Manners and Southern History : Machine Politics in Memphis.

In the 1930s thousands of African Americans abandoned their long-standing allegiance to the party of Abraham Lincoln and began voting for Democratic Party candidates. This new voting pattern remapped the nation's political landscape and altered the relationship between citizen and government. O...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dowdy, G. Wayne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Temas:
Crump, Edward Hull, > 1874-1954.
Crump, Edward Hull, > 1874-1954
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
1900-1999
Mayors > Tennessee > Memphis > Biography.
Politics, Practical > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Politics and government > 20th century.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Maires > Tennessee > Memphis > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Tennessee > Memphis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
African Americans > Politics and government
Legislators
Mayors
Politics and government
Politics, Practical
Race relations
Memphis (Tenn.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Biography.
Tennessee > Memphis
United States
Biographies
History
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Sumario:In the 1930s thousands of African Americans abandoned their long-standing allegiance to the party of Abraham Lincoln and began voting for Democratic Party candidates. This new voting pattern remapped the nation's political landscape and altered the relationship between citizen and government. One of the forgotten builders of this modern Democratic Party was Memphis mayor and congressman Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954). Crump created a biracial, multiethnic coalition within the segregated South that transformed the Mississippi Delta's largest city into a modern southern metropolis. Crump expanded.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (180 pages)
ISBN:9781604730760
1604730765

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