Republicans and race : the GOP's frayed relationship with African Americans, 1945-1974 /

"In a book that looks backward to the New Deal and forward to the 2012 election, Thurber provides the reader a fresh and nuanced account of the GOP's relationship with African Americans during a crucial three decades of heightened civil rights activism, a period that has shaped the politic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thurber, Timothy Nels (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History > 20th century.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
1900-1999
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > Political activity > History > 20th century.
Party affiliation > United States > History > 20th century.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Activité politique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Partis politiques > Adhésion > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Politics and government
Civil rights
Party affiliation
Politics and government
Race relations
United States > Race relations.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fair employment practices, commission, voting rights, and racial violence
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower and reform of the Federal government
  • "At sea on this": Eisenhower and Black protest
  • Republicans and civil rights legislation, 1952-1960
  • The GOP, direct action, and racial policy, 1960-1963
  • The 1964 Civil Rights Act
  • Race and Republican politics, 1961-1964
  • Civil Rights policy, 1965-1968
  • The Nixon synthesis
  • Schools, voting rights, and the Supreme Court
  • Integration revisited
  • Economic policy: Nixon's first term
  • A New Republican majority?
  • Denouement: The GOP and race, 1973-1974.

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