death, 18–19
    suspicions about testimony of Curtis Howard, 212–15
    Press. See also names of individual reporters
    coverage of Columbia Race Riot trial, 14–16, 19, 20
    coverage of Groveland Boys rape case and trial, 98, 142, 152, 157–61, 163, 164, 167, 171–74, 180–81, 183, 212
    coverage of Groveland mob violence by, 88–92
    coverage of Groveland Boys (W. Irvin) retrial, 295–96, 300, 329, 332
    coverage of H. T. Moore assassination, 277–80
    coverage of shootings of S. Shepherd and W. Irvin, 232, 236–39, 241, 247, 255–56
    posttrial coverage of Groveland Boys case by N. Bunin, 199–200, 204
    Sheriff W. McCall credited for preventing lynching by, 68
    threats to reporters, 92, 158, 174–77
    Progressive Voters League, 83, 202, 266
    Puryear, Elma Lee (mayor of Groveland, FL), 66–67, 87, 93, 94, 139–40, 141

    Quigley, John I. (FBI agent), 138–42, 162

    Racial violence in Florida,