When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Jacques Maritain (10.42, 13.105) Scholasticism and Poltitics (21.21)
- Saint Thomas Aquinas (10.42) Pange Lingua (10.93)
- Christopher Dawson (10.42)
- Plato (10.64)
- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kamph (10.72)
- The Confiteor (10.96)
- Jean de La Fontaine, "Les Deux Amis" (10.219)
- Lionel Trilling,"The Opposing Self: Nine Essays in Criticism" (10.250)
- Maxwell Geismar (10.289)
- P.D.East, The Magnolia Jungle (10.290)
- Monoculus (10.307)
- Father Robert Guste, For Men of Good Will (12.22)
- Saint Augustine, Homily 7 on the First Epistle of John (13.105)
- Heinriech Hoffmann, Christ in the Temple with the Doctors (13.110)
- The Bible, John 11:1-46 (13.116)
- Lillian Smith, Strange Fruit (15.78)
- John H. Rohrer and Munro Edmonson ,The Eighth Generation: Cultures and Personalities of New Orleans Negroes (15.114)
- Langston Hughes, Dream Variations (Epigraph, 15.152 )
- Salve Regina (21.10)
- William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona I iii 9 (21.17)
- Robert Guste, For Men of Good Will (21.18)
- Flannery O'Connor (21.18)
- Time Magazine (30.1)
Historical References
- Mack Charles Parker Lynching Case (10.8)
- Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (10.8)
- World War II (10.285)
- Brown v. Board of Education (10.295)
- Hodding Carter (10.308)
- Easton King (10.308)
- Ralph McGill (10.308)
- Mark Ethridge (10.308)
- Mozart (11.2)
- Alfred Kinsey (13.63)
- Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (16.1)
- Gandhi(16.1)
- Tuskegee Institute (20.10)
- George Washington Carver (20.11)
- Marvin Griffin (20.69)
- Ralph McGill (23.7)
- T.M. Alexander (23.14)
- Benjamin Mays (23.15)
- Rufus Clement (23.15)
- Dr. Moreland (23.15)
- F. Earl McLendon (23.16)
- A.T. Walden (23.17)
- John Wesley Dobbs (23.17)
- Atlanta Negro Voter's League (23.17)
- Spelman College (23.23)
- Chief Justice Curtis Bok (36.2)
Pop Culture References
- Verne Barnes, "Way Down South in Mississippi" (10.262)
- Bach, Toccata in D (23.23)
- Paul Coates (28.2)
- The Dave Garroway Show (30.1)
- Harry Golden (32.1)
- Mike Wallace Show (32.1)
- Long John Show (32.1)
- Radio Televisions Francaise (33.10