Index
- Abu-Jamal, Mumia,
[24-47](#p24)
- Airmen of Note (musical group),
[156-57](#p156), [158](#p158)
- Albach, Tom,
[222-23](#p222), [449](#p449)
- Ali, Muhammad,
[355](#p355)
- American Federation of Musicians, Local 47,
[178-80](#p178), [184-86](#p184), [195](#p195), [196-98](#p196), [219](#p219),
[228](#p228);
- Local 767,
[33](#p33), [47](#p47), [51](#p51), [104](#p104), [176](#p176), [178-80](#p178), [184-86](#p184), [204](#p204), [228](#p228)
- Anderson, John,
[49](#p49), [203](#p203)
- Anderson, Marian,
[28-29](#p28)
- Andrews, Ernie,
[86](#p86)
- Armstrong, Louis,
[110](#p110)
- Askey, Gil,
[200-202](#p200)
- Aspen, Steward,
[87](#p87)
- Baker, Herbert,
[149](#p149)
- Ballard, Florence,
[201](#p201)
- Baraka, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones),
[354-55](#p354)
- Belvin, Jesse,
[86](#p86)
- Benton, Walter,
[103](#p103)
- Berry, Richard,
[66](#p66)
- Best, Willie,
[388-89](#p388)
- "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (radio series),
[162](#p162)
- Black, Wendell,
[361-62](#p361)
- Black Panther Party,
[209](#p209), [243](#p243), [314](#p314), [317-19](#p317), [343](#p343), [355](#p355),
[373](#p373), [399](#p399), [404](#p404), [420-23](#p420)
- Blythe, Arthur,
[276-77](#p276), [278-79](#p278), [280](#p280), [293](#p293), [365](#p365), [418](#p418),
[487-88](#p487), [489](#p489)
- Bradford, Bobby,
[367](#p367), [450](#p450)
- Bradley, Thomas,
[402](#p402)
- Brewster, Roy,
[80](#p80)
- Brooks, Avery,
[279](#p279)
- Brown, Clifford,
[136](#p136)
- Brown, Elaine,
[254](#p254), [303](#p303), [349](#p349), [359](#p359),
[374](#p374), [404-6](#p404);
- Seize the Time (album),
[349-50](#p349), [404-6](#p404)
- Brown, Everett, Jr.,
[206](#p206), [293](#p293), [365](#p365)
- Brown, H. Rap,
[213](#p213), [351](#p351)
- Brown, Troy,
[99](#p99), [100-101](#p100)
- Browne, Samuel,
[52](#p52), [61](#p61),
[78](#p78), [82](#p82), [87](#p87), [95-99](#p95), [100](#p100), [101](#p101), [124-25](#p124), [126-27](#p126), [129](#p129), [172-73](#p172), [191](#p191), [229](#p229), [269](#p269), [359](#p359), [396](#p396)
- Bryant, David,
[206](#p206), [267](#p267), [270](#p270), [275](#p275),
[293](#p293), [333](#p333), [365](#p365), [417](#p417)
- Bucket of Blood (club),
[184](#p184), [429](#p429)
- Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite,
[84](#p84), [261-62](#p261)
- Byrd, Robbie Tapscott (sister),
[13-14](#p13), [16](#p16), [20](#p20), [30-31](#p30), [32](#p32), [74](#p74),
[98](#p98), [174](#p174), [205](#p205), [388](#p388)
- Byrd, Robin (niece),
[88](#p88)
- Caballero, Charles,
[127](#p127)
- California Arts Council,
[273](#p273)
- California Afro-American Museum,
[258-61](#p258)
- California Institution for Men (Chino, California),
[500](#p500)
- California Museum of Science and Industry,
[258-61](#p258)
- Caliman, Hadley,
[103](#p103), [130](#p130)
- Callender, Red,
[52](#p52), [54-55](#p54), [129](#p129), [195](#p195),
[530](#p530)
- Cantor, Mary,
[144](#p144)
- Carmichael, Stokely,
[351](#p351)
- Carter, Benny,
[442-43](#p442)
- Carter, Billy,
[180](#p180)
- Carter, Bunch,
[373](#p373)
- Carter, John,
[365](#p365), [367-68](#p367), [450](#p450)
- Carver Junior High School,
[82](#p82), [127](#p127)
- Catalina Bar and Grill,
[442](#p442)
- Chaykin, Jules,
[188](#p188)
- Cherry, Don,
[48](#p48), [66](#p66),
[83](#p83), [164](#p164)
- Chick Touchstone orchestra,
[430](#p430)
- Clark, Horace,
[530](#p530)
- Clark Annex (hotel),
[530](#p530)
- Clark Hotel,
[55](#p55), [530](#p530)
- Clay, Mattie,
[260](#p260)
- Cobb, Arnett,
[60](#p60)
- Coleman, George,
[160](#p160)
- Coleman, Ornette,
[164](#p164)
- Collette, Buddy,
[52](#p52), [102](#p102), [129](#p129), [180](#p180),
[182](#p182), [187](#p187), [195](#p195)
- Coltrane, John,
[269](#p269), [362-63](#p362)
- Communist Party,
[216](#p216), [444](#p444)
- Connell, Will,
[280](#p280), [489](#p489)
- Cortez, Jayne,
[206](#p206), [335](#p335)
- Crenshaw High School,
[237-39](#p237), [264](#p264), [283](#p283), [494](#p494), [519](#p519)
- Criss, Sonny,
[101](#p101)
- Crouch, Stanley,
[254](#p254), [303](#p303), [355-56](#p355), [365](#p365),
[367](#p367), [450](#p450), [487-88](#p487);
- Ain't No Ambulances for Nigguhs
Tonight (album),
[450](#p450)
- Daaood, Kamau,
[207](#p207), [501](#p501)
- Dameron, Tadd,
[204](#p204)
- Davis, Angela Y.,
[315](#p315), [355](#p355)
- Davis, Miles,
[206-7](#p206), [269](#p269), [302](#p302)
- Deadwyler, Leonard,
[219-20](#p219), [484](#p484)
- Dean, Donald,
[144](#p144), [294](#p294)
- Dedeaux, Richard,
[302](#p302)
- Disarro, Dominic,
[194-95](#p194)
- Dixon, Floyd,
[16](#p16)
- Dolphy, Eric,
[48](#p48), [195](#p195)
- Donegan, Dorothy,
[56](#p56)
- Dorsey, Thomas,
[291](#p291)
- Dorsey, Tommy,
[33](#p33), [60](#p60)
- Dorsey High School,
[238](#p238)
- Douglass, William,
[55](#p55), [180](#p180), [530](#p530)
- Dunbar Hotel,
[177](#p177)
- Ebony (magazine),
[175](#p175)
- Eckstine, Billy,
[80](#p80)
- Edison Junior High School,
[86](#p86), [127](#p127)
- Edwards, Edgar,
[223-25](#p223), [337-40](#p337)
- Ellington, Duke,
[50](#p50), [51](#p51),
[67](#p67), [100](#p100), [173](#p173), [187](#p187), [191](#p191), [192](#p192), [203](#p203)
- Elster, Jerry,
[168](#p168)
- Emanon, Queen,
[336](#p336)
- Ewing, John "Streamline,"
[52](#p52), [129](#p129), [195](#p195)
- Farrakhan, Louis,
[210](#p210)
- Farrell, Robert C.,
[402](#p402)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
[213-15](#p213),
[216](#p216), [217](#p217), [247-49](#p247), [315-18](#p315), [319](#p319), [351-53](#p351), [354](#p354), [422](#p422)
- Fetchit, Stepin,
[389](#p389)
- Fisher, Pearlina (grandmother),
[15](#p15), [17](#p17), [42](#p42)
- Florence, Bob,
[188](#p188)
- Flying Dutchman Records,
[450-51](#p450)
- Fort Warren Air Force Base (Cheyenne, Wyoming),
[136-44](#p136), [148-49](#p148), [156-60](#p156)
- Foshay Junior High School,
[368](#p368)
- Four Tops (musical group),
[202](#p202)
- Franklin, Henry,
[430](#p430)
- Franklin, Sammy,
[430](#p430)
- Fremont High School,
[128](#p128)
- Fuller, Gil,
[48](#p48), [181-82](#p181)
- Fulton, Richard,
[497](#p497)
- Gardner, Ava,
[175-77](#p175), [432](#p432)
- Garner, Erroll,
[62](#p62), [173](#p173)
- Gaye, Marvin,
[200](#p200), [202](#p202)
- Gillespie, Dizzy,
[33](#p33), [48](#p48), [99](#p99), [176](#p176), [181](#p181), [203](#p203), [491-92](#p491)
- Gilmore, John,
[370](#p370), [371](#p371)
- Gonzalez, Babs,
[99](#p99)
- Gray, Wardell,
[52](#p52), [151](#p151)
- Green, William,
[186-87](#p186)
- Gross, Bobby,
[189](#p189)
- Hale, Teddy,
[152](#p152)
- Hall Johnson Choir,
[29](#p29)
- Hamilton, Anthony,
[302](#p302)
- Hampton, Fred,
[245](#p245)
- Hampton, Lionel,
[65-66](#p65), [78](#p78), [97](#p97), [160](#p160), [204](#p204), [266](#p266), [267](#p267), [285-88](#p285), [432](#p432)
- Hayes, Roland,
[29](#p29)
- Henderson, Fletcher,
[50-51](#p50), [55](#p55), [430](#p430)
- Henderson, Horace,
[50-51](#p50), [96](#p96)
- Herman, Woody,
[189](#p189)
- Higginbotham, J.C.,
[33](#p33)
- Higgins, Billy,
[65](#p65), [272](#p272)
- Hill, Andrew,
[90-91](#p90), [452](#p452)
- Hill, Linda,
[206](#p206), [208](#p208),
[211-12](#p211), [276](#p276), [285](#p285), [293-94](#p293), [297](#p297), [298](#p298), [299](#p299), [300](#p300), [330](#p330), [334-35](#p334), [372](#p372), [373](#p373), [417](#p417), [474](#p474)
- Hines, Alan,
[206](#p206), [267](#p267),
[293](#p293), [417](#p417)
- Hines, Earl "Fatha,"
[62](#p62), [173](#p173)
- Hite, Les,
[97](#p97)
- Holiday, Billie,
[25](#p25), [55](#p55)
- Hollywood High School,
[124](#p124)
- Hoover, J. Edgar,
[423](#p423)
- Huggins, John,
[209](#p209), [373-74](#p373)
- Immanuel United Church of Christ,
[223](#p223), [337-38](#p337), [382](#p382), [445](#p445), [498](#p498)
- Interplay Records,
[448](#p448)
- Jackson, Leon (stepfather),
[3](#p3), [10](#p10), [20](#p20), [41](#p41),
[53](#p53), [98](#p98)
- Jackson, Mary Lou Tapscott (mother),
[1](#p1), [3](#p3), [9-10](#p9), [11-16](#p11), [17](#p17), [19-20](#p19), [21-23](#p21), [29-30](#p29), [31-32](#p31), [41-42](#p41), [43](#p43), [46-47](#p46),
[53](#p53), [58](#p58), [73-74](#p73), [88-89](#p88), [98](#p98), [172](#p172), [205](#p205), [362](#p362), [529-30](#p529)
- Jackson, Oliver,
[66](#p66)
- Jacquet, Illinois,
[60](#p60)
- James, Billy,
[148](#p148), [158](#p158)
- James, Etta,
[58-59](#p58)
- Jefferson High School,
[81](#p81), [82](#p82), [83-88](#p83), [93-103](#p93),
[126-29](#p126), [174](#p174), [190](#p190), [191](#p191), [229](#p229), [238](#p238)
- Johnson, John H.,
[176](#p176)
- Jordan, Louis,
[443](#p443)
- Jordan High School,
[102](#p102), [128](#p128)
- Juilliard School,
[49](#p49), [205](#p205)
- Karenga, Maulana Ron,
[209](#p209), [303](#p303), [317](#p317), [319](#p319), [399](#p399), [404](#p404),
[420](#p420)
- Kelly, Red,
[63](#p129), [129](#p129)
- Kenton, Stan,
[96](#p96), [189](#p189)
- King, Rodney G.,
[261](#p261), [507](#p507)
- Kirk, Rahsaan Roland,
[313](#p313), [370-71](#p370)
- Lacy, Steve,
[452](#p452)
- Lafayette Junior High School,
[54](#p54), [59-63](#p59), [82](#p82), [83](#p83)
- Lawrence, Azar,
[418](#p418), [488](#p488)
- Lee, Ella,
[86-87](#p86)
- Lindsay, Gilbert W.,
[174](#p174)
- Liston, Melba,
[48](#p48), [205](#p205),
[492](#p492)
- Locke High School,
[271](#p271), [494](#p494)
- Lofton, Lawrence "Tricky,"
[15](#p15)
- Los Angeles City College,
[52](#p52), [188-94](#p188)
- Los Angeles Festival,
[490-91](#p490)
- Louis, Joe,
[26](#p26), [177](#p177),
[230](#p230)
- Love, Preston,
[201](#p201)
- Lunceford, Jimmie,
[55](#p55)
- Lusk, Jenny (aunt),
[21](#p21), [29](#p29), [68](#p68)
- Lusk, Lawyer (uncle),
[21](#p21), [67-68](#p67)
- Madison, Bill,
[294](#p294)
- Mafundi Institute,
[305](#p305)
- Malone, Tommy (grandfather),
[16-17](#p16)
- Malone, Willie (uncle),
[4-5](#p4), [9](#p9), [41-44](#p41)
- Manne, Shelly,
[96](#p96)
- Manual Arts High School,
[84](#p84), [128](#p128)
- Marable, Larance,
[48](#p48)
- Marshall, William,
[327-28](#p327), [335-36](#p335)
- Mathias, Eddie,
[212](#p212)
- Matthews, Onzy,
[268](#p268)
- McCoy, William,
[138](#p138), [145-47](#p145)
- McDavid, Percy,
[60](#p60), [62](#p62),
[195](#p195), [196](#p196), [430](#p430)
- McLaurine, Marcus,
[280](#p280)
- McNeil, Dee Dee,
[302](#p302)
- Milburn, Amos,
[16](#p16)
- Miller, Dorie,
[3](#p3), [4](#p4), [26](#p26), [133](#p133)
- Miller, Gene,
[156-15](#p156)
- Millman, Jack,
[187-88](#p187)
- Mingus, Charles,
[60-61](#p60), [195](#p195)
- Miranda, Roberto,
[485](#p485), [501](#p501)
- Morgan, Frank,
[98](#p98), [103](#p103),
[131](#p131)
- Moriarty, Paul,
[138-39](#p138), [140-43](#p140)
- Morris, Lawrence "Butch,"
[253](#p253), [276](#p276), [279-80](#p279), [281](#p281), [418](#p418), [488-89](#p488)
- Morris, Wilber,
[276](#p276), [279](#p279), [280](#p280), [418](#p418),
[489](#p489)
- Motown Records,
[199-201](#p199)
- Murray, Cecil L.,
[507](#p507)
- Murray, David,
[276](#p276), [279-80](#p279), [489](#p489)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA),
[273](#p273), [454-56](#p454), [470](#p470)
- Nation of Islam,
[210](#p210), [303](#p303), [314](#p314), [423](#p423)
- New African Army,
[343](#p343)
- Newman, George,
[164](#p164)
- Newton, Huey P.,
[303](#p303), [355](#p355)
- Nimbus Records,
[222-23](#p222), [449](#p449)
- Nu-tones (musical group),
[149-51](#p149)
- Olivier, Rufus,
[278-79](#p278), [490](#p490)
- Ory, Kid,
[33](#p33)
- Palisades High School,
[264](#p264)
- Pan-Afrikan People's Arkestra,
[51](#p51), [117](#p117), [205-28](#p205), [249-50](#p249), [252-54](#p252), [267](#p267), [269](#p269), [275-81](#p275), [284](#p284), [321](#p321), [328-55](#p328), [364](#p364), [368](#p368), [374-87](#p374), [389-96](#p389), [399-406](#p399), [414](#p414), [417-22](#p417), [436](#p436), [443-45](#p443), [449-51](#p449), [463-504](#p463). See also
Underground Musicians Association
- Parker, Charlie "Bird,"
[176](#p176), [277](#p277)
- Pleasants, Sanders Alexander,
[5-6](#p5)
- Porter, Roy,
[83](#p83)
- Pozo, Chano,
[491-92](#p491)
- Pratt, Geronimo,
[244-46](#p244), [247](#p247), [315](#p315)
- Priestly, Eric,
[207](#p207), [302](#p302)
- Prince, Peppy,
[430](#p430)
- Pullen, Don,
[452](#p452)
- Rawls, Lou,
[268](#p268)
- Rebuild L.A. (civic group),
[235](#p235)
- Redmond, Helen,
[99-101](#p99)
- Reese, Lloyd,
[52](#p52)
- Rhodes, Cecil,
[376-79](#p376);
- Three Brothers (play),
[376-80](#p376)
- Robertson, Lester,
[188-89](#p188), [190](#p190), [191](#p191), [203-4](#p203), [206](#p206), [266](#p266),
[293](#p293), [417](#p417)
- Robertson, Robbie,
[149](#p149)
- Robinson, Leroy "Sweetpea,"
[131](#p131)
- Rodia, Simon,
[306](#p306)
- Ross, Diana,
[201-2](#p201)
- Santa Fe Avenue High School,
[102](#p102), [128](#p128)
- Sapphire Streakin' (poetry group),
[207](#p207)
- Savage, Walter, Jr.,
[365](#p365)
- Saxon, Ojenke,
[207](#p207), [302](#p302)
- Schulberg, Budd,
[216](#p216), [302-3](#p302)
- Scott, Shirley,
[149](#p149)
- Sebastian, Adele,
[329](#p329), [340](#p340)
- Sharps, Jesse,
[226](#p226)
- Shop.
See Underground Musicians
Association
- Shreve, Dick,
[156](#p156), [159](#p159)
- Sibley, Ronald,
[55](#p55)
- Silver, Horace,
[448](#p448)
- Simpson, Merton D.,
[159-61](#p159)
- Sinclair, Guido,
[206](#p206), [276](#p276), [277](#p277), [293](#p293),
[300](#p300), [417](#p417)
- Smith, Bill,
[139](#p139)
- Smith, Jeep,
[430](#p430)
- Smith, O.C.,
[86](#p86)
- Smith, Otis O'Solomon,
[302](#p302)
- Smith, Willie,
[277](#p277)
- Soledad State Prison,
[500](#p500)
- Solomon, Clifford,
[130](#p130)
- Soutard, Harry,
[47](#p47), [52](#p52)
- Starks, Dorothy,
[58-60](#p58)
- Steptoe, Amanda (great-grandmother),
[16](#p16)
- Still, William Grant,
[61](#p61)
- Straughter, David,
[333](#p333)
- Stuart, Kirk,
[341](#p341)
- Sun Ra,
[368-70](#p368), [371](#p371)
- Supremes (musical group),
[200-202](#p200)
- Sweet Basil (club, New York City),
[488-89](#p488)
- Taenaka, Toshiya,
[448](#p448)
- Tapscott, Barbara (daughter-in-law),
[281](#p281)
- Tapscott, Cabell (grandson),
[281-82](#p281), [515-16](#p515)
- Tapscott, Cecilia Payne (wife),
[54-55](#p54), [58](#p58), [79](#p79), [91](#p91), [92](#p92), [114](#p114),
[130](#p130), [141](#p141), [148](#p148), [152](#p152), [155](#p155), [214-15](#p214), [245](#p245), [251-52](#p251), [257](#p257), [319](#p319), [348](#p348), [349](#p349), [373](#p373), [428](#p428), [429](#p429), [430-31](#p430), [435](#p435), [497](#p497)
- Tapscott, Darion Lamont (son),
[281-82](#p281), [429](#p429), [515-16](#p515)
- Tapscott, Horace-works: "Ancestral Echoes,"
[362](#p362),
[491](#p491), [492-93](#p492);
- Giant Is Awakened (album),
[362-63](#p362), [441](#p441), [450](#p450)
- Tapscott, Laurence Tremayne (son),
[282](#p282), [429](#p429)
- Tapscott, Niles (son),
[66](#p66)
- Tapscott, Robert (brother),
[15-16](#p15)
- Tapscott, Robert (father),
[1](#p1), [15](#p15), [18-19](#p18), [21](#p21)
- Tapscott, Vincent Marcell (son),
[429](#p429)
- Tatum, Art,
[54](#p54), [55](#p55), [62](#p62), [173](#p173), [530](#p530)
- Terry, Clark,
[203](#p203)
- Thiele, Bob,
[365-67](#p365), [450](#p450)
- Till, Emmett,
[77](#p77)
- Tiomkin, Dmitri,
[181](#p181)
- Tranchitella, John,
[197](#p197)
- Troubadour (club),
[176](#p176), [214](#p214), [432-34](#p432)
- Troupe, Quincy,
[206-7](#p206), [302](#p302)
- Tucker, Monroe,
[130](#p130)
- Turrentine, Stanley,
[149](#p149)
- Twentieth Street Elementary School,
[58-59](#p58)
- Tyner, McCoy,
[448](#p448), [452](#p452), [488](#p488)
- Underground Musicians Association (UGMA), later Union of God's Musicians
and Artists Ascension (UGMAA),
[211](#p211), [213](#p213), [284](#p284), [292-321](#p292), [330-55](#p330), [372](#p372), [374-87](#p374), [389-406](#p389), [409](#p409), [413-14](#p413), [416-20](#p416), [424-28](#p424), [431](#p431), [457-83](#p457), [517-18](#p517);
- Flute Society,
[212](#p212), [461](#p461);
- the Shop,
[336-37](#p336), [424-28](#p424), [457-66](#p457), [474-83](#p474), [485-87](#p485),
[497-99](#p497), [517](#p517).
See also Pan-Afrikan People's
Arkestra
- University of California, Los Angeles,
[318](#p318), [373](#p373), [422](#p422)
- University of California, Riverside,
[220-21](#p220)
- US Organization,
[209](#p209), [314](#p314), [343](#p343), [404](#p404),
[420-23](#p420)
- Vaughan, Sarah,
[341](#p341)
- Villareal, Joe,
[98](#p98)
- Waldron, Mal,
[451](#p451)
- Washington Annex (hotel),
[54](#p54)
- Washington Hotel,
[54](#p54)
- Watts Happening Coffee House,
[253](#p253), [303](#p303), [304-5](#p304), [307](#p307)
- Watts Prophets,
[206](#p206), [217](#p217), [302](#p302), [346](#p346)
- Watts riots,
[248](#p248), [249-54](#p249), [346-49](#p346)
- Watts Symphony,
[493](#p493)
- Watts Towers,
[306](#p306)
- Watts Writers Workshop,
[206](#p206), [216](#p216), [303](#p303)
- Wells, Dicky,
[33](#p33)
- Western States Black Research Center,
[260](#p260)
- Weston, Randy,
[452](#p452);
- Spirits of Our Ancestors (album),
[492](#p492)
- Widney High School for the Handicapped,
[369](#p369)
- Wilcots, Martin (grandson),
[259](#p259), [282](#p282)
- Wilcots, Michael (son-in-law),
[336](#p336), [424](#p424), [457](#p457)
- Wilcots, Raisha (granddaughter),
[238](#p238), [282-83](#p282)
- Wilcots, ReneƩ Tapscott (daughter),
[115](#p115), [144](#p144), [148](#p148), [152](#p152), [183](#p183), [283](#p283), [429](#p429)
- Williams, Robert,
[77](#p77)
- Wilson, Gerald,
[48](#p48), [52](#p52),
[63](#p63), [129](#p129), [178](#p178), [180-81](#p180), [182](#p182), [202-3](#p202), [288](#p288)
- Wilson, Mary,
[201](#p201)
- Wise, Fritz,
[485](#p485)
- Woodman, Britt,
[52](#p52), [63](#p63),
[187](#p187), [195](#p195)
- Woods, Jimmie,
[191](#p191), [206](#p206), [276](#p276), [277](#p277),
[293](#p293), [300](#p300), [417](#p417)