Senator Albert Gore, Sr. : Tennessee Maverick /
From his career shines one encapsulating moment in 1952: squared off on the floor of the Senate against Strom Thurmond, who wanted Gore to sign the "Southern Manifesto" declaring southern resistance to desegregation, Gore responded simply, classically, "Hell no.""--Jacket
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2004.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The boy from Possum Hollow
- Mr. Gore goes to Washington
- In the new world of atoms, the Cold War, and the fair deal
- Joining the Millionaires' Club
- A time of peril on many fronts
- Living in Camelot
- In the midst of the great society and beyond
- Target number one
- Life out of the limelight.