Georgia Democrats, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Shaping of the New South /

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Boyd deftly shows how Georgia Democrats forged a successful (if morally problematic) response to the civil rights movement, allowing them to remain in power until internal divisions eventually weakened the party. The result is a study that recognizes the myriad forces southern leaders faced as the J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, Tim S. R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Democratic Party (Ga.)
Democratic Party (Ga.) > History > 20th century.
Race relations.
Politics and government
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Georgie (État) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Georgie (État) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights movements > Georgia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Georgia.
Georgie (État) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Georgie (État) > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Georgia > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Politics and government > 1951-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Competing visions for postwar Georgia: 1946
  • Politics in Georgia before Brown: 1946-1954
  • Contesting massive resistance: 1954-1962
  • "A truly democratic party": 1962-1966
  • "The damndest mess": 1966
  • The loyalist backlash: 1966-1971
  • The new south in state and nation: 1971-1976.

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