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Farewell to the party of Lincoln : Black politics in the age of FDR /

This book examines a remarkable political phenomenon -- the dramatic shift of black voters from the Republican to the Democratic party in the 1930s, a shift all the more striking in light of the Democrats' indifference to racial concerns. Nancy J. Weiss shows that blacks became Democrats in res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiss, Nancy J. (Nancy Joan), 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1983.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The election of 1928
  • The election of 1932
  • New Deal or new bluff?
  • Organizing a special interest group
  • The rise of Black Democratic politicians
  • The battle for antilynching legislation
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
  • The Black cabinet
  • A climate of racial conservatism
  • The election of 1936
  • Why Blacks became Democrats
  • Race in the second Roosevelt administration
  • The election of 1940
  • Conclusion.